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Re: Can MathLink write binary data to and read binary data from a

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  • From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
  • Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:09:34 -0400 (EDT)
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On 29/08/2013 06:35, sibir wrote:
> I have a data acquisition system (which runs a UDP server on a point to point ethernet connection) which I want to control from Mathematica by sending it a bunch of bytes as commands and reading back binary data.
> Is MathLink all I need or do I need some auxiliary code?
>
> Not my hometurf :-(
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
Your best bet is  to use J/Link and use the relevant classes from there.

J/Link uses Mathlink internally, but it is much easier to use than 
MathLink. If you need more than a few lines of code, I'd write a Java 
class and compile it, rather than making lots of J/Link calls.

Another option, since version 8, is to link directly to a DLL library 
written in C/C++. This is a direct call without a process switch, and 
doesn't use MathLink.

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk



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