problem receiving UDP data

I am trying to receive UDP data from an external device. Although it is present, I am unable to read it using MATLAB.

I am using a USB-to-Ethernet adapter to connect to the device. The device receives commands on port 50000 and responds on port 50001.

As shown in the Wireshark screenshot, MATLAB can send a command to the device using the 'udpport' and 'write' commands. However, MATLAB is unable to receive the data, even though it is present on the line.

I tried different delays between sending and releasing, as well as a different way of reading the data using 'dsp.UDPReceiver'.

MATLAB CODE:

coreSensIP = "192.168.81.2";  % IP
coreSensPortTx = 50000;        % Command port (to module)
coreSensPortRx = 50001;        % Response port (from module)

% Create UDP sockets
uTx = udpport("datagram", "IPV4");  % Sending socket
uRx = udpport("datagram", "IPV4", "LocalPort", coreSensPortRx ); % Receiving socket


% Define SCPI command 
cmd = '*IDN?';

% Append <CR> (0x0D) as required
cmdBytes = uint8([cmd, char(13)]);  % char(13) = 0x0D

% Construct packet fields
dataID     = typecast(uint16(1000), 'uint8');    % 0x03E8
segmentID  = typecast(uint16(257), 'uint8');     % 0x0101
dataLength = typecast(uint16(length(cmdBytes)), 'uint8');

packet = [dataID, segmentID, dataLength, cmdBytes];

% Send command to device
write(uTx, packet, "uint8", coreSensIP, coreSensPortTx);
disp("Command sent.");

% Wait and read response
disp(uRx);
pause(0.5)
DataAvalible = uRx.NumDatagramsAvailable
if uRx.NumDatagramsAvailable > 0
    response = read(uRx, uRx.NumBytesAvailable, "uint8");
    disp("Response received:");
    disp(char(response));
else
    disp("No data available.");
end

% Cleanup
clear uTx uRx;

MATLAB Response:

>> bspApplication

Command sent.

UDPPort with properties:

IPAddressVersion: "IPV4"

LocalHost: "0.0.0.0"

LocalPort: 50001

Tag: ""

NumDatagramsAvailable: 0

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DataAvalible =

0

No data available.

[Abhiram]

Hi @Christoph,

Can you try the possible solutions listed in the given MATLAB Documentation page and see if that fixes the issue:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/instrument/udp-port-warning-unable-to-read-some-data.html

[Christoph]

Hi, @Abhiram,

I think causes 1 to 3 can be ruled out in my case, as I can see in Wireshark that I am receiving a response from the device. To rule out cause 4 and 5, I tried reading the data with Python. To do this, I start the Python code below and then send the command using MATLAB (as in the original problem). This works without any problems.

import socket

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.bind(("192.168.1.134", 50001))
print("Listening on 192.168.1.134:50001")

while True:
    data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024)
    print(f"Received from {addr}:")
    print(data.decode(errors="ignore"))

[Swastik Sarkar]

Hi @Christoph,

It may be helpful to increase the OutputDatagramSize on the receiving UDP port to a higher value, such as 65500, and observe whether any data becomes available on the socket.

Additionally, please provide the size of the data received in the Python program. This will help verify whether the datagram length is within the range expected by the MATLAB UDP port.

[Christoph]

Hi @Swastik Sarkar,

I increased the OutputDatagramSize by

disp(uRx);
pause(0.5)

response = read(uRx, 65500, "uint8");
disp("Response received:");
disp(char(response));

,but still I got no response:

Command sent.
  UDPPort with properties:

         IPAddressVersion: "IPV4"
                LocalHost: "0.0.0.0"
                LocalPort: 50001
                      Tag: ""
    NumDatagramsAvailable: 0

  Show all properties, functions

Warning: Specified amount of data was not returned within the Timeout period for "read".
'udpport' unable to read any data. For more information on possible reasons, see udpport Read
Warnings. 
Response received:

My Python script recived the folowing Data (blacked out with X):

Listening on 192.168.1.134:50001

Received from ('192.168.81.2', 50001):

]*IDN?#1Opsens Sol., GSX-G2-N-100LXX-XX-X, SN:92AAXXXX-XX, HRN:4.X.X-R, FRN:5.2X.0-XXFeb1X, FLN