What I mean is it costs some milliseconds to transfer your code to Matlab server.

After an automated initialization to call a MATLAB Command Window, LabVIEW allows user to type and run any plausible.m script in this node.

This is realized based on ActiveX interface of Matlab local server.

User should always prefer writing and debugging.m files in Matlab evironment as the latter has much-easier-to-use editing experience.

Also, a Script Node cannot hold a.m function, which otherwise can be defined and called by another.m function or script in Matlab environment.

In this article, a plausible way is suggested to manage an active and neat link between.vi and.m files, and to call custom-defined.m functions in.vi files.

In earlier versions than 2009 (v9.0), MathScript Node is the preferred way.

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Since 2009, this module has been seperated from the main software and packed into a toolkit called MathScript RT Module, while MATLAB Script Node became left in LabVIEW standalone.

A seperate background process called matlab.exe is executed, so if you have already launched Matlab by double-clicking the icon youll see two matlab.exe in the task manager.

The server also creates a monitoring window of which the title is MATLAB Command Window.

In fact, this window can be accessed in LabVIEWs menu Tools MATLAB Command Window in earlier versions; but because of the seperation of MathScript RT Module you can no longer see this item anymore in later versions.

In the background, an ActiveX interface is used by these two softwares as data tunnel without your witness.

The server performs its duty to parse your script and run it.

Its just like what you do in normal Matlab window (pressing F5 or clicking Run button).

Then LabVIEW gets what you need (or some awesome errors:-).

It will stay in the memory until user closes the calling.vi file or just clicks the x on its own window.

To correct this problem, you must close the calling VI and open it again.

If it works, MATLAB Command Window will appear again; otherwise, you should consider re-launching LabVIEW or restarting your computer.

No tricks here, but the truth is Matlab server is just such fragile.

LabVIEW will work as if it has the same (actually, most) features of standalone Matlab.

To me the story is like this: MSRTM itself performs as a Matlab server, not a fully functioned but an NI version of Matlab server.

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So, in other words, you dont even need to install Matlab if you have this toolkit.

You can modify data type after adding an input output by right-clicking the variables name textfield.