Added support for sending multiple datarefs to the MATLAB client.

MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/sendDREF.m

@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 function sendDREF( dref, value, socket )
-% sendDREF Sends a command to X-Plane that sets the given DREF.
+% sendDREFs Sends a command to X-Plane that sets the given DREF. This
+% function is now an alias to sendDREFs. It is kept only for backwards
+% compatibility.
 %
-% Inputs
-%     dref: The name of the X-Plane dataref to set.
-%     Value: An array of floating point values whose structure depends on the dref specified.
-%     socket (optional): The client to use when sending the command.
-% 
-% Use
-%   1. import XPlaneConnect.*
-%   2. dataRef  = 'sim/aircraft/parts/acf_gear_deploy'; // Landing Gear
-%   3. Value    = 0;
-%   4. status = setDREF(dataRef, Value);
-%  
 % Contributors
 %   [CT] Christopher Teubert (SGT, Inc.)
 %       christopher.a.teubert@nasa.gov
@@ -20,19 +11,8 @@ function sendDREF( dref, value, socket )
 
 import XPlaneConnect.*
 
-%% Get client
-global clients;
 if ~exist('socket', 'var')
-    assert(isequal(length(clients) < 2, 1), '[setDREF] ERROR: Multiple clients open. You must specify which client to use.');
-    if isempty(clients)
-    	socket = openUDP(); 
-    else
-    	socket = clients(1);
-    end
-end
-
-%% Validate input
-value = single(value);
-
-%%Send command
-socket.sendDREF(dref, value);
+    sendDREFs(dref, value)
+else
+    sendDREFs(dref, value, socket)
+end

MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/sendDREFs.m

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+function sendDREFs( drefs, values, socket )
+% sendDREFs Sends a command to X-Plane that sets the given DREF(s).
+%
+% Inputs
+%     dref: The name or names of the X-Plane dataref(s) to set.
+%     Value: An array or an multidimensional array of floating point values
+%            whose structure depends on the dref specified.
+%     socket (optional): The client to use when sending the command.
+% 
+% Use
+%   1. import XPlaneConnect.*
+%   2. dataRef  = 'sim/aircraft/parts/acf_gear_deploy'; // Landing Gear
+%   3. Value    = 0;
+%   4. status = setDREF(dataRef, Value);
+%  
+% Contributors
+%   [JW] Jason Watkins
+%       jason.w.watkins@nasa.gov
+
+import XPlaneConnect.*
+
+%% Get client
+global clients;
+if ~exist('socket', 'var')
+    assert(isequal(length(clients) < 2, 1), '[setDREF] ERROR: Multiple clients open. You must specify which client to use.');
+    if isempty(clients)
+    	socket = openUDP(); 
+    else
+    	socket = clients(1);
+    end
+end
+
+%% Validate input
+values = single(values);
+
+%%Send command
+socket.sendDREFs(drefs, values);