Installation guide

Understanding matlabserver

3-7

Changing Initial Data

Edit matlabserver.conf on Windows NT. On Solaris/Linux run the webconf

script to initialize the

matlabserver.conf file. Edit this file if you want to

change options further, particularly those that

webconf cannot set on the

command line. To see any changes you have made to

matlabserver.conf, you

need to stop and restart the MATLAB Web Server.

Type

matlabserver -h on Windows NT (webconf -h on Solaris/Linux) for a list

of additional editable

matlabserver.conf options.

matlabserver cannot locate a matlabserver.conf file, it uses the defaults.

Using matlabserver

When we viewed the source of the webmagic1.html file, we observed the line of

HTML code

and we noted that this line establishes communication with MATLAB. matweb

is a program that resides on the HTTP server and communicates with

matlabserver. matweb requires information found in matweb.conf to locate

matlabserver (which could be running on a different machine).

matweb Program

matweb is a client of matlabserver that uses Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

to get data from HTML forms. It transfers the information to

matlabserver,

which then runs applications written in M-files to produce responses.

Table 3-1: matlabserver Basic Options

Option Meaning

-p [n]

Port matlabserver listens on. Default is 8888.

-m [n]

MATLABs to run. Default is 1.

-o timeout

Number of seconds to wait for matlabserver to

start (range from

1 to 32000). Default is 300.

-a path

Path prepended to the MATLAB path at startup

No default.