MATLAB Programming

10 Scheduling Program Execution with Timers
get(t)
AveragePeriod: NaN
BusyMode: 'drop'
ErrorFcn: ''
ExecutionMode: 'singleShot'
InstantPeriod: NaN
Name: 'timer-4'
ObjectVisibility: 'on'
Period: 1
Running: 'off'
StartDelay: 0
StartFcn: ''
StopFcn: ''
Tag: ''
TasksExecuted: 0
TasksToExecute: Inf
TimerFcn: ''
Type: 'timer'
UserData: []
Setting the Value of Timer Object Properties
To set the value of a timer object property, use the set function or subscripted
assignment (dot notation). You can also set timer object properties when you
create the timer object. For more information, see “Creating Timer Objects”
on page 10-5.
The following example uses both methods to assign values to timer object
properties. The example creates a timer that, once started, displays a message
every second until you stop it with the stop command.
1 Create a timer object.
t = timer;
2 Assign values to timer object properties using the set function.
set(t,'ExecutionMode','fixedRate','BusyMode','drop','Period',1);
3 Assign a value to the timer object TimerFcn property using dot notation.
t.TimerFcn = 'disp(''Processing...'')'
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