The application is shipped with the code bundle provided with this chapter. It's located in the external_app
folder (in code bundle), containing:
The 64-bit Linux executable (
external_app/Linux/alfa147gta_linux64
), which needs the Qt5 libraries to be installed in the system (the package is usually calledqt5
) and must be marked as executable (by typingchmod +x alfa147gta_linux64
in the terminal)The 32-bit Windows executable (
external_app\Windows\alfa147gta_win32.exe
) built using MinGW; the needed libraries (the.dll
files) are located in the same folder to avoid you the hassle of installing Qt5 on WindowsThe source code (
external_app/source/alfa147gta
, distributed under the GPL license), made using Qt Creator
Move the application (and every .dll
file, if you're on Windows) to the folder we'll use as the MATLAB working folder, and run it by double-clicking on the icon.
You should see the following window:
The application works by reading and writing...