Alert sound for warning me the program run overtime?

Is there any alert function in matlab?

My program will display a message on the command window when reaches the end of every loop. (one loop about 200 seconds)

I want to have alert sound if my matlab program doesn't update over a certain time (e.g. 200 seconds) So, I can be notified that my program has problem (run overtime) in that loop.

Thank!!

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try soundsc(). Supply it with a filename of some sound you want it to play.

[SO]

Thank. But How can I count for the time? (start from last update of the command window) * I cannot put the script of the soundsc() function inside my main program (since sometimes it never stop like a infinite loop)

[Image Analyst]

Are you still having trouble with this? You can use a timer to launch a sound or message box after a certain time. If it finishes before the warning time, you can stop the timer.

Answer 2

[Andy]

Set up a timer at the start of the code i.e.

alert=timer('TimerFcn','beep','StartDelay',200,'Name','Timer-1')

At the start of the loop set the timer running: -

start(alert)

To stop the beep sounding if the loop works, immediately before you display the message on the command line, stop the timer

stop(alert)