How to communicate with multiple I2C devices within one session?

Hello All,

On my board there are two I2C devices: an ADC and a DAC. They are connected via one I2C bus and there are no base address conflicts. Via an Aardvark adapter and the ICT, I want to communicate with the devices within one session. What is the best way to create two I2C –object instances?

dac = i2c('aardvark',0,16);
adc = i2c('aardvark',0,76);

fopen(dac)
fopen(adc)

%write DAC
fwrite(dac,[bias 00 00])

%write control register of adc: not continuous, convert v1 v2 v3 v4
fwrite(adc,[1 95])
%write trigger register to start
fwrite(adc,[2 17])
for i=1:4
    fwrite(adc,0); status = ['status : ' dec2bin(fread(adc,1))]   
    pause(0.5)
    disp(status)
end

fclose(dac),delete(dac)
fclose(adc),delete(adc)

Doing it is similair to GPIB session with multiple instruments . However it generates an error:

Error using i2c/fopen (line 82)
Unsuccessful open: Cannot connect to the device. Possible reasons are another
application is connected, a driver is missing or the device is not available.

Error in aardvarktest2 (line 24)
fopen(adc)

Communication to each device separately is successful . But two devices in one session does not work. Anyone an idea how to communicate with two I2C devices in one session?

[Raptrick]

For those of you who are interested: I got a nice hint from support. When the I2C object is open it is possible to modify the remote address. The code looks like this:

% base address of i2c devices
dac = 16;
adc = 76;

% make one i2c object for multiple ic's 
ics = i2c('aardvark',0,0);
fopen(ics);

% select remote address of dac and write dac
ics.remoteaddress = dac;
fwrite(ics,[bias 250 00]);

% select remote adress of adc write and control register to config
ics.remoteaddress = adc;
fwrite(ics,[1 95]);

% write register to trigger conversion
fwrite(ics,[2 17]);

% poll status register of adc
for i=1:4
    fwrite(ics,0); status = ['status : ' dec2bin(fread(ics,1))];  
    disp(status)
    pause(0.5)
end

% close and delete 
fclose(ics),delete(ics)

This works.

Patrick