Why does a serial connection to a UBLOX GPS device from MATLAB timeout?

When I try to connect to a GPS device from MATLAB using a serial connection, the connection always returns a timeout. Other programs are able to connect properly to the device.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This is an issue with how the GPS device driver implements the serial port standard. MATLAB relies on a good implementation of the serial port driver, so updating the driver has been known to resolve the issue.