Errors with Pymatbridge

[amine-aboufirass]

Hello.

I am using Spyder with Python 3.5. I would like to be able to work with the pymatbridge package to control Matlab from Python. The installation was relatively smooth with a couple of attempts of the following lines in the Anaconda prompt:

conda install -c conda-forge pymatbridge=0.5.2

The only hiccup was that I had to downgrade Python from 3.6 to 3.5. I believe in Ipython the package is recognized but I am getting a couple of nasty errors blocking all movement from here. See below the command history:

Python 3.5.3 |Anaconda custom (64-bit)| (default, May 15 2017, 10:43:23) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 6.0.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.

from pymatbridge import Matlab
C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbformat.py:13: ShimWarning: The `IPython.nbformat` package has been deprecated since IPython 4.0. You should import from nbformat instead.
  "You should import from nbformat instead.", ShimWarning)

from pymatbridge import Matlab

mlab = Matlab()

mlab.start()
Starting MATLAB on ZMQ socket tcp://127.0.0.1:50982
Send 'exit' command to kill the server
............................................................MATLAB session timed out after 60 seconds
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-4-aa83ac19caf2>", line 1, in <module>
    mlab.start()

  File "C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\pymatbridge\pymatbridge.py", line 225, in start
    raise ValueError("%s failed to start" % self._program_name())

ValueError: MATLAB failed to start

What is going on here? I'm seeing several similar issues online but none of which actually solve the problem. Could anyone provide some additional guidance? Thanks

[arokem]

Did this issue resolve? Looks like it might have (#253)?

[pitrish]

@awa5114 have you been able to solve it? I have the same problem.