source: MML/trunk/mml/channel2family.m @ 4

function [FamilyName, Field, DeviceList, ErrorFlag] = channel2family(varargin)
%CHANNEL2FAMILY - Convert a channel name to a Family, Field, DeviceList
%  [Family, Field, DeviceList, ErrorFlag] = channel2family(ChannelNames, Family)
%
%  INPUTS
%  1. ChannelNames - List of channel names (string, matrix, or cell array)
%  2. Family - Family Names to to limit search (string or cell of strings)
%              Accelerator Object
%              '' search all families {Default}
%
%  OUTPUTS
%  1. Family - Family name corresponding to the channel name
%              If the channel name cannot be found an empty strings 
%             (or a blank string for matrix inputs) is returned
%  2. Field - Field Name
%  3. DeviceList - DeviceList corresponding to the common name
%                  If no common names are found, an empty matrix is returned 
%                  If only some common names are not found, [NaN NaN] will be 
%                  inserted into the device list where they are not found.
%  4. ErrorFlag - number of errors found
%
%  Written by Greg Portmann


[DeviceList, FamilyName, Field, ErrorFlag] = channel2dev(varargin{:});