Connecting Simulink on Windows to ROS2 Jazzy Running in a VMWare Virtual Machine

Hello,

I am Trying to connect MATLAB (and Simulink) running in my windows 11 Host computer to ROS2 Jazzy running in a Virtual Machine (VMWare) with Unbuntu 24.04.

Although many sources suggested using a briged network connection between host and guest, that did not work for me. I was able to set a network adapter to "Host-Only" between the VM and the Host. After disabling the windows firewall I was able to ping the VM through windows and vice versa.

I then Launched a turtleSim node on the VM, to see if i could visualize it in MATLAB, therefore:

• In my Ubuntu terminal I sourced my environment and set a ROS_DOMAIN_ID to 99, and ran the node.
• In my MATLAB console I: Set the same ROS_DOMAIN_ID

setenv('ROS_DOMAIN_ID', '99');

• Tried to visualize topics and nodes running in the network:

ros2 topic list
ros2 node list

• The output to both of these commands was: "Transport stopped."
• Furthermore, in another test, I tried creating a node first, in the same domain ID, I got the following:
• 

Is there anything I am missing and I should check? I am not very familiar with network connections and such things, so I don't know where to look to further debug this issue, is it more likely a connection issue, or a MATLAB issue?

Answer 1

[Frederik]

Hello Joubert,

I have the exact same issue and found this:

https://se.mathworks.com/help/ros/gs/ros-system-requirements.html

ROS2 Jazzy is not yet compatible with the ROS Toolbox in Matlab and Simulink. You should install ROS 2 Humble if running Matlab 2024b. See the website above for more information.

Best regards and good luck.

[Joubert Jose]

Hello Frederik,

Thank you for your answer. I just tried to do the same using a VM with Humble and indeed it worked. I guess it will be the workaround until I get more info on working with Jazzy.

Thank you very much!

[Abhishek]

Hi Joubert and Frederik,

ROS Toolbox will support ROS 2 Jazzy in MATLAB R2025a. You can try it now with the MATLAB R2025a Prerelease.

Best regards.