From 11f0d0bc7bc08a6e3443b3f9a6ba3dd661ed5143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Pauley <austin2118ace@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:59:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the SerialPort field when the serial port fails to
 connect, otherwise emulator mode does not properly start as SerialPort gets
 set to a deleted handle

---
 Functions/@BpodObject/Connect2BpodSM.m | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Functions/@BpodObject/Connect2BpodSM.m b/Functions/@BpodObject/Connect2BpodSM.m
index b53de97f..9fe14b68 100644
--- a/Functions/@BpodObject/Connect2BpodSM.m
+++ b/Functions/@BpodObject/Connect2BpodSM.m
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
 if found
     obj.EmulatorMode = 0;
 else
+    obj.SerialPort = [];
+    % If no serial port is found, drop the field
+
     if sum(portsTried) > 0
         autoModeMessage = [];
         if autoMode