[R] R.matlab question

[Aimin Yan]

Does anyone know how to solve this question about R.matlab?
I am in windowsXP, my matlab is matlab 7.0.0 19920(R14)

thanks,

Aimin

 > matlab <- Matlab(host="localhost", port=9998)
 > if (!open(matlab)) throw("Matlab server is not running: waited 30 seconds.")
Error in list("throw("Matlab server is not running: waited 30 seconds.")" = 
<environment>,  :

[2006-12-17 22:26:03] Exception: Matlab server is not running: waited 30 
seconds.
   at throw(Exception(...))
   at throw.default("Matlab server is not running: waited 30 seconds.")
   at throw("Matlab server is not running: waited 30 seconds.")
In addition: There were 30 warnings (use warnings() to see them)
 > warnings
function (...)
UseMethod("warnings")
 > warnings()
Warning messages:
1: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
2: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
3: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
4: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
5: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
6: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
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14: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
15: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
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17: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
18: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
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20: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
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27: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
28: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
29: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
30: localhost:9998 cannot be opened
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