Using array as a MATLAB script input in a subVI - labview crashes

Hello
I am having troubles in creating a subVI that includes a matlab file which has an array as an input.
I have created a VI, that executes a simple matlab script, having an array as an input and an array as an output. This worked fine, untill i assigned the terminals in order to use it as a subVI.
After the terminals have been assigned, labview instantly crashes when running the file.
I also created a VI to test the subVI, but I couldn't get it to work at all, labview always crashed...
Does anyone know a solution to my problem? They only thing i can think of is to not use it as a subVI, but then my main file will get huge, as all the matlab code would be included in there...
attached are both files, so that you better understand my problem. (test_... is the main file)
any help will be greatly appreciated!
- Jarno
edit: I'm using labview 2013 with windows 7 and matlab 2014
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test_subVI_array_into_script.vi ‏8 KB
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Hey Jarno,
I did some playing around with this (sorry for the delay) and another workaround we can use is adding an Always Copy to the array before passing it into the Script Node. This will allow you to continue using Double precision arrays instead of going to Singles.
It looks like there is an issue with the array copy that is passed into the SubVI through the terminal, but we can get around it by making a new copy that the Script Node can properly work with.
Tim A.
National Instruments

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