I'm using a non-standard computer configuration - a different box running Gazebo than what was given to the performer teams, able to run Gazebo just fine, and then my laptop running MATLAB and Motive in Windows 7. I can run the C++ API from within Linux just fine, and drive the virtual limb sinusoidally as in the example. However, when I try running the MATLAB version of this from my Win7 machine, MATLAB immediately crashes. It gives some reference to the fact that this happens when MEX files are used.
I'm running Handsim 0.8.3, and Windows SDK 0.7.2. The problem, I suspect, is that the MEX file was built for different computer configurations, and I don't think I have a way to build my own version of the MEX file specific to the Windows compiler / .NET / Visual C++ Redistributable packages I have on my machine.