Hi Morgan,
You can do this by setting Numerator of interpolator to [1,0]. For example, using the dsp.FIRInterpolator System object:
>> interp = dsp.FIRInterpolator;
>> interp.InterpolationFactor = 2;
>> interp.Numerator = [1,0];
>> x = (1:5)';
>> step(interp, x)
ans =
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0