I don't know if you can pause it, but you can certainly stop it and then restart it later. See this snippet:
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function StopTimer(handles)
try
fprintf('Entering StopTimer...\n');
listOfTimers = timerfindall % List all timers, just for info.
% Get handle to the one timer that we should have.
if isempty(listOfTimers)
% Exit if there is no timer to turn off.
fprintf('There are no timers to turn off. Leaving StopTimer().\n');
return;
end
handleToTimer = getappdata(handles.figMainWindow, 'timerObj');
% Stop that timer.
stop(handleToTimer);
% Delete all timers from memory.
listOfTimers = timerfindall
if ~isempty(listOfTimers)
delete(listOfTimers(:));
end
fprintf('Left StopTimer and turned off all timers.\n');
catch ME
errorMessage = sprintf('Error in StopTimer().\nThe error reported by MATLAB is:\n\n%s', ME.message);
fprintf('%s\n', errorMessage);
WarnUser(errorMessage);
end
return; % from btnStopTimer_Callback
