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Troi Serial Plug-in

Troi Automatisering

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Product Type: Extensions

Price: US$ 999 developer license

Last updated: 7/17/2023

Language: English

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Read and write to all devices with a serial interface.

This plug-in enables FileMaker Pro to read and write to all devices with a serial port interface.

This plug-in lets a wide array of devices, from weighing scales to telephone switchboards, work directly with FileMaker Pro databases. With Troi Serial you can connect to multiple serial ports and read and write data to them all directly from FileMaker! The plug-in works with all types of serial ports including those added through an extension card or USB to Serial adapter. It uses FileMaker native script triggering, to get incoming data into the database. It can wait for a specific character string before triggering and has a function to temporarily suspend the incoming data stream and resume it when you are interested in the data.

The plug-in can open an unlimited number of serial ports and trigger different scripts for different ports. It supports high speed connections up to 230 Kbps and buffering of data up to 64k per port.

Troi Serial Plug-in has a debug function, making setup of databases a breeze. You can troubleshoot by testing the arrival of data at the serial port and you can test script triggering too. Troi Serial Plug-in can be reinitialized without quitting FileMaker Pro. This makes it possible to accommodate new or different serial ports dynamically, for example when you plug in a USB to Serial adapter.

What's New

Version 8.0 is made compatible with Claris FileMaker Pro 2023 (FileMaker Pro 20.1.2) and Claris FileMaker Pro 19 up to version 19.6.3. In this version we added a new Serial_GetUSBInfo function. A serial port can be implemented as virtual port on top of a USB port. When this is the case this function returns information about the USB port hardware, like the USB vendor ID, vendor name, USB Product name and USB Serial number. For more new functionality please see https://www.troi.com/products/serialplugin/

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