Press releases News                                                             ©2000  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases Troi Serial Plug-in 2.0 for FileMaker Pro 5   Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, October 18, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced the release of Troi Serial Plug-in 2.0, for FileMaker Pro 5.0 both on Mac OS and Windows. This plug-in gives FileMaker Pro easy and powerful access to one (or more) of the computer's serial ports and works completely cross platform. The plug-in can read from and write to the serial ports of the computer directly from FileMaker Pro without the need of a separate application. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "The release of FileMaker Pro 5.0 gave databases Active X support on the Windows platform. The Serial plug-in uses ActiveX and Apple Events on the Mac to get incoming data into the database. This makes for a really elegant cross-platform implementation!" More control The Troi Serial Plug-in 2.0 is now very well suited for the use in electronic devices that send data to the computer continuously, like most electronic weighing scales. We have added a new "Serial-Control" function for this. This function can temporary suspend the incoming data stream and resume it when you are interested in the data. An example file for a weighing scale is included in the download. Other Suggested Uses Suggested uses for this plug-in are connecting to a modem, custom switchboard dialing, caller ID, credit card swiping, controlling external devices, data acquisition and data transfer. This plug-in can be use whenever you need to send ASCII data over a serial port. List of new features Serial plug-in 2.0 has the following new features: Added support for FileMaker 5.0. Added Active X support (on Windows) for Script Triggering. Added Apple Event support (on Mac OS) for Script Triggering. Added Control function, which can temporary suspend the incoming data stream. Added Wait for Match function, which can wait for a specific character string before triggering. Key features of the Serial Plug-in Support for high speed connections up to 230 kbps. Unlimited number of serial ports can be opened. Buffering of data up to 64k per port. Dispatch Scripting(tm) can trigger a script for data entry into database. Clear sample databases and a user manual to get started quickly. We invite you to test drive this version and would like to hear what _you_ can do with it! A fully functional version is available for downloading at Troi's Web site. The plug-in works with all types of serial ports including those added through an extension card. This plug-in runs on any machine that is able to run FileMaker Pro 4.0 or later. You can also license it to include the plug-in with runtimes of the 4.0 Developer edition version. Pricing & Availability A fully functional try-before-you-buy version is immediately available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/serialplugin.html>. Troi Serial Plug-in 2.0 is available for Mac OS and Windows95/98 and NT and costs US$ 69 per user. Product upgrades are available at US$ 25 per user. Upgrade for licenses purchased between September 1 and October 25 is free. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses via our web site. About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker plug-ins, databases and utilities. For more information, visit our Web site at:<http://www.troi.com/>.       Contact   Peter Baanen, Troi Automatisering Vuurlaan 18 2408 NB Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands Telephone: +31-172-426606, Fax: +31-172-470539 Newsroom: <http://www.troi.com/news/>
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