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   <modification_date>20020709</modification_date>
   <vendor>
      <name>Troi Automatisering</name>
      <address>Vuurlaan 18</address>
      <city>Alphen aan den Rijn</city>
      <state>ZH</state>
      <zip>2408 NB</zip>
      <country>Netherlands</country>
      <phone>+31 172-426606</phone>
      <fax>+31 172-470539</fax>
      <email>info@troi.removethis.com</email>
      <url>http://www.troi.com/</url>
    </vendor>

   <product id="A63020">
     <name>Troi Serial Plug-in</name>
     <version>2.5</version>
     <last_release>20020708</last_release>
     <short_description>Enables FileMaker to read and write to all serial ports of a computer.</short_description>
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Troi Serial Plug-in gives FileMaker Pro 5.5 easy and powerful access to one or more of the computer's serial ports:
- Read from and write to the serial ports of the computer directly from FileMaker Pro without the need of a separate application.
- Active X support (on Windows) and Apple Event support (on Mac OS) for script triggering with Dispatch Scripting(tm), to get incoming data into the database.
- "Serial-Control" function to temporarily suspend the incoming data stream and resume it when you are interested in the data.
- "Wait for Match" function to wait for a specific character string before triggering.
- The possibility to open an unlimited number of serial ports and to trigger different scripts for different ports.
- Support for high speed connections up to 230 Kbps.
- Buffering of data up to 64k per port.
- Clear example databases and a user manual to get started quickly.


New features

Troi Serial plug-in 2.5 adds these new functions and features:

-Added troubleshooting functions for setting up a serial port. The new debug function can beep when data arrives and test the triggering of the dispatch script.
- Added an alternative and more universal way to trigger scripts on Windows, where Active X is not available.
You can now get the last match string (for example the last line) that was received.
- The plug-in can now 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 serial adapter
- Added possibility to change the separator between parameters. This is useful for Japanese systems, where port names contain the pipe characters.
- Fixed two bugs: one occurring when multiple match strings were received and the other (on Mac OS) where flow control would not be set properly.
- Added an example for reading serial barcodes.
- Updated the user guide and examples.

Suggested Uses

Troi Serial Plug-in can be used whenever you need to send or receive ASCII data over a serial port. Suggested uses for Troi Serial Plug-in 2.2 are connecting to a modem, custom switchboard dialing, caller ID, credit card swiping, controlling external devices (like Billy Bass, the singing fish ;-) ), data acquisition and data transfer. This plug-in is also very well suited for the use in electronic devices that send data to the computer continuously, like most electronic weighing scales. An example file for a weighing scale is included in the download.


Pricing & Availability

A fully functional demo version of Troi Serial Plug-in 2.5 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/serialplugin.html>.
Troi Serial Plug-in 2.5 works with FileMaker Pro 5 and later. The plug-in is available for Mac OS 9.0.4 or later, including Mac OS X (10.1 or later), and for Windows 95/98/Me and NT/2000/XP. The plug-in should also run without problems on any machine that is able to run FileMaker Pro 4.0, FileMaker Pro 4.1 and runtimes from FileMaker Developer Edition 4.0.
Licenses cost US$ 69 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. You can order licenses from our web site.

If you bought a license for version 2.2 the upgrade is free. Note: the 2.5 version needs a new registration string. Registered users eligible for an upgrade will be emailed a new registration string. If you have an earlier version you need to upgrade. Upgrades are available for US$ 25 per user and can be ordered from our web site.

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     <price>69</price>
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     <info_url>http://www.troi.com/software/serialplugin.html</info_url>
     <changes></changes>

     <contact_name>Peter Baanen</contact_name>
     <contact_email>info@troi.removethis.com</contact_email>
     <marketing_contact_name>Peter Baanen</marketing_contact_name>
     <marketing_contact_email>info@troi.removethis.com</marketing_contact_email>
     <support_contact_name>Peter Baanen</support_contact_name>
     <support_contact_email>info@troi.removethis.com</support_contact_email>
     <engineering_contact_name>Peter Baanen</engineering_contact_name>
     <engineering_contact_email>info@troi.removethis.com</engineering_contact_email>

     <available_for>
          <platform>Mac OS</platform>
          <hardware_requirements></hardware_requirements>
          <software_requirements>Mac OS 8.6 or later, Mac OS X</software_requirements>
          <download_url>http://www.troi.com/software/troi-serial-plug-in2.5.hqx</download_url>
          <download_size>812 Kb</download_size>
     </available_for>
     <available_for>
          <platform>Windows</platform>
          <hardware_requirements></hardware_requirements>
          <software_requirements>OS: Windows 95/98/Me or NT/2000/XP</software_requirements>
          <download_url>http://www.troi.com/software/trseri25.zip</download_url>
          <download_size>656 Kb</download_size>
     </available_for>

     <fmp_plug_in>
          <pi_fmp5_compatible>Yes</pi_fmp5_compatible>
          <pi_language_support>Lang_English</pi_language_support>
          <pi_category>export</pi_category>
          <pi_filename_windows></pi_filename_windows>
          <pi_filename_mac></pi_filename_mac>
          <pi_feature_string_id>Seri</pi_feature_string_id>
          <pi_function_name_prefix>Serial</pi_function_name_prefix>
        <pi_runs_on>FM4, FM5</pi_runs_on>
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