Press releases News                                                             ©2001  Troi Automatisering		Troi Automatisering releases Troi Serial Plug-in 2.2 for FileMaker Pro 5.5 Troi Serial Plug-in updated to work with FileMaker 5.5 and Mac OS X.   Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, October 30, 2001--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of Troi Serial Plug-in 2.2, for FileMaker Pro 5.5 and for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Windows. What is the Serial Plug-in? 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. Peter Baanen, company president, states: "We are happy that we can now provide more features and platforms for the Serial plug-in to our users. Even if that required building a plug-in for the plug-in itself on Mac OS X to get it working!" New features Troi Serial plug-in 2.2 adds these new functions and features: Tested with FileMaker 5.5 and ported to Mac OS X. The Mac version of the plug-in is now a so called 'Super Fat' plug-in that will run on Mac OS 8, 9 and Mac OS X. Added possibility to trigger different scripts for different ports. Added support for runtimes (including kiosk mode) created with FileMaker Developer 5 and FileMaker Developer 5.5 for Windows and for FileMaker Developer Edition 4.0 for Windows. Added extra example files and improved User Guide. 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 2.2 is available for downloading at Troi's Web site at: <http://www.troi.com/software/serialplugin.html>. Troi Serial Plug-in 2.2 works with FileMaker Pro 4 or later and FileMaker Developer 4 or later. The plug-in is available for Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows95/98/Me and NT/2000, and costs US$ 69 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found on our web site. Licenses can be ordered from our web site. Upgrade information Upgrading from the 2.0 version of Troi Serial Plug-in is free. Upgrades from earlier versions are available for US$ 25 per user and can be ordered from our web site. About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker Pro plug-ins. For more information, visit our web site at: <http://www.troi.com/>.       Contact information Diana Budding, Troi Automatisering Vuurlaan 18 2408 NB Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands Telephone: +31-172-426606 Fax: +31-172-470539 Newsroom: <http://www.troi.com/news/>
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