Troi Serial Plug-in > Script steps reference > Reinitialize Serial Plug-in
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Reinitialize Serial Plug-in |
Tell the plug-in to re-initialize itself and look which serial ports are available on the system now.
Syntax
Reinitialize Serial Plug-in [ Select ; Result (error) ]
Options
| Select entire contents | replaces the entire contents of a field with the result. If not checked the result replaces the currently selected portion of the field |
| Result (error) | an error code |
Returned Result
Data type returned
Error code
Result
If successful it returns 0. If unsuccessful it returns an error code starting with $$ and the error code. Returned error codes can be:
| $$-4211 | kErrAllPortNull | no serial ports found |
Other errors may be returned in the future.
Originated in
Troi Serial Plug-in 5.0
Compatibility
FileMaker Pro 18 to FileMaker Pro 2025
Considerations
This script step will close all ports first. Then the plug-in looks again for available ports.
You can use this script step when new or different serial ports are added dynamically, for example if you plug-in a USB To Serial adapter.
Example
Reinitialize Serial Plug-in [ Select ; $ErrorCode ] Related script step
| Open Serial Port |
Related functions
| Serial_GetUSBInfo |
| Serial_Open |
| Serial_Reinitialize |
Related topics
Troi Serial Plug-in online help (overview)