Troi Serial Plug-in > Functions reference > Serial_Reinitialize
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Serial_Reinitialize |
Tell the plug-in to re-initialize itself and look which serial ports are available on the system now.
Syntax
Serial_Reinitialize ( switches )
Parameters
| switches | not used, reserved for future use. Leave blank or put "-Unused" |
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 3.0
Compatibility
FileMaker Pro 16 to FileMaker Pro 2023
Considerations
This function will close all ports first. Then the plug-in looks again for available ports.
You can use this function when new or different serial ports are added dynamically, for example if you plug-in a USB To Serial adapter.
Example
Set Field [ gErrorCode ; Serial_Reinitialize ( "" ) ]Used in example file
Terminal.fmp12
Related functions
| Serial_GetUSBInfo |
| Serial_Open |
Related script step
| Reinitialize Serial Plug-in |
Related topics
Troi Serial Plug-in online help (overview)