TConnector: Data Acquisition ActiveX® Control

TConnector is a programmable ActiveX Control for data acquisition through RS232, Bluetooth, USB (Virtual COM) and network (TCP/IP) interfaces.

Important note: The software development for the product TConnector has stopped. Updates, bugfixes and priority support are no longer available. Licenses for TConnector are only available in cases of exception.

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Programmable Software Component for Data Acquisition

  • Are you searching for a software tool to communicate with a specific device?
  • You want to read data from all common interfaces but without being an interface specialist?
  • Not only serial and parallel ports but also TCP/IP is on your wish list?
  • You need data acquisition capabilities within Microsoft Internet Explorer and/or within Microsoft Win 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10?
  • Your application doesn't offer a proper API for connecting to interfaces - or the API is unwieldy to handle? And you prefer one unified API for all supported interfaces?
  • Both modes for data transfer, synchronous and asynchronous, should be supported? And key stroke simulation for incoming data (software wedge mode) wouldn't be bad, too?
  • Then you should try TConnector, our Microsoft® ActiveX® compliant software for data acquisition!

Quick and Easy Data Acquisition

  1. Download TConnector (ActiveX® Control for Data Acquisition) from our Download Area and start up the setup routine.
  2. Insert TConnector into your application (e.g. Visual Basic, MS Excel, Access...), in most cases, simply by using the toolbox.
  3. Open the properties dialog (right-click TConnector symbol) and adjust the interface (e.g. COM1)
  4. Read and write data from your application with Read() and Write(). Sample code is included in the setup.

Main Features of TConnector Data Acquisition ActiveX Control

One unified API – TConnector enables you to access various interfaces through one unified API. Example: if you want to read data from a bar code scanner it doesn't matter whether the scanner is connected to the serial port or data is transferred by TCP/IP - you can use the same API calls.
Standard Application-Support – TConnector is an ActiveX® Control. That way it can be used within various standard applications (Internet Explorer, Excel®, Access®, Word®...) and in almost every development environment (Visual Basic®, Visual C/C++®, Visual Studio .NET, Delphi, Navision®...).
Application Communication – TConnector was mainly developed for data acquisition but provides also communication functionality for other applications - due to its flexible design. And without the need of special knowledge about interface programming!
 
Easy Implementation – With only 5 methods (including the OnData event) you implement the whole communication process - independent of the interface type!
Read and Send Data – Data can be read and sent - therefore it's no problem to configure external devices by sending Escape sequences (control characters) from your application.
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication – Two operation modes: standard read/write (sync mode) or event driven communication in asynchronous mode (OnData event).
 
Software-/Keyboard Wedge – TConnector features also software wedge mode: therefore you can simulate key strokes from incoming data to any application.
Extensive Samples – TConnector comes with extensive sample applications - for quick and easy start up.
Unified API – All supported interfaces are accessible through a slim and unified API.
 

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Important note: The software development for the product TConnector has stopped. Updates, bugfixes and priority support are no longer available. Licenses for TConnector are only available in cases of exception.

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V2.4.5

Bug Fixes
  • Crash in Read()
    TCON-4684: Intermittent crash in Read() method of TConnector

V2.4.4

Enhancements
  • TCP Keep-Alive
    In previous versions a lost TCP connection could not be detected in a reasonable time. The reason was because the system default keep-alive time for TCP connections is 2 hours. Now the time interval can be specified by the user in the Service property with the following syntax: service#keepalivetime (milliseconds). The value applies to the current Winsock instance only.
Bug Fixes
  • Multi-Threading Problem
    StopListen influences all instances of TConnector.
  • BT/TCP Reconnect
    Reconnect does not work correctly when a BT/TCP connection was lost.
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Testimonials
Lee Mager
GLM Consulting & Computing Solutions
I am pleased to tell you that it worked perfectly in all applications, including your Delphi demo, Microsoft Excel® demo, and my Microsoft Access program. It does exactly what I wanted it to do. Thanks for a very useful piece of software. (...) My initial reasons for choosing your software were function and price, but I will now add superb support to that list.
Hasnain Jaffri
Viscotek Corporation
The program works to perfection. Your control is really cool.
Dr. Michael Brubake
Fieldmetrics
Let me take this opportunity to tell you that I have had excellent results so far with your TConnector product. It has provided a very flexible solution for various data acquisition applications. I really like the capability to write my own Visual Basic applications using the TConnector.