1. Hardware.
Integrated.
“Give me FileMaker and I will move the Earth.”
HOnza Koudelka

2. HOnza Koudelka
• Co-founder and co-owner of 24U Software,
FBA Platinum Member
• Developing FileMaker solutions since 1991
• Mad Optimizer and Achiever of the Impossible…
• Vendor session speaker at FileMaker DevCon,
spoke at Pause[x]London and Pause[x]Berlin,
remotely at PauseOnError Portland,
FileMaker Konferenz 2016, 2017, 2018
• FileMaker 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Certified Developer
• FileMaker Mad Dog Award 2011 winner
• Winner of the FileMaker DevCon 2015
Developer Cup

3. Agenda
• History
• Theory
• Demo
• Under the Hood
• Future

4. First Integrations
• 80’s - ADB barcode scanners
• 1998 - Troi Grabber Plug-In
• 1999 - Troi Serial Plug-In
• 2004 - FileMaker 7 released
• 2007 - 24U SimpleHASP Plug-In
• 2008 - 24U Phidgets Plug-In

5. DevCon Train Station

6. Growing Experience
• Dongles
• Phone Systems
• Phidgets
• Digital Scales
• Medical Devices
• RFID
• Barcodes
• Raspberry Pi
• LED Strips
• Mobile Printers
• Payment Terminals
• Arduino

7. Recent Integrations

8. Integration Types
Data Capture Data Control

9. Data Capture
• Person/Asset/Good/Document Identification
• Barcodes, RFID, Caller ID, Credit Card
• State/Quality Evaluation
• Physical, Chemical, Electrical, Medical
• Information Exchange
• OCR, Communication Interfaces

10. Data Control
• Driving Human Decisions
• Optical: Displays, Lights, Printers
• Audible: Alarms, Bells, Buzzers, Beeps
• Automation
• Motors, Valves, Pumps, Lasers, Relays
• Analog, Multi-State, Digital

11. Internet of Things
Kevin Ashton, co-founder of
the Auto-ID Center at MIT,
first mentioned the internet
of things in a presentation he
made to Procter & Gamble
(P&G) in 1999.

12. Technology Decisions
• Power
• Connection
• Communication
• Integration
• Durability
• Reliability
• Security
• Efficiency
• Ease of Use
• Cost

13. Integration Choices
• Native (“Free”)
• Keyboard Simulation
• Data API
• Insert from URL
• Smooth (Easy to use, Easy to implement)
• Plug-In

14. Automated Store Demo
Payment
ReceiptOrder
Delivery
Output Check
Control & Status
Cashier Scan

15. Demo Under The Hood
Data
API
Phidgets
RFID
Barcode
Motors
USB
Weight
Credit Card
Receipt
Bluetooth
Laser
iOS App SDK
LED
s
Raspberry Pi
Data API
HTTP
iPad
iPhone
Bluetooth
iOS App SDK

16. Dashboard & Controller

17. Storefront
Data API
iOS App SDK
iPad

18. Storefront
Data API
iOS App SDK
iPad

19. Status Indication
• Raspberry Pi
• HTTP

20. Status Indication
• Raspberry Pi
• HTTP

21. Delivery
• Phidgets (USB or network)
• Servo & Stepper motors

22. Delivery
• Phidgets (USB or network)
• Servo & Stepper motors

23. Output Check
iPhone
iOS App SDK
Digital Scale
BlueSnap Adapter
qIDmini
UHF RFID
Data API

24. Output Check
iPhone
iOS App SDK
Digital Scale
BlueSnap Adapter
qIDmini
UHF RFID
Data API

25. Cashier
iPhone
iOS App SDK
CUSTOM
Receipt Printer
Data API
Laser
EAN Barcode
Bluetooth
Magstripe

26. Cashier
iPhone
iOS App SDK
CUSTOM
Receipt Printer
Data API
Laser
EAN Barcode
Bluetooth
Magstripe

27. Bonus #1: NFC

28. Bonus #2: POS

29. Bonus #3: Xgode

30. Bonus #3: Xgode

31. Bonus #3: Xgode

32. What’s Next?

33. Hardware Integration Process
• analyze actual needs
• advise hardware selection
• supply hardware
• integrate with software
• make it work

34. Feedback & Bonus
24usw.com/hwint