Thank you, what I really meant was that, if I'm monitoring the data stream coming from the flowmeter; I was just figuring out a way to "stop" the data so that I might capture one discreet value and send it to Excel for import into Filemaker.  Does the filter plugin start and stop the data stream to isolate values?

Thank you for the help.  How about the ability of the data logger to export a data stream on command to an Excel file?  I'm wondering what feature can stop the data stream so that only one "data point" value can later be imported from Excel.  I would hate to import a thousand values; not sure how this works.

Basic question here but can I use the Data Logger to sample data streaming from a connected serial device (flowmeter) and import this data point on command (via a sample script) into a target field within my custom Filemaker Pro database?  (I'm trying to avoid a grand to the Troi folks).