diff --git a/examples/static/helloworld.ts b/examples/grpc_tools_node_protoc/helloworld.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/static/helloworld.ts
rename to examples/grpc_tools_node_protoc/helloworld.ts
diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..110e4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "@senzing/sz-sdk-nodejs-grpc_examples",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "examples for using @senzing/serve-grpc with nodejs",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "szproduct/getVersion.ts": "tsx szproduct/getVersion.ts",
+    "grpc_tools_node_protoc/helloworld.ts": "tsx grpc_tools_node_protoc/helloworld.ts"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "senzing",
+    "entity-resolution"
+  ],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/examples/szproduct/getVersion.ts b/examples/szproduct/getVersion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c4fef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/szproduct/getVersion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { SzAbstractFactory, SzAbstractFactoryOptions } from '../../dist/@senzing/sz-sdk-nodejs-grpc/szfactorycreator/szFactoryCreator';
+
+const szParamFactory = new SzAbstractFactory(`0.0.0.0:8261`);
+const szProduct      = szParamFactory.createProduct();
+
+szProduct.getVersion().
+    then((result)=>{
+        console.log("RESPONSE:\n\r", result);
+    }).
+    catch((err)=>{
+        console.error(err);
+    });
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diff --git a/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactory.ts b/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactory.ts
index 912e5d9..adeaf9c 100644
--- a/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactory.ts
+++ b/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactory.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ export abstract class SzAbstractFactory {
     abstract createConfigManager(): undefined;
     abstract createDiagnostic(): undefined;
     abstract createEngine(): undefined;
-    abstract createProducts(): SzAbstractProduct | undefined;
+    abstract createProduct(factory: any): SzAbstractProduct | undefined;
 }
diff --git a/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactoryCreator.ts b/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactoryCreator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fb32b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/abstracts/szAbstractFactoryCreator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+    /*
+    func CreateGrpcAbstractFactory(grpcConnection *grpc.ClientConn) (senzing.SzAbstractFactory, error) {
+        szAbstractFactory := &szabstractfactorygrpc.Szabstractfactory{
+            GrpcConnection: grpcConnection,
+        }
+        return szAbstractFactory, nil
+    }
+    */
+
+    export class szAbstractFactoryCreator {
+        /*
+        static CreateCoreAbstractFactory() {
+
+        }
+        */
+        static CreateGrpcAbstractFactory() {
+            
+        }
+    }
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diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 5648d95..e5fc76a 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@senzing/sz-sdk-nodejs-grpc",
   "main": "./index.js",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "author": "development@senzing.com",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "A node library for handling Senzing SDK gRPC connections.",
diff --git a/src/szProduct.ts b/src/szProduct.ts
index 9394d42..47d74ac 100644
--- a/src/szProduct.ts
+++ b/src/szProduct.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,34 @@ import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import { GetVersionRequest, GetVersionResponse } from './szproduct/szproduct_pb';
 import { SzProductClient } from './szproduct/szproduct_grpc_pb';
 import { SzAbstractProduct } from './abstracts/szAbstractProduct';
+import { SzAbstractFactoryOptions } from './szfactorycreator/szFactoryCreator';
 
 // --------------- user facing "grpc.SzProduct" inheriting from SzAbstractProduct
 export class SzProduct implements SzAbstractProduct {
-    private connectionString;
-    private credentials;
+    private connectionString: string;
+    private credentials: grpc.ChannelCredentials;
     private client;
 
-    constructor(connectionString = `0.0.0.0:8261`, credentials = grpc.credentials.createInsecure()) {
+    //connectionString = `0.0.0.0:8261`, credentials = grpc.credentials.createInsecure()
+
+    constructor(parameters: SzAbstractFactoryOptions) {
+        const { connectionString, credentials } = parameters;
         this.connectionString   = connectionString;
-        this.credentials        = credentials;
-        this.client             = new SzProductClient(this.connectionString, this.credentials);
+        this.credentials        = credentials !== undefined? credentials : grpc.credentials.createInsecure();
+
+        if(this.connectionString) {
+            this.client             = new SzProductClient(this.connectionString, this.credentials);
+        }
     }
     getLicense() {
         return undefined;
     }
     getVersion() {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            if(!this.client){
+                reject('no connection present');
+                return
+            }
             const request = new GetVersionRequest();
             this.client.getVersion(request, (err, res) => {
                 if(err) {
diff --git a/src/szfactorycreator/szFactoryCreator.ts b/src/szfactorycreator/szFactoryCreator.ts
index 5a10cf8..fe63032 100644
--- a/src/szfactorycreator/szFactoryCreator.ts
+++ b/src/szfactorycreator/szFactoryCreator.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,26 @@ import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 //import { SzProduct } from '../szProduct';
 import { SzAbstractProduct } from '../abstracts/szAbstractProduct';
 import { SzAbstractFactory as SzAbstractFactoryAbstract } from '../abstracts/szAbstractFactory';
-import { SzProduct } from '../szProduct';
+import { SzProduct as SzProductGrpc } from '../szProduct';
 
 // from "https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-python/blob/main/src/senzing/szabstractfactory.py"
-export interface SzAbstractFactoryParameters {
-
+export interface SzAbstractFactoryOptions { 
+    connectionString: string, 
+    credentials?: grpc.ChannelCredentials
 }
 
 // from grpc package
-export class SzAbstractFactory implements SzAbstractFactoryAbstract{
+export class SzAbstractFactory extends SzAbstractFactoryAbstract{
     //private channel: grpc.Channel = undefined;
+    private connectionStr: string;
 
-    constructor(szFactoryAbstract: SzAbstractFactoryAbstract) {}
+    constructor(connectionString: string) {
+        // create gRPC client connection
+        super();
+        this.connectionStr = connectionString;
+    }
 
-    public createConfig(): undefined{
+    public createConfig(): undefined {
         return undefined;
     }
     public createConfigManager(): undefined{
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ export class SzAbstractFactory implements SzAbstractFactoryAbstract{
         return undefined;
     }
 
-    public createProducts(): SzProduct | undefined{
-        return undefined;
+    override createProduct(): SzProductGrpc {
+        return new SzProductGrpc({ connectionString: this.connectionStr });
     }
 }
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