Product Overview

8 port Rocket Port 550, No interface required.

Product Description

Manufacturer: Comtrol

Highest performance and reliability

The RocketPort 550 Universal PCI family delivers RocketPort reliability in a 16550 UART based serial card. Designed to be fitted into either a 5.0Volt or 3.3Volt PCI-bus interface, with low profile options, the products offer a variety of connector options and models supporting from 4 to 16 serial ports. The RocketPort Universal 550 provides a low-cost serial expansion solution that delivers the highest performance and reliability through industry standard 16550 UART technology.

Features and benefits:

Universal and Low profile
Enhanced installation, no jumpers or switch settings required
High reliability
DOS sample code for upgrading 16550 ISA legacy applications
Robust OS support including Windows 2000, NT ,98, Linux and DOS
Available in RJ45, RJ11, DB9 and DB25 models supporting from 4 to 16 ports
Backed by Comtrol with a 5-year limited warranty
Device driver support for Windows XP,2000,NT4,98, DOS & Linux (Kernel 2.4.x)

Applications

Industrial Control and Monitoring
Material Handling
CNC & DNC
Hospitality
Retail POS
Remote Access
Fax Servers
Kiosk & ATM

Hardware Specifications

General
Number of Ports/Card 8
Number of Cards/System up to 4
Hardware interrupts Each card requires one system IRQ.
Baud rate 50 to 230.4 Kbps
(Baud rate is dependant upon hardware and operating system configuration)
Bus interface PCI

Device Driver Control
Data bits 5, 6, 7 or 8
Parity Odd, Even, None, Mark or Space
Stop bits 1, 1.5 or 2

Interfaces
Bus interface PCI
Communications Interface RS-232, RS-423, RS-422, RS-485, Current Loop
Interface Connector Type DB9, DB25, RJ11, RJ45

Environmental Specifications

Heat output 1.41w to 3.58w
Altitude 0 to 3,050 metres
MTBF Greater than 30 years

Air temperature
System on 0 to 40°C
System off -20 to 85°C

Humidty (non-condensing)
System on 8 to 80%
System off 20 to 80%