Model |
PCIe-8RS2 |
Type |
PCI Express to Serial Port Card |
External Ports |
8 x Serial Ports |
Operating Systems Supported |
Linux Mac OSX Win 7 Win 8/8.1 Win Vista Win XP |
PCI Express 8-Port RS232 Serial Board with Oxford Chip The PCIe-8RS2 PCI Express 8-port serial I/O card is a plug & play high-speed serial I/O expansion card for PCI Express bus. The PCIe 8-port serial I/O card design utilizes the Exar XR17V358 PCI Express to UART chip. The PCIe add on card supports high-speed data rate up to 921.6 Kbps. Each serial port is compatible with 16550 UART with enhanced feature of 256-byte TX and RX FIFO buffer for higher performance. Features: PCI Express 2.0 x 1 compliant PCIe 1 Lane compliant 16C550 compatibility 256 byte receive FIFO buffer 256 byte transmit FIFO buffer for high speed data throughput Automatic RTS/CTS or DTR/DSR hardware flow control with programmable hysteresis Automatic Xon/Xoff software flow control Drivers provided for Windows and Linux O.S Wide ambient temperature operation 0°C to 60°C (32°F to 140°F) CE FCC approval Supports eight high speed RS-232 serial ports with data transfer rate up to 912.6 Kbps Provides 15KV ESD protection for all serial signals Provides eight DB-9 male connectors RS-232 data signals: DCD RxD TxD DTR GND DSR RTS CTS Includes one octopus cable with one DB-62 male connector to eight DB-9 male connectors cable. Cable length: 1 meter (OCT-8-DB9)