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16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card
1. Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing the high performance PCI Express
multi-serial host adapter. The adapter is high speed PCI Express bus
based and plug-and-play compliant. Its 16C950 UART based serial
ports (128-byte deep FIFO) are fully 16C550 UART compatible with most
of the RS232C devices available from the market.
Features:
Full x1 PCI Express Throughput, 250Mbytes/sec
Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specifications, Revision 1.0a
Extended 16C950 UARTs, Fully Compatible with 16C550, Baud Rate up to
921.6Kbps
Supports Power Option over pin 9 of the all DB9-Male Connectors
Supports 16-port DB9M connectors by 2 VHDCI-68 Octopus Cables
Supports Win 2000, 2003, XP-32, XP-64, Vista-32, Vista-64, and Linux
2. Board Layout
S9
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S16
S1
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:
S8
8-port VHDCI-68 to
DB9MX8 Octopus
Cables
Installation Guide
P4
P3
J1: S1~S8 VHDCI-68
External Connector
J3: Aux. Power Connector
J2: S9~S16 VHDCI-68
External Connector
1
JP3: Aux Power
Source Selector
JP1:
S1~S8 Power over
Serial Connectors
Enable/Disable
JP2:
S1~S8 Power over
Serial Connectors
Enable/Disable
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Page 1: Installation Guide
16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card Installation Guide 1. Introduction Congratulations on purchasing the high performance PCI Express multi-serial host adapter. The adapter is high speed PCI Express bus based and plug-and-play compliant. Its 16C950 UART based serial ports (128-byte deep FIFO) are fully 16C550 UART compatible with most of the RS232C devices available from the market. - Page 2 16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card 3. Jumper Settings JP1, JP2- External Power Enabler: These 2 jumpers are used to Enable or Disable the option of supplying power over pin 9 of the eight DB9 connectors of S1~S8 and S9~S16. JP1, JP2: External Power Enabler Settings Disable Power on DB9M pin 9...
- Page 3 16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card 4. Software Installation The drivers of the PCIe card for each Operating System were shipped in the following different folders on the driver CD: Drivers are in each corresponding folder When the Windows detect the PCIe card, it will invoke its Installation Wizard:...
- Page 4 16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card Note: For Windows 2000 installation, we recommend you to choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” from the following menu, then browse to the correct driver location (\IO\OXFORD2\2000\...) for Windows 2000. It will prevent from the Windows 2000 searching wrong drivers.
- Page 5 16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card Check Windows Version Showed in the folder here: XP32 in this example 5. Male DB9 Pin Assignments and Cable Wiring 9 Pins Signal (Power)* *Note: The pin 9 of the DB9 male connector supports DC5V or DC12V depends on the settings of the JP1 and JP2, please refer to the above sections for more detail information...
- Page 6 16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card DB9(Male) to DB9(Male) Wiring DB9(USB Adapter) DB9(Serial Device) 1 DCD 1 DCD 2 RXD 2 RXD 3 TXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 4 DTR 5 GND 5 GND 6 DSR 6 DSR 7 RTS 7 RTS 8 CTS 8 CTS...
- Page 7 16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card Flow Control RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF Power Requirement 3.3V/500mA Operating Temperature ° ° 0 to 55 C(32 to 132 Operating Humidity 5 to 95% RH Storage Temperature ° ° -20 to 85 C (-4 to 185...
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