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8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card
1. Introduction
Congratulation on your purchasing this high performance PCI Express
multi-serial host adapter. The adapter is high speed PCI Express bus
based and plug-and-play compliant. Its serial ports are fully 16C1050
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
256-byte FIFO UARTs, Fully Compatible with 16C1050, Baud Rate up to
921.6Kbps
Supports 8 RS232 ports over one single VHDCI-68 Octopus Cable
Supports Win 2000 and XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Win 7, 8.x, 10 and Linux
2. Board Layout
8-port VHDCI-68 to
DB9MX8 Octopus
Cable
Low Profile
Bracket
Installation Guide
JP1: PME
Enable/Disable
JP3: Power over External Connector
Enable/Disable Jumper
1
JP4: Mode Jumper (should
always be kept at "CEN")
J3: Aux. Power
Connector
JP2: Aux Power
Source Selector
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Summary of Contents for ANTAIRA MSC-208A2
- Page 1 8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card Installation Guide 1. Introduction Congratulation on your purchasing this high performance PCI Express multi-serial host adapter. The adapter is high speed PCI Express bus based and plug-and-play compliant. Its serial ports are fully 16C1050 UART compatible with most of the RS232C devices available from the market.
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Page 2: Jumper Settings
8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card 3. Jumper Settings JP1 – PME Enable/Disable Jumper: This jumper is to enable the PCIe card to wake up the system by its serial ports. The default was set at “DIS” (disabled). Settings DIS ENA PME Disabled... - Page 3 8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card AUX. POWER Source Selector: JP2 - Settings External 5V: Power source is +5VDC, from J3 AUX power connector. (Default) External 12V: Power source is +12VDC, from J3 AUX power connector. Internal 12V: Power source is +12VDC, from PCIe golden finger (motherboard’s PCIe slot) JP4 –...
- Page 4 8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card 5. Software Driver Installation Note: PLEASE DO NOT LET WINDOWS AUTO SEARCH THE DRIVERS ON THE CD, it will cause problems because the INF files will be conflict in this case. Instead, please browse to the correct location (folder) manually to make sure the correct drivers are chosen and installed correctly.
- Page 5 8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card VHDCI68 Port#-Pin# VHDCI68 Port#-Pin# P1-1 P5-1 P1-2 P5-2 P1-3 P5-3 P1-4 P5-4 P1-6 P5-6 P1-7 P5-7 P1-8 P5-8 P2-1 P6-1 P2-2 P6-2 P2-3 P6-3 P2-4 P6-4 P2-6 P6-6 P2-7 P6-7 P2-8 P6-8 P3-1 P7-1 P3-2 P7-2...
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Page 6: Specifications
8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card DB9-Male Pin Assignments: 7. Specifications Type Specifications Connector VHDCI-68 Cable VHDCI-68-to-DB9MX8 Octopus type Bus Interface PCI Express x 1 Number of Ports RS-232 Signals TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND Baud Rate 110 bps to 921.6Kbps Data Bits 5,6,7,8...
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