Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction RS-232 I/O series, a line of PCI Express Multi-port Serial Communication Board, is designed to meet PCI Express Base Specification Ver1.1 (Compliable with PCI Express General 2 Specification). It can be installed in virtually any available PC system and compatible with all major operating systems.
1.2 Features Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 1.1 Supports x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 (lane) PCI Express Bus connector keys Support 2 x UART serial ports Built-in 16C950 compatible UART 128-bype deep transmit/receive FIFOs Data transfer rate up to 230400bps ...
1.4 Package Contents 1 x Powered RS-232 2-Port PCIe Card 1 x Driver CD 1 x User Manual 1 x Fan Out Cable Note: Contents may vary depending on country/market. Chapter 2: Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation Turn off the power to your computer.
Power for the Powered RS-232 DB9 connectors are supplied from 4-pin connector located on the PCB. This connectors allows a PC CD-ROM type power supply connector to provide the higher currents required by the power peripherals. In order to get efficient intake current output, there is one set of 4-pin power connector designed on the board.
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CAUTION Be sure to confirm your serial device power voltage sourcing and pin number to prevent any further problem. Before plugging this board into your system, please carefully check the power output jumper setting and hardware installation steps to prevent any damages. Wrong operating damages connected serial device.
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COM 1 Port – 4 Normal(DTR) COM 1 Port – 8 Normal(CTS) COM 1 Port – 9 Normal(RI) COM 2 Port – 1 Normal(DCD) COM 2 Port – 4 Normal(DTR) MN2000000197 Page 8...
COM 2 Port – 8 Normal(CTS) COM 2 Port – 9 Normal(RI) Note: System default setting is normal mode, standard RS-232 pin define. No described pins mean standard RS-232 definition. 2.3 Driver Installation 2.3.1 Installation for Windows XP/Vista/7 Insert the provided CD into your disk drive. The CD-ROM will start automatically.
Note: If the install program doesn’t run automatically, please locate and double-click on the Autorun.exe file in the CD to launch the install program. Please click “RS-232 PCIe Card” to start the installation. Follow the instructions on screen to install the driver. 2.3.2 Installation for Linux 2.4.x/2.6.x Please refer to the installation guide and driver for Linux 2.4.x &...
operation system installation within the folder located in the CD driver. :\Driver\PCIe\Linux 2.3.3 Installation for Windows CE Please refer to the installation guide and driver for Windows CE 5.0 operation system installation within the folder located in the CD driver. :\Driver\PCIe\Windows CE MN2000000197 Page 11...