Antaira Technologies MSC-202B1 is a multi port serial card that connects to the PCI Express, providing two ports of RS-422/485 serial communication. The MSC-202B1 is designed to provide instant serial port expansion through the PCI Express bus. Suitable for both client ans server applications the multiple port RS-422/485 serial card is compatible with most opperating systems.
PCI Express provides a scalable, high-speed, serial I/O bus that maintains backward compatibility with PCI applications and drivers. Its architecture defines a high-performance, point-to-point, scalable, serial bus at speed of 250Mbytes/sec to 4GBytes/sec.
The MSC-202B1 is compatible with new and legacy RS422/485 devices. It is easy to install and use with its plug-and-play feature. It provides the scalability to quickly adapt to new serial technologies.
With the PCI Express Plug-and-Play feature and drivers, simply follow the instructions of Install Wizard, then you are done. You don¦t have to deal with I/O address, IRQ jumpers, DMA and others when you are connecting the devices. The System will recognize the device and install the drivers automatically. The MSC-202B1 multiport serial card is an ideal solution for your expanding serial applications.
Features
Full x1 PCI Express Throughput, 250Mbytes/sec
Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specifications, Revision 1.1
Supports RS-485 Auto Transceiver Turn Around by Unique Featured ATTA?v Hardware
128-byte deep FIFO per transmitter and receivers
Supports 1 DB9-male Connector
Support 4-wire RS422/485 and 2-wire RS485 Modes
Supports RS422/485 Speed up to 921.6Kpbs