This product is a PCI Express bus-supported board designed for extending RS-232C compatible serial communication functionality on your PC. The product has four RS-232C-standard serial ports. With a 128byte built-in FIFO buffer for transmission and reception of each channel, the product supports a baud rate of up to 921,600bps. Up to 16 boards can be mounted on a single PC and the range COM1 - COM256 can be set. Windows / Linux compatible driver software is available that can be used just like a COM port on a PC. This product supports CONTEC-defined driver library “APIPAC(W32)” that provide local routines.
Max. 921,600bps RS-232C Serial Communication
The product has four RS-232C-standard serial ports. Baud rates from 2 to 921,600bps can be set for each port. When using the supported “Standard COM Driver Software” and “Driver library API-PAC(W32)”, baud rates from 15 to 921,600bps can be set.
Possibly used as Windows, Linux-standard COM ports, using the supported driver library
Driver software is available for use on Windows / Linux in the same way as a COM port on a PC. Under Windows, the product supports the OS-standard Win32 API communication function as well as Visual Basic MSComm. Under Linux, OS-standard tty driver’s standard-function can be used. In addition, supplies a diagnostic program to confirm hardware operation and to perform a communication test with equipment.
Max. 16 boards can be installed as configured in the range COM1 - COM256.
Up to 16 boards can be mounted on a single PC. COM1 - COM256 can be set using the device manager.