8-Port RS232 Serial Card

The PCIe-8RS2 PCI Express 8-port serial I/O card is a plug & play high-speed serial I/O expansion card for PCI Express bus.

The PCIe 8-port serial I/O card design utilizes the Exar XR17V358 PCI Express to UART chip. The PCIe add on card supports high-speed data rate up to 921.6 Kbps. Each serial port is compatible with 16550 UART, with enhanced feature of 256-byte TX and RX FIFO buffer for higher performance.

PCIe Serial I/O Card Features

• PCI Express 2.0 x 1 compliant
• PCIe 1 Lane compliant
• 16C550 compatibility
• 256 byte receive FIFO buffer
• 256 byte transmit FIFO buffer for high speed data throughput
• Automatic RTS/CTS or DTR/DSR hardware flow control with programmable hysteresis
• Automatic Xon/Xoff software flow control
• Drivers provided for Windows and Linux O.S
• Wide ambient temperature operation 0°C to 60°C (32°F to 140°F)
• CE, FCC approval
• Supports eight high speed RS-232 serial ports with data transfer rate up to 912.6 Kbps
• Provides 15KV ESD protection for all serial signals
• Provides eight DB-9 male connectors
• RS-232 data signals: DCD, RxD, TxD, DTR, GND, DSR, RTS, CTS
• Includes one octopus cable with one DB-62 male connector to eight DB-9 male connectors cable. Cable length: 1 meter (OCT-8-DB9)

PCI Express Card Specifications

• PCI Express Single Lane (x1)
• (1) EXAR XR17V358 Chipset
• RS232 Interface
• Plug-and-Play Supported
• IRQ and I/O Address Assigned by System BIOS
• Data Bits: 5, 6, 7, 8
• Parity: None, Odd, Even, Mark , Space
• Stop Bits: 1, 1.5 , 2
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 60°C
• Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C
• Humidity: 0 to 80% RH. Non-condensing
• Safety Approvals: CE, FCC

Package Contents

• Box 1 PCIe card and Driver disk
• Box 2 3ft. Octopus Cable with RS232 DB9 connectors

Additional Information