ANTAIRA msc-216a User manual

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Congratulations on purchasing the high performance PCI Express
multi-serial host adapter. The adapter is high speed PCI Express bus
based and plug-and-play compliant. Its 16C950 UART based serial
ports (128-byte deep FIFO) are fully 16C550 UART compatible with most
of the RS232C devices available from the market.
Features:
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Full x1 PCI Express Throughput, 250Mbytes/sec
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Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specifications, Revision 1.0a
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Extended 16C950 UARTs, Fully Compatible with 16C550, Baud Rate up to
921.6Kbps
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Supports Power Option over pin 9 of the all DB9-Male Connectors
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Supports 16-port DB9M connectors by 2 VHDCI-68 Octopus Cables
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Supports Win 2000, 2003, XP-32, XP-64, Vista-32, Vista-64, and Linux
16-Port RS-232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card
Installation Guide
1. Introduction
2. Board Layout
J1: S1~S8 VHDCI-68
External Connector
J3: Aux. Power Connector
JP3: Aux Power
Source Selector
JP1:
S1~S8 Power over
Serial Connectors
Enable/Disable
P4
P3
8-port VHDCI-68 to
DB9MX8 Octopus
Cables
S1
:
:
:
S8
:
:
S9
:
:
:
S16
J2: S9~S16 VHDCI-68
External Connector
JP2:
S1~S8 Power over
Serial Connectors
Enable/Disable

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1. JP1, JP2- External Power Enabler: These 2 jumpers are used to
Enable or Disable the option of supplying power over pin 9 of the
eight DB9 connectors of S1~S8 and S9~S16.
JP1, JP2: External Power Enabler
Settings
Disable Power on DB9M pin 9
(Default)
Enable Power on DB9M pin 9
2. JP3- External Power Selector: The pin-9 of the serial port
connector(s) will be supplied with DC5V or DC12V. There are 3
sources depend on the jumper’s position of the JP3:
3.
JP3: External Power Selector
Settings
Internal 12V:
Power source is +12VDC,
from PCI Express golden finger
(motherboard’s PCI Express slot)
(default)
External 12V:
Power source is +12VDC,
from J3 AUX power connector.
External 5V:
Power source is +5VDC,
from J3 AUX power connector.
3. Jumper Settings
DIS PWR
DIS PWR
X5V
X12V
I12V
X5V
X12V
I12V
X5V
X12V
I12V

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The drivers of the PCIe card for each Operating System were shipped
in the following different folders on the driver CD:
When the Windows detect the PCIe card, it will invoke its Installation
Wizard:
4. Software Installation
Drivers are in each
corresponding folder

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Note: For Windows 2000 installation, we recommend you to choose
“Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” from the following
menu, then browse to the correct driver location (\IO\OXFORD2\2000\...) for
Windows 2000. It will prevent from the Windows 2000 searching wrong
drivers.

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*Note: The pin 9 of the DB9 male connector supports DC5V or DC12V
depends on the settings of the JP1 and JP2, please refer to the above
sections for more detail information
Check Windows Version
Showed in the folder here:
XP32 in this example
5. Male DB9 Pin Assignments and Cable Wiring
1 5
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9 Pins Signal
1 DCD
2 RXD
3 TXD
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
8 CTS
9 (Power)*

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DB9(Male) to DB9(Male) Wiring
Type
Specification
Connectors
Cable
Bus Interface
Number of Ports
RS-232 Signals
Baud Rate
Data Bits
Stop Bits
I/O address/IRQ
Parity
VHDCI-68
VHDCI-68-to-DB9MX16 Octopus type
1-lane PCI Express
16
TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND
110 bps to 921.6Kbps
5,6,7,8,9
1, 1.5, 2
Plug-and-Play (various)
None, Even, Odd, 1, 0
6. Specification
DB9(USB Adapter) DB9(Serial Device)
1 DCD 1 DCD
2 RXD 2 RXD
3 TXD 3 TXD
4 DTR 4 DTR
5 GND 5 GND
6 DSR 6 DSR
7 RTS 7 RTS
8 CTS 8 CTS

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Flow Control
Power Requirement
Operating Temperature
Operating Humidity
Storage Temperature
RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF
3.3V/500mA
0 to 55°C(32 to 132°F)
5 to 95% RH
-20 to 85°C (-4 to 185°F)