Quatech DSPXP-100 User manual

KEY FEATURES
New generation of I/O expansion
for notebooks
Adds 1, 2 or 4 high-speed serial
ports; 1 true parallel port
Support PCI Express Base
Specification Revision 1.1a
Installs in any ExpressCard slot
Built-in 1024-byte FIFOs buffers
increase data transmit/receive
speed
Baud rates up to 921.6kbps
Hot plugging and hot swapping
features
High speed ExpressCard with
plug-n-play
Supports Windows XP/Vista
operating systems
Performance Line Technology
ExpressCard technology is emerging with
faster speeds and better efficiency than
the typical PCMCIA and PC Cards,
connecting high-bandwidth peripherals to
notebooks and other portables. The
ExpressCard’s credit-card like format
gives way to a smaller, faster and more
desktop-friendly format.
Gone are the days of laptops
manufactured with PC Card slots and are
swapped out with smaller, slimmer and
thinner ExpressCard portals. Quatech’s
Serial ExpressCard line supersedes older
technology and are engineered for new
laptop models.
Quatech’s ExpressCards are designed in
the smallest form factor -34. ExpressCard
34 is compatible with all ExpressCard
slots - 34/54.
Quatech’s ExpressCard solutions
accommodate I/O expansion and
connectivity to serial and parallel devices
in mobile laptop applications.
Available in one, two and four port serial
configurations and one parallel port
configuration, the ExpressCards offer
easy-to-upgrade PC Card technologies,
while integrating popular external
peripheral functionality via ExpressCard
module form-factor.
The PXP series was designed with a PCI
Express (PCIe) interface rather than using
USB controller interfaces.
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Advantages of a PCIe-based
ExpressCard design are in the interface to
the laptop’s motherboard. The PCIe bus
interface is the successor to the PCI bus,
which in turn was the successor to the ISA
bus to which built-in ports were originally
attached. As such, the ExpressCard
adapter design utilizes a PCIe-based
design and can still directly use I/O space
addresses and interrupts, thus more
closely emulating built-in ports than can
be done via USB-based design.
Moreover, because there's no USB stack
for the drivers to contend with, throughput
can be higher and latency will be lower
(considerably so in many cases).
Due to improved data transfer rate, the
ExpressCard is considerably more
efficient for multi-tasking operations. The
PXP series support data rates of up to
921.6Kbps, which provides steady flow of
data throughput.
Quatech’s PXP series is a great solution
to connect with existing peripherals and
maintain compatibility and functionality
with their current application software.
The SSPX-100 is a cost effective solution
to adding a single serial port to mobile
systems. The SSPX is a usb-based
design that will function similarly to USB to
serial cables.
Quatech also sells and supports other
ExpressCard connectivity products,
including hard drive eSATA 2.0 and
Ethernet configurations.
Model Selection Guide
Model No. Description
SSPXP-100 1 port performance PCIe-based RS-232 serial ExpressCard
DSPXP-100 2 port performance PCIe-based RS-232 serial ExpressCard
QSPXP-100 4 port performance PCIe based RS-232 serial ExpressCard
SSPXP-200/300 1 port performance PCIe-based RS-422/485 serial ExpressCard
DSPXP-200/300 2 port performance PCIe-based RS-422/485 serial ExpressCard
QSPXP-200/300 4 port performance PCIe based RS-422/485 serial ExpressCard
SPPXP-100 1 high performance PCIe-based EPP parallel port ExpressCard
SSPX-100 1 port RS-232 serial ExpressCard
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Serial & Parallel ExpressCards

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PCIe-based Serial ExpressCards (SSPXP, DSPXP, QSPXP)
Bus Interface ExpressCard Standard, PCI Express-based Designs Specification, Revision 1.1
compliant interface
OS Support Windows XP/Vista
Baud Rates 921.6kbps per port
Serial Ports SSPXP: 1 DSPXP: 2 QSPXP:4
UARTS 16450/550/750-compatible register set
Data FIFO 1024-byte
Data Bits Supports 5, 6, 7, 8; Supports even, odd, mark, space & no parity; Supports 1, 1.5 & 2 stop bits
SSPXP/DSPXP-100 TIA-232-F (RS-232) compliant
SSPXP/DSPXP-200/300 TIA-422-B (RS-422) & TIA-485-A (RS-485) compliant
200/300 Series  Supports full-duplex and RTS, DTR or automatic transmitter control half-duplex
 Selectable receiver control (echo/no echo)
 Selectable RTS/CTS, TxCLK/RxCLK or loopback auxiliary data pair
 Full fail-safe (open and short) 1/8 load receivers
Warranty 5 years
USB 2.0-based Serial ExpressCards (SSPX)
Features  Fully compliant with ExpressCard Specification 1.0, USB-based design
 ExpressCard/34 Form Factor Module
 Fast 16550 UART supports baud rates up to 115.2Kbps
 SSPX-100: provides one serial (DB-9)
 Works with various types of RS-232 devices
OS Support Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
System Requirements ExpressCard-enabled system with an available ExpressCard slot
Warranty 1 year
PCIe-based Parallel ExpressCards (SPPXP)
Bus Interface ExpressCard Standard, PCI Express-based Design Specification, Revision 1.1
compliant interface
OS Support Windows XP/Vista
Parallel Ports SPPXP: 1
Modes EPP Mode, Standard Unidirectional Parallel Port Mode, Standard Bidirectional Parallel Port Mode
SPPXP-100 Series  IEEE Standard, 1284-2000 compliant
 Supports compatibility (Centronics), Bi-directional (PS/2), ECP and EPP modes
 2048-byte FIFO (ECP mode only)
 Supports RLE decompression (ECP mode only)
 Uses the Windows system-supplied parallel drivers
Connectors PIN 1: STROBE PIN 18: GND
PIN 2: D0 PIN 19: GND
PIN 3: D1 PIN 20: GND
PIN 4: D2 PIN 21: GND
PIN 5: D3 PIN 22: GND
PIN 6: D4 PIN 23: GND
PIN 7: D5 PIN 24: GND
PIN 8: D6 PIN 25: GND
PIN 9: D7
PIN 10: ACK
PIN 11: BUSY
PIN 12: PERROR
PIN 13: SELECTIN
PIN 14: AUTOFEED
PIN 15: NFAULT
PIN 16: INT
PIN 17: SELECT
Warranty 5 years