The PEX1S553 PCI Express serial adapter card allows you to turn a PCI Express slot into an RS232 (DB9) serial connection. The card is constructed using a native single chip design that lets you harness the full capability offered by PCI Express (PCIe), while reducing the load applied to the CPU by as much as 48% over conventional bridge chip serial cards.
The PCI Express (RS232) Serial Adapter Card is compatible with a broad range of operating systems including Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista™/Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (32 and 64 bit), Linux Kernel 2.6.11 and up, as well as MAC OS X 10.4 and above. The adapter card includes an optional half-height/low profile bracket, that lets you add a serial port to virtually any computer, regardless of the case form factor.
- One high speed RS-232 serial port with data transfer rate support up to 460.8 Kbps
- Compliant with PCI Express base specifications revision 1.0a
- Includes half-height bracket for installation in low profile systems
- 128-byte deep FIFO per transmitter and receiver
- Selectable power output on pin 9 for the serial port
- Native single-chip, single lane PCI Express
- Automated in-band software flow control using programmable Xon/Xoff in both directions
- Automated out-of-band flow control using CTS/RTS and DSR/DTR
- Applications
- Self service automated machines and kiosks to control serial devices such as scales, touchscreens, magnetic card readers, bar code scanners, receipt printers, label printers
- POS retail applications in grocery stores, and any other retail store to control keyboards, cash drawers, receipt printers, card readers/card swipes, scales, and elevated displays on poles
- Bank Teller workstations in either full profile or low profile versions to control their serial devices such as cash drawers, card readers/card swipes, printers, keypads/pinpads, pen pads
- Standard ATM automated teller machines to control keypads, receipt printer, card readers/card swipes, touchscreen LCD's, camera control, etc
- Used to control multiple surveillance/security cameras in a parking structure, office building, etc
Package Includes
1 - 1 Port PCI-Express Serial Card
1 - Low Profile Bracket
1 - Driver CD
1 - Instruction Manual
