2-Port RS-232 PCI Express Card, Support Power Over Pin-9

Antaira Technologies MSC-202A-V2 PCI Express I/O adapter provides 2 high performance 16C950-type UART compatible RS232 serial card expansion ports. The MSC-202A-V2 can provide added serial ports for a client, or server application to provide instant COM port expansion via the PCI Express Bus (PCIE).

PCI Express provides a scalable, high-speed, serial I/O bus that maintains backward compatibility with PCI applications and drivers. The MSC-202A-V2 two ports RS-232 architecture defines a high-performance, point-to-point, scalable, serial bus at speed of 250Mbytes/sec to 4GBytes/sec (and 8Gbytes/sec in the future).

The card is fully PCI Express Plug-and-Play compatible and no IRQ and I/O address conflict problems. The MSC-202A-V2 provides the scalability to quickly adapt to new PCI Express technologies. It allows you to add multiple serial port connectivity as needed through a single PCI-E serial card.

(MSC-202A-V2)

Full x1 PCI Express Throughput, 250Mbytes/sec
Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specifications, Revision 1.0a
PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Capability Including ECRC Support
UARTs Fully Compatible with 16C550-type Devices
Baud Rate up to 921.6Kbps
128-byte Deep FIFO per Transmitter and Receiver
Detection of Bad Data in the Receiver FIFO
9-bit Data Framing, as well as 5,6,7 and 8 bits
Provides 5V or 12V Power over Serial Connectors
Automated In-band Flow Control Using Programmable Xon/Xoff in Both Directions
Automated Out-of-Band Flow Control Using CTS#RTS# and/or DSR#DTR#

System	Fully Compliant with x1 PCI Express Base Specifications 1.0a
OS Support	Windows 95/98/Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Windows 7, and Linux
Operating Temperature	0 to 55°C (32 to 131°F)
Operating Humidity	10% to 90% relative humidity (non-condensing)
Storage Temperature	-40 to 75°C (-40 to 167°F)
Storage Humidity	5% to 95% relative humidity (non-condensing)
Dimensions	4.72 x 2.60Ã¶ (12.00 x 6.60cm)
Serial Ports	2 x DB9-Male Connectors
Host Controller	Fully 16C550 and 16C950 UART compatible
FIFO	128-byte High Performance FIFO size
Baud Rate	Up to 921.6Kbps
Data Bits	5, 6, 7, 8, 9-bit Data Framing
Flow Control	Automated in band flow control using programmable Xon/Xoff in both directions
Data Signal	Automated out-of-band flow control using CTS#RTS# and/or DSR#DTR#
Power Over Serial	Provides 5V or 12V over DB9 Connectors