Connect up to 32
peripherals per port
under DOS, OS/2
®
, or
Windows
®
in your 485
network up to 4000 feet
(1219.2 m) away.
Supports speeds up to
115.2 or 460.8 kbps.
Can control the RS-485
driver-enable signal
automatically.
COM-1 through COM-4
addressable.
Choose from as many
as 11 IRQ selections.
Models available with
16550 or 16950
UARTs.
T
he RS-422/485 Serial Interface
Plus is Windows compatible
without the need for special
software or drivers.
Today’s mainstream operating
systems, such as Windows
3.x/Windows 95, 98 and Windows
NT™, and Windows 2000, do not
give applications direct control
over hardware devices.
Applications must make calls to a
driver substructure. Therefore,
features not supported by existing
drivers, such as RS-485, are very
difficult to implement because
lower-level I/O handling is
required.
In operating systems that don’t
have a standard driver to support
RS-485 communications, you
need to provide the driver
development. What’s worse, once
a driver is developed, it must be
maintained to support subsequent
releases of the operating system.
Integrate your industrial RS-422/485
applications and your PC.
Key Features
RS-422/485 SERIAL INTERFACE PLUS
However, the RS-422/
485 Serial Interface Plus
automatically handles low-level
RS-485 driver maintenance via
hardware. Therefore, initial
development can be targeted for
RS-232, debugged, tested, and
then implemented as RS-485. The
RS-422/485 Serial Interface Plus
was designed for simple
integration of RS-485 networks—
with little or no programming
changes—within Windows,
Windows NT, and other protected-
mode operating systems.
The RS-422/485 Serial
Interface Plus comes in 1- and 2-
Port models. A 2-Port model with
Optical Isolation is also available.
Optical Isolation eliminates the
effects of spikes, surges, and
ground differences to protect
communications devices
connected to the PC.
Choose from 16550 or 16850
UARTs. Cards with the 16550
UART feature a 16-byte FIFO and
run at speeds of up to 115.2 kbps.
Cards with the 16850 UART have a
128-byte FIFO and operate at
sustained speeds of up to
460.8 kbps.
Black Box Corporation
• 1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 • Tech Support: 724-746-5500 • www.blackbox.com
• e-mail:
[email protected]© 2000. All rights reserved.
Black Box Corporation.
IC050C,
IC171C
IC051C, IC176C,
IC057C, IC178C
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