Antaira MSC-104B (-SI) 4-Port RS-422/485 Universal PCI Card

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Antaira MSC-104B, 4-Port RS-422/485 Universal PCI Card with Surge and Isolation Protection (Optional)

The MSC-104B, built by Antaira Technologies, is a RS-422/485 PCI board that adds 4 ports of serial communication to workstations, servers and industrial computers.  It may function as a server or client.  It has a DB-37M front panel connector that breaks out to four DB-9 connectors using a break-out cable.  It supports 2-wire and 4-wire RS-422/485 connections.

Key Features

• 4 RS-422 or RS-485 serial ports to PCI, 16C950 UART
• PCI specification 3.0 compliant, 133 MB/s bandwidth
• ATTA auto RS-485 transmitter buffer control
• PCI IRQ sharing eliminates IRQ conflicts
• 4 male DB-9 connectors to DB-37M connector cable included
• RS-422/485 2-wire and 4-wire modes are available
• 128 byte FIFO
• Baud rate up to 921.6 kb/s
• The MSC-104B includes break-out cable, CD with drivers, utilities and a quick start guide

Configurations

MSC-104B, no surge and isolation protection
MSC-104B-SI, surge protection of 15 kV and isolation protection 2,500 Vrms

The MSC-102B1 software, with the PCI plug-and-play, is easy to install.  Follow the install wizard found on the CD.  The wizard will recognize the card and automatically install the device driver software.  You’ll be up and running in no time.