Blue Heat/PCI RS232
Features:
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The Blue Heat/PCI are multi-port serial adapters for PCI Bus compatible
computers. Blue Heat/PCI boards provide cost effective, high performance solutions for
your multi-channel serial I/O requirements.
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- supports baud rates up to 1382.4 Kbps!
- High performance UART's control each port providing 64 bytes of transmit
and receive FIFO buffers and automatic flow control.
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independent port configuration with baud rates from 21 bps to 1382.4
Kbps; data bits of 5, 6, 7, or 8; stop bits of 1, 1.5, or 2, and odd, even, or stick
parity.
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full modem control signals on all ports.
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a choice of a DB9 or DB25 cable harness, DB9 external connector
box, or board mounted RJ11 connectors
( custom connector solutions offered as well ).
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multi-strike surge protection on all signals, all ports.
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includes SeePORT for Windows 95/98, a full featured software data
analyser.
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easy installation with no DIP switches or jumpers to set - fully
PCI 2.1 compliant plug and play (PnP).
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The Blue Heat/PCI RJ11 features fused +5V on the RJ11
connector for custom usage.
Benefits
High Speed, High Performance Communications
Rapid data transfer rates up to 1382.4 Kbps on all ports make Blue Heat/PCI boards ideal
connections to high speed modems or ISDN terminal adapters. State of the art
quad UART's with 64 bytes of transmit and receive FIFO buffers offload interrupt handling
and buffering from the main CPU, thus improving overall system performance. The PCI bus
interface offers high bus bandwidth for your data communications.
Hardware Flexibility
Blue Heat/PCI offers hardware flexibility and adaptability for your application. You can
configure each port's baud rate, parity, data and stop bits independently. All ports offer
full modem control and Blue Heat/PCI adapters offer various connector options to suit your
needs.
Hardware Reliability
The Blue Heat/PCI adapters provide Transient Voltage Suppression (Surge Suppression) on
all signals, all ports. Protection against electrical disturbances, spikes and surges
means less failures, less downtime. Surges and Spikes are safely shunted away
from circuits to frame ground, not circuit ground, using state of the art surge
suppression devices.
Software Compatibility
Blue Heat/PCI boards currently have support for these operating systems.
- BSDi 4.0
- Solaris (coming soon)
- QNX 4.2X
- QNX Neutrino
- Linux
- SCO UnixWare
- Windows 95/98/Me/XP
- Windows NT4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows CE
- Contact
 for the most recent list.
Easy to Use
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To get you up and running in no time, the Blue Heat/PCI adapters come ready for simple
installation with no DIP switches or jumpers to set. Included are board, cable assembly,
driver software and a comprehensive manual.
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Quality
Connect Tech strives to manufacture quality products, quality improves reliability and
reliability is key to functioning in today's demanding environments.
All Connect Tech PCI bus serial cards are built using 4 and 6 layer
Printed Circuit Boards ( PCB's ) with power and ground planes. The use of
power and ground planes on PCB's helps to lower Radiated Emissions from
the circuitry and give better signal integrity which allows for better
performance. The Blue Heat/PCI products meet or exceed all PCI
specifications. We ensure that the ALL PCI gold fingers providing
power are adequately decoupled to the power and ground planes using
decoupling capacitors. Proper decoupling ensures that PCI bus signal
integrity is maintained and that current fluctuations on the Blue Heat/PCI
don't adversely affect other cards on the PCI bus, and vice versa. We also
ensure that the JTAG boundary scan fingers on the PCI bus are connected,
this ensures that JTAG boundary scan systems will work when needed. We
also ensure that ALL PCI bus signals do not exceed the
specified length, or meet exact length requirements where mandated.
Connect Tech manufactures all products to strict
ISO9001 standards and ensures that the products are assembled and
tested in an Electrostatic safe environment. Furthermore we package all
circuit boards in a sealed Electrostatic safe bag, to ensure no
Electrostatic damage will occur during shipping and handling. Connect Tech
fully tests each product before shipping to ensure that the product
performs to specification.
Some other competing products don't meet all the above
strict requirements, this allows them to cut costs by cutting corners,
cutting corners means you may have an unreliable product that may not
perform as expected, or may adversely effect other components in your
computer system. Connect Tech's commitment to quality ensures that your
products will be reliable and perform trouble free for many, many
years.
Diagnostic Tools
Blue Heat/PCI adapters include the software data line analyser for Windows95, SeePORT. SeePORT helps you to diagnose
communication problems and therefore minimize downtime. Future SeePORT support will include Windows NT and QNX4.2X.
Warranty and Service
Connect Tech has provided high performance communication solutions since 1985 by building
and testing products to meet high standards of quality and reliability.
Blue Heat/PCI adapters are covered with a lifetime warranty.
Specifications
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Blue Heat /PCI RS232
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Number of Ports
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Eight, Four or Two
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Connectors
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8 port DB-9 male cable assembly or DB-9 male connector box.
8 port DB-25 male cable assembly.
4 port DB-25 male cable assembly.
4 port DB-9 male cable assembly.
2 port DB-9 board mounted connectors.
6 port RJ11 connectors ( two more ports available on 10 pin headers )
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Control Signals
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DB-9: RS-232
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Signal |
Pin |
Signal |
| 1 |
DCD |
6 |
DSR |
| 2 |
RxD |
7 |
RTS |
| 3 |
TxD |
8 |
CTS |
| 4 |
DTR |
9 |
RI |
| 5 |
SG |
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RJ11: RS-232 *
| Pin |
Signal |
Pin |
Signal |
| 1 |
RTS |
4 |
DSR |
| 2 |
RxD |
5 |
SG |
| 3 |
TxD |
6 |
+5V Fused |
*Note: 6 ports are available on RJ11, two more ports are available on 10 pin headers.
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| Baud Rates |
21 - 1382.4K baud |
| I/O Addresses * |
Plug and Play resources require two 256 byte I/O spaces. |
| Interrupts * |
Plug and Play resources require one interrupt. |
| Memory Addresses * |
Plug and Play resources require a one megabyte memory address space. |
| UART Type |
High performance quad UART's c/w 64 byte transmit and receive FIFO buffers |
| Transient Voltage Suppression |
EN61000-4 compliant on all signals, all ports.
Max transient power dissipation: 500 watts (pulses 8/20 us )
Max transient current: 15 Amps peak ( pulses 8/20us )
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| Dimensions |
Height: 10.5 cm Length: 12.25 cm Width: 1.5cm Weight: 0.12kg |
| Power Requirements |
- 8 port, +5V @ 400mA ( typ. ) +/-12 V @ 144 mA ( typ. ).
- 4 port, +5V @ 280mA ( typ. ) +/-12 V @ 57 mA ( typ. ).
- 2 port, +5V @ 240mA ( typ. ) +/-12 V @ 32mA ( typ. ).
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| Environmental Requirements |
Temperature: ( operating ): 0 - 70 degrees C
( storage ) : -65 - 150 degrees C
Humidity: 95% non-condensing
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| Bus |
33 MHz, 32 bit PCI with read and write FIFO buffers. |
| Regulatory Approvals |
FCC Class A
ICES-003
EN50082-2
EN55022 Class A
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| Software Compatibility |
QNX 4.2X, QNX Neutrino, Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Windows NT 3.51/NT4.0,
Windows 2000, Linux, BSDi 4.0, SCO UnixWare, Solaris and Windows CE ( Coming soon )
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| SeePORT Support |
Windows 95/98/me |
| System Requirements |
one 32 bit PCI slot and standard bracket assembly |
* Note: PnP ( Plug and Play ) resources are automatically assigned
by the PCI BIOS or by Plug and Play Operating Systems like Windows 95/98/me/2000.
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