RocketPort® Plus Hardware Installation
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Introduction
This Hardware Installation document discusses the
following information:
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Product overview
Before installing the hardware
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Interface connectors and building loopback plugs
Troubleshooting and creating diagnostics
Product Overview
The RocketPort Plus series multiport serial card fits into
the PCI slot of a personal computer, and uses a 44 MHz
processor specifically designed to process asynchronous
serial communications.
The RocketPort Plus series uses Application Specific
Integrated Circuits (ASICs) technology to replace most
hardware components, including:
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The processor
•
Serial controller
•
Bus interface logic and other miscellaneous logic
To eliminate memory mapping conflicts, the RocketPort
Plus series is I/O mapped.
This Hardware Installation document discusses the
following RocketPort Plus serial controllers:
*
Quadcables have the capability to be 8-port cards with
an 8-port interface. Some drivers view the
4-port as an 8-port card.
All RocketPort Plus series interfaces support RS-232. You
can install up to four RocketPort Plus cards in one PC, for a
total of 32 additional serial ports, and you can install a
combination of PCI-bus and ISA-bus RocketPort cards.
For driver installation, see the
software installation and
configuration
documentation or the driver
readme
file for
your operating system.
Note: Red underlined text denotes URL jumps.
RocketPort Terminology
For the purposes of the following discussions, these
products are referred to as “RocketPort ISA” cards:
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RocketPort ISA-bus boards (any interface type
including 4J, 8J, Quadcable, and Octacable)
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RocketPort 485
These products are referred to as “RocketPort PCI” cards:
•
RocketPort PCI-bus boards (any interface type
including 4J, Quadcable, and Octacable)
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RocketPort Plus
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RocketPort PCI 422
Name
Ports
Interface Type
Quadcable*
4
Includes a fanout cable with
standard DB25 or DB9 connectors.
Octacable
8
Includes a fanout cable with
standard DB25, DB9, or RJ45
connectors.
2 Port
2
This model has 2 DB9 connectors on
the mounting bracket. Cables are
not included. Models are either RS-
232 or SMPTE.
RocketPort
®
Plus
Hardware Installation
