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Congratulation on your purchasing this high performance PCI Express 

multi-serial host adapter. The  adapter  is  high speed PCI Express  bus 

based and plug-and-play compliant. Its serial ports are fully 16C1050 

UART compatible with most of the RS232C devices available from the 

market.   

Features: 

 

Full x1 PCI Express Throughput, 250Mbytes/sec 

 

Fully Compliant with PCI Express Base Specifications, Revision 1.0a 

 

256-byte FIFO  UARTs, Fully Compatible with 16C1050, Baud Rate up to 
921.6Kbps 

 

Supports 8 RS232 ports over one single VHDCI-68 Octopus Cable 

 

Supports Win 2000 and XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Win 7, 8.x, 10 and Linux 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card 

Installation Guide 

1. Introduction 

2. Board Layout 

8-port VHDCI-68 to 

DB9MX8 Octopus 

Cable 

J3: Aux. Power 

Connector 
JP2: Aux Power 

Source Selector 

JP3: Power over External Connector 

Enable/Disable Jumper 

Low Profile 

Bracket 

JP4: Mode Jumper (should 

always be kept at “CEN”) 

JP1: PME 

Enable/Disable 

Summary of Contents for MSC-208A2

Page 1: ...ress Base Specifications Revision 1 0a 256 byte FIFO UARTs Fully Compatible with 16C1050 Baud Rate up to 921 6Kbps Supports 8 RS232 ports over one single VHDCI 68 Octopus Cable Supports Win 2000 and XP 2003 2008 Vista Win 7 8 x 10 and Linux 8S RS232 Multi Serial PCI Express Card Installation Guide 1 Introduction 2 Board Layout 8 port VHDCI 68 to DB9MX8 Octopus Cable J3 Aux Power Connector JP2 Aux ...

Page 2: ...f the DB9 connector was defined for RS232 RI Ring Indicator signal Since some applications do NOT use this signal in this case Pin 9 can be used to deliver DC power for the serial devices This product provides 2 settings Disable and Enable When Disabled the Pin 9 for all DB9 connectors are not connected to DC power When Enabled the Pin 9 of all DB9 connectors are supplied the DC power selected by ...

Page 3: ...efore installation 2 Use static electricity discharge precautions Remove the chassis cover from your computer 3 Locate an unused PCI Express slot typically white and smaller and remove the corresponding slot cover from computer chassis 4 Plug the I O card to the unused PCI Express expansion slot and attached the I O card bracket to the computer chassis screw 5 Installing the supplied VHDCI 68 to D...

Page 4: ...ause the INF files will be conflict in this case Instead please browse to the correct location folder manually to make sure the correct drivers are chosen and installed correctly VHDCI68 Female Connector Pin Assignments 5 Software Driver Installation Drivers are in each corresponding folder 6 VHDCI68 Connector Pin Assignments 1 34 68 35 ...

Page 5: ... P4 2 29 P4 3 30 P4 4 31 P4 6 32 P4 7 33 P4 8 17 18 51 P1 9 P2 9 P3 9 P4 9 P5 9 P6 9 P7 9 P8 9 34 68 No Connection VHDCI68 Port Pin 35 P5 1 36 P5 2 37 P5 3 38 P5 4 39 P5 6 40 P5 7 41 P5 8 42 P6 1 43 P6 2 44 P6 3 45 P6 4 46 P6 6 47 P6 7 48 P6 8 50 P7 1 53 P7 2 55 P7 3 57 P7 4 58 P7 6 59 P7 7 60 P7 8 61 P8 1 62 P8 2 63 P8 3 64 P8 4 65 P8 6 66 P8 7 67 P8 8 15 20 22 49 54 56 shielding P1 5 P2 5 P3 5 P...

Page 6: ...I O address IRQ Parity Flow Control Power Requirement Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Storage Temperature VHDCI 68 VHDCI 68 to DB9MX8 Octopus type PCI Express x 1 8 TXD RXD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND 110 bps to 921 6Kbps 5 6 7 8 1 1 5 2 Plug and Play various None Even Odd RTS CTS XON XOFF 3 3V 150mA 0 to 55 C 32 to 132 F 5 to 95 RH 20 to 85 C 4 to 185 F 7 Specifications ...

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