Ver.1.01

COM-2PC-PE

1

RS-232C Isolated Serial I/O Board

for PCI Express 2ch

COM-2PC-PE

* Specifications, color and design of the products are subject to

change without notice.

Max. 921,600bps RS-232C Serial Communication

The < COM-2PC-PE > has two RS-232C-standard serial ports.

Baud rates from 2 to 921,600bps can be set for each port.

When using the bundled “Standard COM Driver Software” and

“Driver library API-PAC(W32)”, baud rates from 15 to 921,600bps

can be set.

Possibly used as Windows, Linux-standard COM ports,

using the bundled driver software

Comes with a driver software that allows the boards to be used

under Windows / Linux in the same way as COM ports on the PC.

Under Windows, the product supports the OS-standard Win32

API communication function as well as Visual Basic MSComm.

Under Linux, OS-

standard tty driver’s standard-function can be

used.

In addition, supplies a diagnostic program to confirm

hardware operation and to perform a communication test with

equipment.

Isolation between channels and between PCs, surge

protection for all signal lines

The channels are electrically isolated from each other and from

the PC.

As isolation is provided between channels as well as isolation of

the bus, this prevents electrical noise between channels as well

as between the PC and external circuits.

As surge protection is

provided on all signal lines, you can safely use the boards in

environments where you are concerned about surges causing

incorrect operation or damage to the PC.

Max. 16 boards can be installed as configured in the range

COM1 - COM256.

Up to 16 boards can be mounted on a single PC.

COM1 - COM256 can be set using the device manager.

This product is a PCI Express bus-supported board designed for

extending RS-232C compatible serial communication

functionality on your PC.

The < COM-2PC-PE > has two RS-232C-standard serial ports.

Higher noise-resistant models with isolation between channels

and between PC and bus line as well as a surge protection circuit

for communication ports.

With a 128byte built-in FIFO buffer for

transmission and reception of each channel, the product supports

a baud rate of up to 921,600bps.

It also comes with a

Windows/Linux driver, which allows boards to be used as

OS-standard COM ports.

This product supports CONTEC-defined driver library

“API-PAC(W32)” that provide local routines.

Each channel is equipped with separate 128-byte FIFO

buffers for transmit and receive.

Employed a buffer memory 128-byte dedicated to transmission

and 128-byte for each channel.

These are FIFO format, useful for high speed communications

and to reduce the load to the CPU when transmitting/receiving.

As the device manager can be used to enable/disable the use of

FIFO and set the FIFO trigger size, this permits operation to be

adjusted to achiere optinal performance for your system.

The boards use the same easy-to-use 9-pin D-SUB

connectors as are used on a PC.

Using the most versatile general-purpose 9-pin D-SUB connector

for RS-232C, the product allows you to use commercial cables

which support the RS-232C standard.

To suit your application, cables and connectors are available

as optional.

Straight cables (1.8m), cross cables (1.8m) and 9-pin D-SUB

connectors (male or female type) for creating your own cables

are available as optional.

The control line for RS-232C can be controlled and

monitored by software.

The control lines for RTS, CTS, DTR and DSR can be controlled

and monitored using software.

Driver library API-PAC(W32) is supported.

API-PAC(W32) is library software based on Win32 API routines

(DLL), which provides local routines specific to CONTEC.

You

can create high-speed application software taking advantage of

the CONTEC hardware using various programming languages

that support Win32 API functions, such as Visual Basic and

Visual C++.

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