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Introduction
The BroadPort 550 range of products provides an effective solution to monitoring and
controlling a large number and wide range of serial based peripherals in a broadcast studio.
An 8 and 16 port uPCI card with it's 1U 19" rack-mount interface provides RS-422
connections via 'Sony DB9' (SMPTE 207M) connectors.
There is no need to add further adapters as you would with a standard IT product.
A 16 port changeover unit allows rapid swapping of the peripherals from a duty server
to standby server.
BroadPort 550 uPCI Card
The universal PCI card (PCI and PCI-x) is developed from the popular RocketPort 550
and provides a low-cost serial expansion solution, delivering the highest performance
and reliability through industry standard 16550 UART technology.
Each of the ports exceed the speed requirements of the SMPTE 207M standard and
can be set individually to DCE or DTE.
BroadPort 550 Interface
The BroadPort 550 controller is connected to the 1U 19" passive rack interface via a
SCSI cable (provided).
The interface is ideal for where rack space is limited; it is only 50mm deep.
DB9 female connectors allow easy attachment of broadcast standard peripherals.
Features and benefits:
- uPCI connector
- Enhanced installation, no jumpers or switch
settings required
- High reliability
- Rack Mount Interface using Sony DB9 connectors
- DB9 connectors from 8 to 16 ports
- Backed by Comtrol with a 5-year limited warranty
- Device driver support for Windows XP,2000 & Linux (Kernel 2.4.x)
- RoHS Compliant
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Typical Peripherals Controlled
- Graphics generators
- Subtitle master control
- Video routers
- Video servers
- Video tape recorders
- Logo generators
- Robotic tape libraries
- etc etc
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Hardware
Specifications
BroadPort 550 controller
Number of Ports/Card 8 or 16
Number of Cards/System up to 4
Hardware interrupts Each card requires one system IRQ.
Baud rate 50 to 230.4 Kbps
(Baud rate is dependant upon hardware and operating system configuration)
Current Configuration 200 mA
Bus interface uPCI
MTBF Greater than 30 years
Device Driver Control
Data bits 5, 6, 7 or 8
Parity Odd, Even, None, Mark or Space
Stop bits 1, 1.5 or 2
Interface
Communications Interface RS422, SMPTE
Interface Connector Type DB9, SMPTE 207M
Connector between card and interface 68 pin SCSI
MTBF Greater than 30 years
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Environmental
Specifications
Heat output 1.41w to 3.58w
Altitude 0 to 3,050 metres
MTBF Greater than 30 years
Air temperature
System on 0 to 40°C
System off -20 to 85°C
Humidty (non-condensing)
System on 8 to 80%
System off 20 to 80%
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Physical Specifications
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Product |
Iq @
+5v |
weight
grammes |
dimensions
mm |
8
Port card
(55110-2) |
200mA |
94 |
153x101 |
16
Port card
(55120-1) |
200mA |
99 |
153x101 |
8 Port Interface
(55140-9) |
N/A |
493 |
414x56x44 |
16 Port Interface
(55130-0) |
N/A |
547 |
414x56x44 |
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Agency Approvals
Immunity:
BS EN61326 1998 Immunity standard for electrical equipment for measurement,
control and laboratory use
IEC 1000-4-2/ EN61000-4-2 1995 ESD Requirements
IEC 1000-4-3/ EN61000-4-3 2006 Radiated Susceptibility
IEC 1000-4-4/ EN61000-4-4 2004 Electrical Fast Transient Burst Requirement
IEC 1000-4-5/ EN61000-4-5 2006 Surges Requirements
IEC 1000-4-6/ EN61000-4-6 1996 Conducted Susceptibility
IEC 1000-4-11/ EN61000-4-11 2004 Voltage Dips and Interruptions
Emissions
IEC 61326-1/ EN61326 1998 Emissions standard for electrical equipment for
measurement,
control and laboratory use
EN55022 Class B 2006 Emissions Standard for domestic and light industrial
environments
EN55011 Class B 1998 Emissions Standard for ISM Light Industrial
CISPR-22
FCC Part 15 Subpart B
Class B limit
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