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Introduction
Hardware Specification
Environmental Specification
Physical Specification
Agency Approvals
Price List
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Introduction

The Hostess 2000™ products provide traditional Hostess reliability in 16550 UART based serial cards. The Hostess 2000™ is designed for the ISA-bus interface, and offers a variety of models from 4 to 16 ports. Hostess 2000™ uses industry standard 16550 UART technology, providing a solution for legacy ISA installations.

Features and benefits:

  • Easy installation with high reliability
  • Available in RJ45, RJ11, DB25 & DB9 models supporting from 4 to 16 ports
  • Enhanced 16550 UARTs capable of the highest data rates
  • Backed by Comtrol with a 5 year limited warranty
  • Compatible with existing Hostess series device drivers
 


Hardware Specifications

General
Baud rate 50 to 230.4 Kbps
(Baud rate is dependant upon hardware and operating system configuration)
Bus interface ISA

Device Driver Control
Data bits 5, 6, 7 or 8
Parity Odd, Even, None, Mark or Space
Stop bits 1, 1.5 or 2

Supported Operating Systems
DOS, OS/2, Linux, Win 3.1, Win NT, Win 9x, Unix, Interactive
Unix, Xenix, SCO, Multiuser DOS.

 

Environmental Specifications

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%

 

Physical Specifications

Products marked with * require an external RocketPort interface

Hostess
Product

Current
+5v
Current
+12v
Current
-12v
weight
grammes
dimensions
mm
4J
(59650-1)
190mA 20mA 20mA 90 157 x 96.5
8J
(59740-9)
250mA 80mA 80mA 104 157 x 106.5
Quad DB25
(59710-2)
210mA 20mA 20mA 95 157 x 96.5
Quad DB9
(59730-0)
210mA 20mA 20mA 95 157 x 96.5
Octacable DB25 (59700-3) 140mA 120mA 120mA 109 157 x 106.5
Octacable DB9 (59720-1) 140mA 120mA 120mA 109 157 x 106.5
8 Port
(59630-1)*
215mA n/a n/a 95 157 x 106.5
16 Port
(59610-3)*
300mA n/a n/a 106 157 x 106.5
16 Port 100 way connector
(59600-2)
300mA n/a n/a 106 157 x 106.5

 


Agency Approvals

Immunity:


EN55024:1998
IEC 1000-4-2/EN61000-4-2:1995 ESD
IEC 1000-4-3/EN61000-4-3:1995 RF
IEC 1000-4-4/EN61000-4-4:1995 Fast Transient
IEC 1000-4-5/EN61000-4-6:1996 Conducted Disturbance
IEC 1000-4-8/EN61000-4-8:1994 Magnetic Field
IEC 1000-4-11/EN61000-4-11:1994 Dips & Voltage Variations

Emissions:

European Standard EN55022:1998
Amendment A1:2000
IEC 1000-3-2/EN61000-3-2: Harmonic
IEC 1000-3-3/EN61000-3-3: Flicker

CISPR-22
AS/NZS-3548
FCC Part 15 Subpart B
Class B Limit

Warranty

2 years

Note: All models listed above support asynchronous communications only