Introduction
Hardware Specification
Environmental Specification
Physical Specification
Regulatory Approvals
Price List
 
 


Introduction

The RocketPort EXPRESS product family is Comtrol’s next generation multi-port serial comtroller. Products are fully compatible with systems that have 1X, 4X, 8X, and 16X-Lane PCI Express serial expansion slots. The EXPRESS design takes advantage of the increased performance of Comtrol’s exclusive Unity ASIC chip.

These reliable serial cards are low profile and are for use in both standard PCs and low-profile servers.

Our Quadcable and Octacable products reach serial communication speeds of 921 Kbps and products with an interface communicate at 460 Kbps.

All products support software-selectable RS-232/422/485 serial communication modes.
The product family include 4, 8, 16 and 32 port models.

 

Hardware Specifications

General
Number of Cards/System up to 4
Baud rate 300 bps to 921Kbps
(Baud rate is dependant upon hardware and operating system configuration)
Bus interface PCI Express (PCIE) 1X, 4X, 8X & 16X Lane Compatible

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

Interfaces
Communications Interface RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485
Interface Connector Type DB9M, DB25M or RJ45

 


Environmental Specifications


Heat output
Altitude 0 to 10,000 ft
MTBF

Air temperature
System on 0 to 60 ° C
System off -20 to 85° C

Operating Humidty (non-condensing)
5% to 95%

 

Physical Specifications

Product

Current
+3.3v
Current +12VDC Power Consumption Dimmensions
mm
MTBF
Quadcable (all versions) 910mA   3.1W 119 x 66 48.7 years
Octacable (all versions) 910mA   3.1W 119 x 66 48.7 years
4 / 8 port 700mA 100mA 3.6W 119 x 66 118.7 years
16 port 720mA 190mA 4.7W 119 x 66 118.7 years
32 port 1050mA 360mA 7.8W 119 X 66 99.6 years

* dimensions excluding backplate and PCI edge connector

 


Regulatory Approvals

Emissions
Canadian EMC requirements ICES-003: 1997
European Standard EN55022: Amendment A1
    IEC1000-3-2/EN61000-3-2 Harmonic
    IEC1000-3-3/EN61000-3-3 Flicker
FCC Part 15 Subpart B: Class B limit
AS/NZS CISPR 22

Immunity
EN55024: 1998
IEC 1000-4-2/EN61000-4-2: ESD
IEC 1000-4-3/EN61000-4-3: RF
IEC 1000-4-4/EN61000-4-4: Fast Transient
IEC 1000-4-5/EN61000-4-5: Surge
IEC 1000-4-6/EN61000-4-6: Conducted Disturbance
IEC 1000-4-8/EN61000-4-8: Magnetic Field
IEC 1000-4-11/EN61000-4-11: Dips and Voltage Variations

Safety
IEC 60950/EN60950 (RECOGNISED)
CSA C22.2 No. 60950/UL60950 Third Edition

Other
European Standard: 2002/95/EC Directive (RoHS)