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


Introduction

The RocketPort USB Serial Hubs are USB-attached 4 and 8 port RS-232 serial expansion devices for PC-based servers and client computers.

The RocketPort USB Serial Hubs provide the ideal solution to easily add multiple serial ports for virtually any system application, including retail and industrial applications, POS, remote access, and data collection.

Features and benefits:

Whether using a USB-compliant server, desktop, or even a laptop computer, the Rocketport USB Serial HubsI provide ‘native’ COM ports that deliver all of the performance of an in-system card, with speeds of up to 230 Kbps, accessible by any application.

USB is ‘plug and play’ with ‘hot swap’ features. So you simply connect the RocketPort USB Serial Hub, and you have instant serial ports.

No add-in cards to install, no DIP switch setting to worry about, no IRQ address conflicts, no I/O addresses to configure, no restarting of your computer. All that’s left is to connect your serial device peripherals.

  

Hardware Specifications

Number of Ports Per Unit 4 or 8
Baud Rate up to 230Kbps per port

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

Interfaces
Host Interface USB 1.1
Host Interface Connector USB Type B
USB Downstream Interface USB Type A
Serial Port Interface RS-232
Serial Port Interface Connector DB9 Male

System Specifications

System Requirements
Pentium-class PC (or compatible)
One USB-A (Down Stream) Port
Any supported operating system

Voltage Input Requirements
5 Volts DC + or - 10% at 1 Amp
(External Power Optional)

 

Environmental Specifications

Heat Output 1.29w
Altitude 0 to 3,050 metres
MTBF 29.4 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

Product

 Part Number weight
grammes		 dimensions
mm
USB Serial Hub 4 98290-6 176g 191 x 72 x 22
USB Serial Hub 8 98296-8 531g 199 x 41 x 92




Agency Approvals


Immunity EN55024:1998: EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-4, EN61000-4-5, EN61000-4-6, EN61000-4-8, EN61000-4-11

Emmission EN55022: Ammendment A2: 1997. EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3
FCC Part 15 Subpart B: Class A Limit.
CISPR-22, ICES-003

Safety EN60950, IEC60950, CSA C22.2 No. 60950/UL60950 Third Edition