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    3.3 V olt/5 V olt Buffered High Speed Serial PCI Card PCI4S9503V PCI8S9503V Instruction Guide The Professionals’ Source For Hard-to-Find Computer Parts S E R I A L C A R D * Actual product may vary from photo[...]

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    FCC COMPLIANCE ST A TEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide r easonable protection against harmful interfer ence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency ener[...]

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    1 T able of Cont ents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a 3.3 volt/5 volt buf fered high-speed serial car d from StarT ech.com. Compatible with both 3.3 or 5 volt motherboards, this car d adds either four (PCI4S9503V) or eight (PCI8S950V) high-speed RS-232 ports to your system. The card uses a 16-Byte buf fer in both the receive and transmit channels simultaneousl[...]

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    3 Installation Note: In one system, you can install two of these serial cards. Y ou must dif ferentiate between the two cards by using the jumper (located near the end of the car d). The card with the jumper ON will be card number 1. The car d with the jumper OFF will be card number 2. Install the cards one at a time, starting with the car d you wa[...]

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    4 Driver Installation Note: Depending on your operating system and the configuration of your system, the instructions below may not be identical to what you see on your screen. W indows W indows XP/2000 Once you turn your computer on after installing the card, W indows will automatically detect the new hardwar e. Follow the onscreen pr ompts and di[...]

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    5 W indows Me/98/95 Once you turn your computer on after installing the card, W indows will automatically detect the new hardwar e. Follow the onscreen pr ompts and direct W indows to the W in95 folder on the driver disk (W indows Me, 98, and 95 use the same driver). Notes: •A fter you install the driver , you may get another message saying that [...]

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    6 DOS When installing multiple cards in DOS, it is important to install the car d designated card Number 1 (with the jumper ON) first. 1. Change your active directory to the tar get directory: ex: c:RA YON 2. Insert the driver disk into the disk drive and copy the DOS files from the driver diskette: ex: xcopy /s/e/v a:DOS*.* 3. Run the driver in[...]

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    7 LI NUX 1. Login as super-user (SU) or r oot. 2. Change your directory to r oot and copy the driver diskette to the system: # cd / # tar xvf /dev/fd0 3. Change the directory to /etc/pciport and run the Install command: # cd /etc/pciport # ./Install 4. Follow the prompts to perform the following: • Choose your Linux kernel version • Rebuild you[...]

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    8 SCO OpenServer 1. Log in as a super-user (SU) or r oot. 2. Extract all the files on the diskette using the tar command: # cd / # tar xvf /dev/fd0135ds18 3. Change the directory to /etc/pciport and run the Build command: # cd /etc/pciport # ./build 4. Reboot your system. The device name will be /dev/tty8[1--2] [a--h] Card Definitions Note: Card 1 [...]

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    9 T echnical Specifications Connectors DB 37-pin (female) Expansion Cable 37-pin (male) & 9-pin (male) Serial Interface RS-232 Bus Interface 32-bit universal PCI OS Compatibility W indows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP , Linux, and UNIX (SCO Open Server) Data T ransfer Rate Up to 1 15.2 KBps Power Consumption 5V @ 290mA, +12V @ 50mA & -12V @ 50mA Data[...]

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    10 T echnical Suppor t The following technical resour ces are available for this StarT ech.com product: On-line help: We are constantly adding new information to the T ech Support section of our web site. T o access this page, click the T ech Support link on our homepage, www .startech.com . In the tech support section there ar e a number of option[...]

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    Revised: January 7, 2004[...]