smartio—the smart multiport async solution

    the term smartio stands for smart multiport serial i/o solution. the smartio cp-168u board is designed for the 32-bit pci bus with plug and play feature. this board offers 8 rs-232 serial ports for connecting terminals, modems, printers, scanners, cash registers, bar code readers, keypads, numeric displays, electrical scales, data acquisition equipment, and many other serial devices for the pc and compatible systems. with its well-designed and fine-tuned device driver, the smartio boards make full use of the 64 byte tx/rx fifo and on-chip h/w flow control, which makes possible transferring data without loss at transmission speeds up to 230.4 kbps. these boards offer a reliable and high performance solution for serial multiport communications.

    board applications

    the cp-168u board can be used with many applications, including:

    1 internet/intranet connections

    2 remote access applications

    3 multi-user applications

    4 industrial automation

    5 office automation

    6 telecommunications

    7 pc-based vending machines or kiosk systems

    8 pos (point-of-sale) systems

    pci solution

    the cp-168u board complies with pci spec. 2.1, and does not use either switches or jumpers. the hardware configuration for the irq and memory addresses is automatically assigned by the pci bios. hence, the board must be plugged in before installing the driver software. for more pci information, refer to the technical reference appendix.

    surge protection

    to prevent the board from being damaged by lightning or high potential voltage, embedded 16 kv esd protection is used in the cp-168u board. this is required for harsh environments, such as in factory settings, under severe weather conditions, such as lightning, or other high interference situations.

    operating system support

    the cp-168u board supports windows nt/2000/xp, windows 95/98, and linux. you may access moxa’s website at www.moxa.com for a more detailed installation guide.

    moxa serial comm tool

    for application development, moxa provides an easy-to-use serial communication library (pcomm) under windows nt/2000/xp and windows 95/98. with this library, it is easy to develop your own applications using sample applications developed with visual basic, visual c++, borland delphi, etc. utilities such as diagnostic, monitor, and terminal emulation are also included for debugging and monitoring communication status, terminal emulation, and file transfer.