StarTech.com PCI4S9503V User Manual

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a 3.3 volt/5 volt buffered high-speed serial card from
StarTech.com. Compatible with both 3.3 or 5 volt motherboards, this card adds either
four (PCI4S9503V) or eight (PCI8S950V) high-speed RS-232 ports to your system. The
card uses a 16-Byte buffer in both the receive and transmit channels simultaneously,
reducing the number of CPU interrupts and improving system performance.

Features

• Adds high speed RS-232 serial ports to your computer

• Works with both 3.3 volt and 5 volt server slots

• Complies with Universal 32 bit PCI bus and PCI Bus Version 2.2 specifications

• Compatible with most major OS platforms including Windows, Linux and UNIX

• Provides transfer rates of up to 115 KBytes/sec

• Uses only one IRQ assigned by the PCI BIOS

Before You Begin

To ensure a quick and easy device installation, please read through this section carefully
before attempting to install the device.

Requirements

• A computer running Windows XP/2000/NT/Me/98/95, DOS, Linux or SCO Open

Server

• An open 3.3 or 5V PCI slot

Contents

• 1 x serial card

• 1 x serial cable with DB9 connectors

• Driver disks for Windows, Linux, and Unix

Note:

Depending on the driver version, you may also see this referred to as the P584 or

the PCIPORT on the driver disk.

This manual is related to the following products:

PCI8S9503V