Smartio C168H/HS User’s Manual 1-1
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1 Introduction
Overview
Smartio - The Smart Multiport Async Solutions
The term Smartio stands for smart multiport serial I/O solution. The Smartio C168
Series
multiport boards offer 8 serial ports for connecting terminals, modems,
printers, data acquisition equipment and any other serial devices to the PC/AT and
its compatible systems. With the well-designed and fine-tuned device driver, the
Smartio boards make full use of the 32 byte Tx/Rx FIFO and on-chip H/W flow
control, so that they can transfer data without data loss even at high speed such as
921.6 Kbps, which offers a reliable and high performance solution for serial
multiport communications.
The
Smartio C168 Series is equipped with custom-designed ASIC chip which
replaces lots of conventional ICs and reduces the board to half-size. The whole
family supports 16 bit architecture. Full range of I/O addresses and IRQs are
available. In addition, with
on-board EEPROM for storing the configuration data,
the family is designed without jumper or switch. These features make each port on
the board truly independent to any other port and thus compatible with most existing
multiport boards.
The
Smartio C168 Series is also available in PCI bus. Please contact MOXA
dealer/distributor or MOXA Web site for more details.