ULTRA COMM+8.PCI: PCI 8-Port RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 Serial Interface

The 7804c is a PCI compliant interface adapter with eight field selectable RS-232/422/485 asynchronous serial ports from a single PCI slot supporting data rates exceeding 1 Mbps for industrial automation and control applications.

Configure the serial ports as RS­232 for standard serial COM port requirements. Choose the RS-422 mode for long distance device connections up to 4000ft. where noise immunity and high data integrity are essential. Select RS-485 and capture data from multiple peripherals in an RS­485 multi-drop network. Up to 31 RS-485 compliant devices can be connected to each port to automate your data collection. You can even mix the ports in any of the electrical interface combinations to provide maximum flexibility in your application.

Under Windows, in RS-485 mode the transmitter is automatically enabled in hardware, eliminating the need for application software control. This allows the 7804c to be used with standard serial communications applications and removes the risk of bus contention and data corruption. In RS-232 mode, all modem control signals are implemented for maximum compatibility with a wide range of serial peripherals. The Sealevel SeaCOM for Windows software driver and utilities make installation and operation easy in Windows 7/10/11 and the 7804c works out of the box on many Linux distributions.