Comtrol ISA - Manual

RocketPort® ISA Hardware Installation 1 of 9
Introduction
This Hardware Installation document discusses the
following information:
• Product overview
• RocketPort terminology
• Before installing the hardware
• Installing the hardware
• Interface overview
• Interface connectors and building loopback plugs
- DB9
- DB25
- RJ45 or RJ11
• Setting ISA DIP switches
• Hardware specifications
• FCC notices
• Troubleshooting and creating diagnostics
• Contacting Technical Support
Product Overview
The RocketPort ISA series multiport serial card fits into
the ISA or EISA slot of a personal computer, and uses a 36
MHz processor that is specifically designed to process
asynchronous serial communications.
The RocketPort ISA series uses Application Specific
Integrated Circuits (ASICs) technology to replace most
hardware components, including:
• The processor
• Serial controller
• Bus interface logic and other miscellaneous logic
To eliminate memory mapping conflicts, the RocketPort
ISA series is I/O mapped.
This Hardware Installation document discusses the
following RocketPort ISA-bus serial controllers:
* Some 4-port models have the capability to be 8-port
cards with an 8-port interface. Some drivers view the
4-port as an 8-port card.
** For interface information, see the RocketPort Interface
Overview discussion.
You can install up to four RocketPort ISA cards in one PC,
for a total of 128 additional serial ports, and you can install
a combination of PCI-bus and ISA-bus RocketPort cards.
For driver installation, see the software installation and
configuration documentation or the driver readme file for
your operating system.
Note: Red underlined text denotes URL jumps.
Name Ports Interface Type
4* 4 Requires one 4-port interface box.
4J 4
This model has four male RJ45 jacks
on the mounting bracket. Cables are
not included.
Quadcable* 4
Includes a fanout cable with
standard DB25 or DB9 connectors.
8** 8 Requires one 8-port interface box.
8J 8
This model has eight male RJ11
jacks on the mounting bracket. The
8J does not support NT RAS, as it
lacks the full set of modem control
lines. Cables are not included.
Octacable 8
Includes a fanout cable with
standard DB25, DB9, or RJ45
connectors.
16** 16
Requires one 16-port DB25
connector interface box, or one
RM16-RJ45 Rack Mount interface
box.
32** 32
Requires two 16-port DB25 interface
boxes, or two 16-port RM16-RJ45
Rack Mount interface boxes, or one
RM32-RJ45 Rack Mount interface
box.
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Hardware Installation