Rosewill RC-301 Overview, Features, Installing the PCI I/O controller card into your computer

2-Port Serial PCI Adapter RC301 User Manual

Overview

This PCI I/O card is a dual RS232 port controller with PCI bus interface and uses an all-in- one solution from NeMos Technology, which provides superior performance and unmatched data transfer rates. The most advanced feature is it uses of a single interrupt, which is set automatically by the host system and share among all on-board I/O ports and supports printer interface as well as PS2, EPP & ECP modes.

Features

•Chipset: NetMos Nm9835

•OS power: Single 5V operation

•Bus: PCI 2.1s 32bit, 33MHz

•Data Transfer Rate: 1Mbytes/s (serial port)

•Selectable receive trigger levels

•PCI compatible Dual UART

•Modem control signals

•On chip oscillator

•16Byte transmit-receive FIFO (UART)

•Software programmable mode selects

•Programmable baud rate generator

•Support plug & play features and makes installation fast and easy.

•Supports Windows98, Windows95, Windows2000 & Windows NT 4.0.

Installing the PCI I/O controller card into your computer

1.Turn off your computer and all external devices connect it.

2.Remove the computer’s cover. Refer to your computer user’s manual for more details.

3.Find an available PCI slot and remove the metal bracket. Save the bracket screw for later use.

4.Align the PCI I/O controller horizontally with respect to the PCI slot and insert it into the slot firmly and evenly. Take care not to force it into the slot. Once you have properly positioned the PCI I/O controller card into the slot, fasten it to the computer case with the bracket screw you have saved.

5.Replace the computer’s cover.

6.Turn your computer on. You are now read to install the driver!

Driver Installation

Windows 95/98/2000/XP

Once the PCI I/O card is installed and the computer is restarted, Windows will detect the board

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