Comtrol RocketPort Plus uPCI 2-Port SMPTE 99330-8 Fascicule

Part Number
99330-8

99404-6 (Bulk)

•   Universal PCI design supporting 3.3 and 

5.0 Volt PCI bus architectures

•  I/O mapping capabilities 

•   Multi-port serial expansion using a 

single slot

•   On-board dedicated 44MHz RISC 

processor 

•    RS-422 communications support 

•   Edge-mounted serial ports 

•   Complies with the SMPTE 207M standard  

•   Transmit buff er 16 times larger, and 

receive buff ers 64 times larger than a 

16550 UART 

•   Robust driver support 

•   RoHS compliant

H I G H L I G H T S

Comtrol 

RocketPort uPCI SMPTE 

The Comtrol RocketPort Plus uPCI 422 2-Port SMPTE serial port 

expansion card provides two serial ports utilizing a single 32- or 64-

bit PCI card slot and is compatible with all current 3.3 and 5.0 Volt 

PCI bus architectures. The DB9 serial ports meet the SMPTE 207M 

standard and support RS-422 serial communications 

at speeds up to 921 Kbps. 

Every RocketPort serial card features the high-performance 

RocketPort ASIC chip, consisting of a dedicated 44MHz processor 

that minimizes host CPU utilization and larger transmit-and-receive 

buff ers than those of 16550 UART chips used in standard PC serial 

ports and low-end serial cards. RocketPort ASIC technology enables 

these cards to outperform other serial expansion cards by handling 

the transmission of large amounts of data more reliably and 

effi

  ciently. 

Additionally, RocketPort products do not require the assignment 

of interrupts, simplifying installation and eliminating confl icts with 

other server cards. This product is fully compliant with the European 

RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC. 

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