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Fastcom®:
ESCC-104


Dual Port
Synchronous Communications
RS422/485 Interface Adapter
 

$389.00
 
Fastcom®: ESCC-104 Synchronous RS422 & RS485 PC104 Bus Serial Commuications Interface Adapter
Fastcom®: ESCC-104
Cable
Fastcom®: ESCC-104 Synchronous RS422 & RS485 PC104 Bus Serial Commuications Interface Adapter Cable
DB37 plug to two DB25 plugs
(Included)

The FASTCOM: ESCC-104 adapter is one of the most advanced synchronous communications adapters in the industry. The FASTCOM: ESCC-104 supports data rates up to 10 Mbits/s¹. The FASTCOM: ESCC-104 is a dual channel adapter, with each channel individually configurable to use HDLC/SDLC, ASYNC, or BISYNC protocols. Although similar to the HSCX, the ESCC-104 expands on the HSCX giving options for:

  • CRC generation either CRC-32 or CRC-CCITT polynomials (CRC-16/CCITT for BISYNC)
  • CRC reset state all 1's or all 0's
  • Manchester line encoding
  • FM encoding (Bi-Phase Space/Bi-Phase Mark)
  • Preamble transmission (with repetition)
  • BISYNC operating mode, receiving and sending BISYNC formatted data
  • ASYNC operating mode, receiving and sending ASYNC formatted data, in true asynchronous (no clocks, data over sampled) or isosynchronous(async data format with no over sampling)
  • True 16 bit data path to FIFO's decrease bus overhead and timing requirements for higher baud rates
  • Both 8 and 16 bit DMA channel selections for high throughput high megabaud communications
  • Interrupt only operation where system resources are scarce, and very high speeds are not necessary
  • Software drivers are included for Windows 2000, XP, and Linux kernels 2.4 and 2.6

The FASTCOM: ESCC-104 is also available in extended temperature, model FASTCOM: ESCC-104-ET.

We recommended that you use our Fastcom: LT1 PC/104 Bus termination adapter with our Fastcom: ESCC-104 adapter to improve your system's reliability.

SPECIFICATIONS:
  • COMM. CONTROLLER:
  • DRIVERS/RECEIVERS: RS422 / RS485
  • CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION:
    • ANSI/EIA/TIA-530-A-1992(Category 1)
  • BUS INTERFACE: PC/104
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
  • +5V @ 300mA (typical)
ENVIRONMENT:
  • Operating Temperature Range: 0 to 70 C
  • Humidity: 0 to 90% (non-condensing)
FEATURES:
  • High speed, up to 10 Mbits/s¹
  • User programmable on-board clock generator
  • Dynamic data rates
  • Drivers: RS422 / RS485 multi-drop
  • Support Full-Duplex and Half-Duplex modes
  • Excellent line noise immunity
    • Cable lengths up to 4000 feet
  • Easier to program and use than other HDLC adapters
  • RS485 MODE:
    • 32 Fastcom: ESCC-104 adapters can share the same "twisted pair"
    • Driver control is automatic
  • SERIAL INTERFACE:
    • Two independent full duplex serial channels
      • On chip clock generation or external clock source
      • On chip DPLL for clock recovery of each channel
      • Two independent baud rate generators
      • Independent time-slot assignment for each channel with programmable time-slot length
    • Async, sync character oriented (MONOSYNC/BISYNC) or HDLC/SDLC modes (including SDLC LOOP)
    • Transparent receive/transmit of data bytes without framing
    • NRZ, NRZI, FM and Manchester encoding
    • Modem control lines (RTS, CTS, DTR, DCD, DSR)
    • CRC support:
      • HDLC/SDLC: CRC-CCITT or CRC-32
      • BISYNC: CRC-16 or CRC-CCITT
    • Statistical multiplexing
    • Continuous transmission of 1 to 32 bytes possible
    • Programmable preamble (8 bit) with selectable repetition rate (HDLC/SDLC and BISYNC)
    • Collision resolution
    • Programmable bit inversion
  • Protocol Support: (HDLC/SDLC)
    • Various types of protocol support depending on operating mode
      • Automatic (automatic handling of S- and I-frames; not auto configure)
      • Non-auto mode (manual)
      • Transparent mode
    • Handling of bit-oriented functions
    • Support of LAPB/LAPD/SDLC/HDLC protocol in auto mode
    • Programmable time-out and retry conditions
    • Programmable maximum packet size checking
    • Modulo 8 and 128 operation
    • Storage of up to 17 short received frames
  • MP interface and Ports
    • 64 byte FIFO's per channel and direction
    • 8/16 bit microprocessor bus interface
    • All registers directly accessible
  • Cable, documentation, and software drivers included
  • Designed and manufactured by COMMTECH, INC. Wichita, Kansas, USA
  • For a more complete and detailed list of features available on this card, please see the documentation for the Siemens ESCC2 SAB82532.
¹While the Fastcom: ESCC-104 will operate on any clock rate from 1 to 10 MHz, It is still plugged into the ISA bus which will limit overall throughput to a aggregate total of 16 Mbps. What this translates to is that the board will clock data in or out at 10 Mbps but due to bus limitations it cannot run full duplex with continuous data at the maximum clock rate. It can however run non continuously at the maximum clock rate (either half duplex or forced idle time), or continuously at a slower clock rate (1-4Mbps 2 channels full duplex).