The VXC-182iAU communication card provides 1 RS-232 and 1 RS-422/485 serial ports. Each port is equipped with a 128-byte hardware FIFO, and offers speed up to 115200 bps. The RS-422/485 serial ports of VXC-182iAU tolerate isolation voltage up to 2.5 kV.

Users can select a specified COM port number manually by setting DIP switch, or let the driver choose an available number automatically. The driver provides a maximum of 128 KB software FIFO for each COM port under Windows. It's practical for large file transmission.

In harsh industrial environments, the on board ESD protection component diverts the potentially damaging charge away from sensitive circuit and protects the computer and equipment from damage caused by high potential voltage.

VXC-182iAU offers photo isolation to protect your computer and equipment against damages in harsh environment. It can help cutting down on-ground loops, common-mode voltages and blocking voltage spikes, provide electrical isolation, and offer significant protection from serious over-voltage conditions in one circuit affecting the other.

The serial communication card is designed for use with intelligent devices like bar code reader, serial printers, intelligent sensors, instrumentation equipment, computers and almost any device with an RS-232/422/485 port.

FIFO stands for "First In, First Out", an abstraction in ways of organizing and manipulating data relative to time and prioritization. FIFO is used for buffering and flow control while data come from hardware to software. When using hardware FIFO (buffer), a little delay on software or operating system will not lost data at all.

VXC Cards are equipped with 16- or 128-byte hardware FIFO for each port. Large hardware FIFO is useful to prevent data lost when your system works on heavy loading, e.g. while running on a multi-task operating system, such as Windows, LinuxK etc.