IP521:
Serial Communication, 422/485 Octal
• Eight asynchronous full duplex EIA/TIA-422B serial ports (supports EIA-485)
• 64-byte FIFO buffers
• Interrupt support
• Programmable baud rate (up to 921.6bps)
These modules provide eight asynchronous serial communication ports from a single IP carrier slot. Software-configuration helps you quickly set baud rates, character-sizes, stop bits, and parity.
For more efficient data processing, each serial port is equipped with 64-character FIFO buffers on the transmit and receive lines.
The data ports generate individually controlled transmit, receive, line status, data set, and flow control interrupts. Since unique interrupt vectors may be assigned to each port, it is easy for you to identify and locate the interrupt source. Also,
a priority shifting scheme prevents continuous interrupts from one port from blocking interrupts from another.