StarTech 4 Port PCI Express Serial Card – PEX4S553B

The PEX4S553B 4-Port PCI Express Serial Card (with breakout cable) lets you add 4 RS232 serial ports using a single PCIe expansion slot, with an included 1-to-4 cable enabling you to add 4 serial ports to a single low profile slot. The serial card features a native single-chip design that provides optimum reliability and speed, reducing the CPU load by up to 48% over conventional bridge-chip serial cards – a cost-effective solution for connecting legacy serial devices to PCIe-enabled computers. The multi-port serial adapter includes both full profile and low profile/half-height brackets for compatibility with standard and small form factor computers, and is compatible with a broad range of operating systems, including Windowsu00AE, Linux, and MAC OS. This product is a replacement for our PEX4S552B card. Backed by a StarTech.com lifetime warranty and free lifetime technical support. Applications Point-of-Sale (POS credit/debit card readers, receipt printers, bar code scanners, cash registers, scales) Manufacturing (CNC machinery, process control equipment, bar code scanners, serial printers) Connect specialized parallel and serial devices like printers, scanners, ISDN terminal adapters, CD-R/RWs, Zipu00AE drives and memory card readers Environmental Control (lighting, temperature, clocks) Entertainment (video lottery terminals, slot machines, gaming systems) Healthcare (patient monitoring equipment, nurses' stations, modems) Security (UPS control, access key panels, video cameras, card readers, modems) Hospitality/Restaurant (serial printers, bar code scanners, keyboard, mouse, receipt printer, credit/debit card reader) Consumer (modems, PDAs, digital cameras, printers) ISDN Networking + More – Less The StarTech.com Advantage Lower CPU load of native single-chip, single lane PCI Express design ensures optimal system performance (up to 48% less CPU load) Includes both standard and low profile/half-height brackets, which makes this the perfect card for any application, including small form factor embedded applications Breakout cable design means that only one expansion slot is needed, to add 4 additional serial ports to any system,