[WriteLog] RE: SIIG Serial Expansion Board

[Marty Tippin]

The PCI board doesn't have jumpers for selecting IRQ - the system does that 
automagically (thus the "plug and play" claim...)

-Marty NW0L
  martyt@pobox.com

At 11:50 PM 1/9/01 -0500, Dave, AA6YQ wrote:
>another advantage of this board: its relatively easy to modify the circuit
>to select an IRQ other than those provided on the jumpers.
>
>    73,
>
>        Dave, AA6YQ
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-wf1b-rtty@wf1b.com [mailto:owner-wf1b-rtty@wf1b.com]On
> > Behalf Of Marty Tippin
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 23:38 PM
> > To: writelog@contesting.com; wf1b-rtty@wf1b.com
> > Subject: SIIG Serial Expansion Board
> >
> >
> >
> > Just wanted to report that I've successfully (and easily!) installed an
> > additional 2 serial ports in my Pentium II-400 machine, using the
> > SIIG "PCI
> > Expander 4S" card - this is a PCI serial card with 2 9-pin serial ports
> > using 16550 UARTS. The board uses a single IRQ. They also have a
> > version of
> > the card with 16650 and 16850 UARTS (but for lower baud rates, the cheap
> > 16550 is more than adequate).
> >
> > There is an upgrade kit available to add 2 more ports (which requires an
> > additional slot to mount the DB-9 headers in).
> >
> > Installation was a breeze - plugged in the card, turned on the PC and
> > installed the Win98 drivers. No big deal. Note that I don't have any ISA
> > boards in my system at all, so installation was considerably
> > easier than it
> > might have been. No IRQ conflicts anywhere in the system.
> >
> > I only used one of the ports during the roundup, for rig control of the
> > FT-100 and it worked flawlessly.
> >
> > Cost was about $70 locally; I also found it selling for around $48 at
> > various web stores by searching at http://shopper.cnet.com - the upgrade
> > kit sells for around $24 online.
> >
> > No affiliation, blah blah blah. Just thankful that it worked the
> > first time
> > and wanted to share my results! Your mileage may vary. Price higher in
> > Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Some restrictions may apply. Offer void
> > where prohibited or taxed. Use only in a well ventilated area... ;-)
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > -Marty NW0L
> >   martyt@pobox.com
> >
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