pci serial card drivers

[spiff]

morning guys,

urgently need drivers for this card MP9835L - PCI SERIAL CARD. tried numerous sites all seem to have virus's attached or are just ad traps!

thanks

 

[ponder]

For win98 or winxp?

 

[spiff]

ag sorry forgot to add that - winxp

 

[ponder]

Chipset is manufactured by Moschip Semiconductors from what I deduce, their website points to the Asix site for drivers, http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=127;74;111&PLine=74 scroll towards the bottom of the page.

Try that and see how it goes, if no luck report back. A clear photo showing the printed info on the main ic would help.

 

[Fudzy]

Would a USB to Serial converter not work?

 

[spiff]

Chipset is manufactured by Moschip Semiconductors from what I deduce, their website points to the Asix site for drivers, http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=127;74;111&PLine=74 scroll towards the bottom of the page.

Try that and see how it goes, if no luck report back. A clear photo showing the printed info on the main ic would help.

thanks ponder,

this is the closet I could get to it on the net.

http://www.chronos.com.tw/_products_0616/PCI Card/PCI IO/MP9835R2/MP9835R2.htm

our previous IT just bought it to help us over a rough time this was actually in our back pc. was not intended to be used but our servers sdd crashed yesterday!

 

[spiff]

Would a USB to Serial converter not work?

we've been looking for something like that for sometime now? as one of production machines still uses serial coms! and as we upgrade our pc's and networks it gets more more difficult to communicate with this machine!

please advice on where or how to get something like that?

thanks

 

[MickZA]

I've got a Sunix 4037T PCI (dual 9pin serial port) in the cupboard for you if you're in a jam (freebie - you organise shipping) but you should be able to find one in Cape Town.

 

[spiff]

I've got a Sunix 4037T PCI (dual 9pin serial port) in the cupboard for you if you're in a jam (freebie - you organise shipping) but you should be able to find one in Cape Town.

thanks for offer - need it now unfortunately.

 

[Fudzy]

we've been looking for something like that for sometime now? as one of production machines still uses serial coms! and as we upgrade our pc's and networks it gets more more difficult to communicate with this machine!

please advice on where or how to get something like that?

thanks

http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=6513

 

[spiff]

that usb - serial converter - how reliable are they?

I'm sending data to the production machine and if any data get lost or if there are gaps then the machine is going to crash big time?

 

[MickZA]

that usb - serial converter - how reliable are they?

I've had problems with them in the past with POS slip printers, rather go with a RS232 add-on card - this for instance http://shop.esquire.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=705417

Cape Town shows stock (they also have PCI-E versions).

 

[ponder]

thanks ponder,

this is the closet I could get to it on the net.

http://www.chronos.com.tw/_products_0616/PCI Card/PCI IO/MP9835R2/MP9835R2.htm

Did you try the drivers from that site?

 

[ponder]

I've had problems with them in the past with POS slip printers, rather go with a RS232 add-on card - this for instance http://shop.esquire.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=705417

Cape Town shows stock (they also have PCI-E versions).

Looks like that also uses a Mos chipset.

 

[Fudzy]

that usb - serial converter - how reliable are they?

I'm sending data to the production machine and if any data get lost or if there are gaps then the machine is going to crash big time?

If it's for business critical stuff I would suggest rather going for a port server. They aren't cheap but work very well:

https://www.digi.com/products/serialservers/portserverts

 

[Esquire]

We have the largest range of different serial RS 232 cards in South Africa as we sell over 1000 per month to Telecoms and to Point of Sale installers , As far as reliability is concern we never had a issue with these


http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/FindCategory.aspx?SelectedGroup=Controller+(Serial+RS232)

 

[Fudzy]

We have the largest range of different serial RS 232 cards in South Africa as we sell over 1000 per month to Telecoms and to Point of Sale installers , As far as reliability is concern we never had a issue with these


http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/FindCategory.aspx?SelectedGroup=Controller+(Serial+RS232)

Have you guys ever considered carrying those port servers?

 

[Esquire]

Have you guys ever considered carrying those port servers?

Never had an enquiry for something like that in 14 years with Esquire or 12 years in our previous company don’t even know what they would be used for

The standard serial cards are used for Telecom companies that use them for telephone management systems and Point of sale for Cash Drawers and slip printers

 

[Fudzy]

Never had an enquiry for something like that in 14 years with Esquire or 12 years in our previous company don’t even know what they would be used for

The standard serial cards are used for Telecom companies that use them for telephone management systems and Point of sale for Cash Drawers and slip printers

Redundancy and Ethernet connectivity.

 

[MickZA]

Never had an enquiry for something like that in 14 years with Esquire or 12 years in our previous company don’t even know what they would be used for

Common back in the day when dumb RS232 terminals were the de-facto standard for data capture, Perle & Stallion were amongst the brands available in SA.