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Introduction
The DataFire SYNC 2000 adapter is an intelligent, high performance
synchronous communications adapter that is available in versions for PCI
bus and Compact PCI (cPCI) bus compatible systems. The basic design
comes with a Motorola MPC860 PowerQUICCô (Quad Integrated
Communications Controller), with an integrated PowerPCô RISC
processor providing four SCCs on the four-port adapter and two SCCs on
the two-port adapter.
DataFire SYNC 2000 adapters offer a Universal Interface Bus (UIB)
capable of supporting a different interface on each port. The UIB
automatically configures the electrical interface of a port based on the type
of Digi cable connected to the port. That is, you can select an interface type
for a port just by connecting the appropriate cable between the adapter and
the peripheral device. You can use any combination of interface types to
connect up to two peripherals to the two-port version, or up to four
peripherals to the four-port version.
Features
The DataFire SYNC 2000 adapter has the following features:
• High-speed synchronous communications ports
• Automatic cable detection
• SurgeBlockô surge protection
• All major electrical interfaces are available as UIB cable options,
including X.21, V.28 (V.24)/EIA-232, V.35/RS-449, V.36, EIA-422,
and EIA-530
• Available with an optional PowerPC 603 processor, 4 megabytes of
RAM, and Frame Relay or X.25 public data network protocols
• The DataFire SYNC 2000 adapter has gained homologation
acceptance for most European countries
Cabling Information
Each cable provided by Digi has a 68 pin Ultra SCSI connector on one end,
which attaches to a port on the Universal Interface Bus. The other end of
the cable will provide signals according to the interface standards.
Each port on the SYNC 2000 adapter can be configured to use any one of
a number of cables. Cables are available as V.35, EIA-530/EIA-422, X.21,
and EIA-232/V.28. The cable type is automatically detected by the
Universal Interface Bus.
If you require multiple cables of one type, you may order additional cables
from Digi. To extend the length of a Digi cable, use standard interface
cabling between the end of Digi's cable and the peripheral.
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