COMMON FEATURES OF THE PC COMMUNICATION CARD FAMILY

• Plant Link S.L. PC Communication Interface Cards provide test or other equipment with communications to a PC
• Can form the communication hub of a complete Eurocard system controlled from a PC.
• Employ communication ports widely used in the PC industry: USB, Parallel Port, RS232 Serial Port
• DIN 41612 standard Eurocard connector (48 pins)
• Standard Eurocard width - 4HP (card width = 20.32mm).
• Standard Eurocard format - 3U (pcb board size = 100mm x 160mm. Card size overall = 128mm x 175mm).
• Designed & manufactured by Plant Link S.L.
• Compatible with all cards in the Plant Link Eurocard range.
• Employs Plant Link Test Language for control.
• Drivers available for: LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Visual Basic, Visual C++
• Cards can be extracted from the front of the equipment for inspection or replacement.
• Internal microcontroller to perform card functions, diagnostics and communicate with other cards in the Eurocard system.

PL-RS232

• RS232 PC Communication Card
• Employs the standard RS232 port for communication with a PC at 115.2 Kbps, 8 bits of data, 1 stop bit, zero parity.

PL-PARALLEL PORT

• Parallel Port PC Communication Card
• Employs the standard parallel port (ECP mode) for communication with a PC.
• Can operate at speeds up to 1 M bytes/sec.

PL-USB

• USB PC Communication Card
• Employs the standard USB port for communication with a PC. (USB spec 1.0 compliant).
• Can operate at speeds up to 256 Kbps.