Serial Adapter features 3.3 and 5.0 V PCI bus support.
Press Release Summary:
SST-4P/LP low-profile universal serial adapter connects up to 4 ports to 1 bus slot in server. Built-in 15,000 V surge suppression on every pin of every port eliminates vulnerability to blown ports from electrical spikes. EquiView Plus management software provides intuitive interface that makes it easy to manage all connected serial ports from one screen.
Original Press Release:
Equinox Announces New Low Profile Universal Serial Adapter
New SST-4P/LP Serial Adapter keeps retail applications running smoothly
Sunrise, FL - June 25, 2002 - Equinox Systems Inc., an Avocent company (NASDAQ: AVCT) and the leader in serial connectivity solutions, today announced its new low-profile SST-4P/LP universal serial adapter with 3.3V and 5.0V PCI bus support. This new addition to Equinox's proven SST Multiport Adapter Series gives retail and hospitality businesses the ability to add ports in newer, low profile workstations. The SST-4P/LP, priced at $445, connects up to 4 ports to one bus slot in your server. Equinox will demonstrate this new adapter at HITEC in Chicago, IL, Booth 1411, June 25-27.
"The new SST-4P/LP adapter is designed for retailers adopting low profile workstations for their POS stations," said Mitch Friend, Equinox's Director of Sales. "The SST4P/LP packages all the features of our popular SST boards in this new form factor that accommodates the shift to smaller, more space efficient systems."
An ideal choice for busy businesses and their busy IT managers, the new SST-4P/LP adapter is not only easy to install and configure, it is easy to maintain. Built-in 15,000 volt surge suppression on every pin of every port eliminates vulnerability to blown ports from electrical spikes. Also, EquiView Plus management software provides an intuitive interface that makes it easy to manage all connected serial ports from one screen.
SST Multiport Serial Adapters
The SST-4P/LP is a member of Equinox's SST Multiport Adapter Series that are used in the world's largest retail, healthcare and transportation markets. With unmatched speed, built-in surge suppression and superior performance, these intelligent SST Multiport Serial Adapters provide cost-effective, reliable connections to serial devices of all of the most popular operating systems, including Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Citrix, Novell, UNIX and LINUX. Available in versions for DB-25, RJ-45 or
DB-9 connections, the dual-bus serial I/O adapters are available now, in models with from 4 to 128 RS-232 ports. U.S. List prices range from $445 to $1095.
Visit Booth 1411 for a free demo of the Equinox Serial Connectivity Solution at HiTEC June 25-27
About Equinox
Founded in 1983, Equinox Systems, Inc., an Avocent Company, is recognized as the leader in serial connectivity. Equinox develops and markets high speed serial connectivity products which integrate seamlessly into a wide variety of applications which include: retail/POS, dial access, hospitality, process control, industrial automation, modem pooling, secure console port access and other custom applications.
About Avocent Corporation
Avocent is the leading worldwide supplier of equipment that helps data center operators manage their ever-expanding server farms. Operators are provided real-time access to any of their computers over the Internet from anywhere in the world, all without requiring any special hardware or software on those computers. Avocent was formed in the year 2000 by the merger of leading industry innovators Apex Inc. and Cybex Computer Products
Corporation. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Avocent has locations in Austin, Texas; Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Redmond, Washington; Sunrise, Florida; London, England; Paris, France; Shannon, Ireland; Steinhagen, Germany; Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, China; Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan. For more information about Avocent and its products, visit the Company's website at www.avocent.com
Avocent, the Avocent logo, and Equinox are trademarks of Avocent Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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