Serial Ports

The USB Centric (Retail) and Serial Centric (Hospitality) I/O Boards provide different serial port connectors. The serial ports are connected through a USB to dual UART bridge IC (SiLabs CP2105).

The serial ports either have a Standard or Enhanced UART interface with the following features:

 Standard UART InterfaceEnhanced UART Interface
Data formats supported: Data Bits8 Data Bits5, 6, 7, and 8 Data Bits
Data formats supported: Stop Bits1 Stop Bit1, 1.5, and 2 Stop Bits
ParityEven, Odd, No ParityOdd, Even, Mark, Space, No Parity
Baud Rates2,400 bps to 921,600 bps300 bps to 2.0 Mbps