The Digi DataFire SYNC/570i Family of synchronous WAN communication adapters is a very cost-effective line of products for LAN-to-LAN, client-to-LAN and client-to-IBM host connectivity. This family of products is ideal for branch office and enterprise solutions where two to 16 ports per server are required. As a complete hardware and software solution, the DataFire SYNC/570i provides tightly integrated remote LAN connectivity for major operating system environments including Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP. Additional support for other operating systems is offered by our software partners.

The product family includes two- and four-port models for PCI platforms and offers a universal interface bus (UIB) capable of supporting a different interface on each individual port. No jumpers or switches are needed-simply connect the cable for the selected interface. All models have an advanced feature set allowing them to support line speeds up to T1/E1. These features include a design based on the Hitachi HD64570 Serial Communications Adapter (SCA) chip. This highly integrated sub-system supports two synchronous serial ports and four DMA channels, plus interrupt and timer logic. In addition, it has many protocol-specific features designed to maximize performance by minimizing driver overhead.