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P-Series Technical Data

These data and specifications apply to all of our models of PCI/PCMCIA adapter:

*The P111 and P222 support 32bit/CardBus PC Cards.  All other models are 16-bit only.

Models

Model No of slots Fits in: Types of Card Supported Chipset
Rear Slot Models :
P111 1 1 rear expansion slot Type I, II or III 16 & 32 Bit 1211/1410
P222 2 1 rear expansion slot One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 & 32 Bit 1420
P311 1 1 rear expansion slot, low profile PC Type I, II or III 16 & 32-bit 1211/1410
Front Slot & External Models :
P423 2 1 front bay (3.5") One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only 1420
P424 2 1 external box One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only 1420
P313 1 1 front bay in a low profile PC Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only 1211/1410
P314 1 1 external box for low profile PC Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only 1211/1410
Combination Models :
P416 2 1 front bay + 1 rear expansion slot Type I, II or III Front bay slot :16 Bit Only
Rear slot : 32 Bit		 1211/1410

Legacy Models :
P115 1 1 rear expansion slot Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only CL6729
P228 2 1 rear expansion slot Two Type I or II 16 Bit Only CL6729
P128 2 2 rear expansion slots Two Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only CL6729
P113 1 1 front bay (3.5") Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only CL6729
P223 2 1 front bay (3.5") One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only CL6729
P118 2 1 front bay (3.5") Two Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only CL6729
P114 1 1 external box Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only CL6729
P224 2 1 external box One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only CL6729
P119 2 2 external boxes Two Type I, II or III 16 Bit Only CL6729
P116 2 1 rear expansion slot and 1 front bay. One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only CL6729
P117 2 1 front bay, one slot internal One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only CL6729
P122 2 1 rear expansion slot, one slot internal One Type III or
Two Types I or II		 16 Bit Only CL6729

Chipset Compatibility

New models are fitted with either a TI-PCI1211/1410 or Ene-CB1410 (single slot models) or a TI-PCI1420 or Ene-CB1420 (double slot models)

The Ene-CB14x0 CardBus chips are register and functionally compatible with TI-PCI1211/1410 and PCI1420 CardBus chipsets. The Ene chips are fully supported on all PSeries compatible operating systems and offer improved performance over TI devices.

Legacy models use a CL or Basis CL6729 chipset. These models are not supported in Windows 2000 or XP.

Technical Data

Operating Temperature

Power measurements

Power measurements (below) for the PCMCIA card readers represent the loading of the card reader on the PCI bus power rails without any PCMCIA card inserted in the card reader.

Single Rear Slot Models : (P111, P311, P312, PMC111)

  1. 12v: 3uA typical
  2. 5v: 21mA typical
  3. 3.3v: 0mA (supplied from regulator on 5v rail)

Dual slot models: (P222, P423, P424, P416)

  1. 12v: 6uA typical
  2. 5v: 40mA typical
  3. 3.3v: 0mA (supplied from regulator on 5v rail)

MTBF

Estimated MTBF for all our card readers is 100K hours under normal operating conditions.

Over Current Protection

Power supply over-current protection is built into all our range of PCMCIA card readers and provides protection to the PC and card reader from faulty PCMCIA cards being inserted in the card reader.

Data Transfer Rates

Maximum data transfer rate on all 1410/1420 based models is 132MByte/s.  Actual data rates will vary according to the system, resources and PCMCIA card.

Max. Power Supply current to the PCMCIA card in each PCMCIA socket (all models):

Board Dimensions

Including PCI Pins:

Supported Operating Systems

*Windows 95 Support:
Models using CardBus controllers support OSR2 OEM (Version B/C) only - P111, P222, P423, P424
All other models support all versions of Windows 95.

DOS Support

A DOS driver suitable for some applications is available in the "Unsupported" folder on the installation CD-ROM, all documentation for this driver is supplied in a pdf format file accompanying the driver. Due to the complications of modern PC's and PCI busses, this driver is unsupported; you may use it with Elan's PSeries CardBus adapters at your own risk. No technical support can be given for this driver. Bugs may be reported by filling in the PSeries support web form

Hardware Requirements

The P-series will run with any true "IBM compatible" single processor Pentium PC or higher with PCI Bus version 2.1 or higher.  (Generally machines with processors earlier than the Pentium 133 do not have PCI Bus 2.1.)

We have a utility available which allows you to test BIOS support on your PC.

Multiprocessor Machines:  in some systems the P-series drivers will not operate on multi-processor motherboards.  This only affects systems running Windows NT4, 2000 or XP and more information is available in our troubleshooting section.

Beware! - you cannot use your P-series unit in a laptop; The P-Series drivers are designed to operate with specially designed PCI based PC-Card drives on add-in boards for desktop PC's.
You should NOT install the P-Series drivers on any other hardware platform, THEY WILL NOT WORK!

Hardware Compatibility

The P-series adapters offer a PCMCIA slot equivalent to that on a laptop PC.  All models support all PCMCIA standard compliant 16-bit cards.  The P111, P222 and P311 support all PCMCIA standard compliant 16-bit and 32-bit (CardBus) cards. The P416 has two slots which both support all PCMCIA standard compliant 16-bit cards; the rear slot also supports 32-bit (CardBus) cards.

PC-Card Types:

Our supported card list (PDF) indicates cards which Elan has tested with our P-series in-house.

The P-Series models are compliant with the following specifications :

They have the following features :