Micro Technic RS485 manual

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    Micro Techni c A-S • Denma rk • Tel. +45 6615 3000 • Fax +45 6615 3077 E-mail: su pport@micro-technic.com Website: www.micro-technic.com M ICRONIX PC/104 SERIAL INTERFAC E PV- SERIES 4-P OR T RS232/RS42 2/RS485 M ODULES User Manual & Installation Guide V ERS . 1.04 D OC : M4801 DM.DOC[...]

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    Users Manu al & Installa tion Guide PV- SERIES 4-P ORT RS232/RS422/RS4 85 Page 2 of 7 D ESCRIPTION Microni x PV-interfaces let you customise your system and optimise a combination of RS232, RS422 or RS485 data transmission. All signals are surg e protected f or industrial applications. The PV-modules plug into any standard PC/104 bus interf ace[...]

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    Users Manu al & Installa tion Guide PV- SERIES 4-P ORT RS232/RS422/RS4 85 Page 3 of 7 M ODEL S ELECTION PV - X X X X - H – S – 5V Number of RS232 ports (0-4) Number of RS485 ports, 2-wire (0-3) Number of RS485 ports, 4-wire (0-1) Number of RS422 ports (0-1) 0 = Standard, H = High-speed 0 = Non-stack through, S = Stackthr ough 5V= do not req[...]

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    Users Manu al & Installa tion Guide PV- SERIES 4-P ORT RS232/RS422/RS4 85 Page 4 of 7 I NST ALLAT ION G UID E Pl ea se re fer t o t he sc he mat ic ou tlin e o n pa ge 5 . P RE CA UTIO NS T O ESD Pl ea se note , tha t the Mi cron ix PV modu les mu st be han dl ed wi th resp ect to ES D (El ectro sta tic D is ch arge ). El ec tro sta tic D isch [...]

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    Users Manu al & Installa tion Guide PV- SERIES 4-P ORT RS232/RS422/RS4 85 Page 5 of 7 S CH EMA TIC O UTL INE 1. D CD 2. R xD 3. T xD 4. D TR 5. G ND 6. D SR 7. R TS 8. C TS 9. R I RS2 32 IRQ S ELEC T (Pi n co lum n ar ra y) I/O A DDR ESS S ELEC T ( Ro tary -s wi tc h) RS485 (4 ),(2) RS422 RS232 RS485 (2 ) RS422 RS232 RS232 RS485(2) RS232 RS485([...]

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    Users Manu al & Installa tion Guide PV- SERIES 4-P ORT RS232/RS422/RS4 85 Page 6 of 7 I ndividually I RQ settings : CH. A = I RQ10 CH. B = I RQ5 CH. C = I RQ9 CH. D = I RQ15 Shared I R Q settings : CH. A = I RQ5 CH. B = I R Q5 CH. C = IRQ5 CH. D = I RQ5 I mportant notice : It is NOT possible to combine individually and shared IRQ setting s.[...]

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    Users Manu al & Installa tion Guide PV- SERIES 4-P ORT RS232/RS422/RS4 85 Page 7 of 7 O PTI ON AL C ABL E , 20 CM RS/ 232 CO NNE CTO R DSUB-9 male rib422.dwg 5 4 3 2 1 6 7 9 8 GND Rx+ Rx- Tx+ Tx- Not used Leoco 2540S 10 10-way ribbon cable RS/ 422 CO NNE CTO R RS/ 485 CO NNE CTO R Coding-key in this position Pin 1.[...]