RS-232RS-422 INTERFACE CONVERTER

4. Ground Strap and Interface Pinouts

Signal grounds (Pins 19, 20, and 37 on the RS-422 interface and Pin 7 on the RS-232 interface) are connected together, but not connected to chassis ground (Pin 1). However, for applications requiring all grounds to be at a common reference point, these pins can be connected to chassis ground by installing a jumper strap across W6 located at the rear of the printed-circuit board between J1 and P1 (refer to Figures 4-1 and 4-2).

SECONDARY TRANSMITTED DATA DCE TRANSMITTER SIGNAL ELEMENT TIMING SECONDARY RECEIVED DATA RECEIVER SIGNAL ELEMENT TIMING

SECONDARY REQUEST TO SEND

DATA TERMINAL READY

SIGNAL QUALITY DETECTOR

RING INDICATOR

DATA SIGNAL RATE SELECTOR

DTE TRANSMITTER SIGNAL ELEMENT TIMING

14

1

PROTECTIVE GROUND

2

TRANSMITTED DATA

15

3

RECEIVED DATA

16

4

REQUEST TO SEND

17

5

CLEAR TO SEND

18

6

DATA SET READY

19

7

SIGNAL GROUND/COMMON RETURN

20

RECEIVED LINE SIGNAL DETECTOR

21

8

+ VOLTAGE

22

9

-VOLTAGE

10

 

23

 

11

SECONDARY RECEIVED LINE SIGNAL

24

12

DETECTOR

25

13

SECONDARY CLEAR TO SEND

 

Figure 4-1. The RS-232 Interface.

RECEIVE COMMON

20

 

 

 

 

1

SHIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

SIGNALING RATE INDICATOR

 

21

 

 

 

 

(+B) SEND DATA

 

 

3

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

SEND DATA (-A)

(+B) SEND TIMING

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

SEND TIMING (-A)

(+B) RECEIVE DATA

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

RECEIVE DATA (-A)

(+B) REQUEST TO SEND

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

REQUEST TO SEND (-A)

(+B) RECEIVE TIMING

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

RECEIVE TIMING (-A)

(+B) CLEAR TO SEND

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

CLEAR TO SEND (-A)

TERMINAL IN SERVICE

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

LOCAL LOOPBACK

(+B) DATA MODE

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 DATA MODE (-A)

(+B) TERMINAL READY

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

TERMINAL READY (-A)

(+B) RECEIVER READY

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

RECEIVER READY (-A)

SELECT STANDBY

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

REMOTE LOOPBACK

SIGNAL QUALITY

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

INCOMING CALL

NEW SIGNAL

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

SELECT FREQUENCY

(+B) TERMINAL TIMING

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

TERMINAL TIMING (-A)

STANDBY/INDICATOR

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

TEST MODE

SEND COMMON

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

SIGNAL GROUND

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4-2. The RS-422 Interface.

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Black Box RS-422, RS0232 manual Ground Strap and Interface Pinouts, RS-232 Interface

RS0232, RS-422 specifications

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