Titan/cPCI User’s Manual, Connect Tech Inc.

RS-422/485 Cable Wiring

You can wire Titan/cPCI adapters in various ways to communicate with RS-422/485 peripherals. This section describes a few examples of RS-422/485 cabling schemes.

Figure 8 depicts a 4 wire cabling scheme between a port on the Titan/cPCI adapter to a port on the RS-422/485 peripheral.

Figure 9: RS-422/485 wiring diagram (4 wire)

Titan/cPCI adapter

3

 

TxD +

 

TxD -

4

 

 

 

1

 

RxD +

 

 

2

 

RxD -

 

 

7

 

RTS +

8

 

CTS +

 

RTS -

9

 

6

 

CTS -

 

SR

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

RS-485 peripheral

RxD +

RxD -

TxD +

TxD -

CTS +

RTS +

CTS -

RTS -

SR

Technical Tip

The RS-422/485 electrical interface consists of a differential signaling scheme. You should always connect the signals with twisted pairs

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