3 SPECIFICATIONS

3.2 RS-232 Interface Specification

The following shows the RS-232 interface specifications.

3.2.1 RS-232 connector specifications

MELSEC-Q

The following shows the specifications of the RS-232 connector that connects the Q series C24 to an external device.

 

 

Signal

 

 

Signal direction

 

Pin number

Signal name

 

 

 

 

 

 

abbreviation

C24

 

External

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

device

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

CD

Carrier detect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

RD(RXD)

Receive data

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

3

SD(TXD)

Send data

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

4

DTR(ER)

Data terminal ready

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

SG

Signal ground

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

6

DSR(DR)

Dataset ready

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

7

RS(RTS)

Request to send

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

CS(CTS)

Clear to send

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

RI(CI)

Call Indicate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)The control signals are described below. (The pin numbers of the connector are enclosed in parentheses.)

1)CD signal (1)

The Q series C24 operates according to the setting CD terminal check (see Section 8.4.5) of the Q series C24.

 

CD terminal check enabled

CD terminal check disabled

 

• The Q series C24 performs send and receive

• The Q series C24 performs send and receive

 

processing when the CD signal (receive

processing regardless of the ON/OFF status

Full-duplex

carrier detection) is ON.

of the CD signal.

communication

• If the CD signal is turned off during data

• Data communications is possible with an

 

communication, the Q series C24 initializes

external device that cannot turn the CD

 

the transmission sequence.

signal ON/OFF.

Half-duplex

See Chapter 8 of User's Manual (Application)

Setting impossible.

communication

 

 

2)RD signal

This is a signal to receive data.

3)SD signal

This is a signal to send data.

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