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Serial Installation

We discuss the following topics:

¾DIP Switch Settings

¾DB25 Female Connector Pinout

¾RS-232 Wiring

¾RS-422 Wiring

¾4-Wire RS-485 Wiring

Using a DB25 connector

Using the optional Terminal Block

¾Enabling a Termination Resistor

Enabling the Built-In 120 Ω Terminator

Enabling a User-Supplied Terminator

DIP Switch Settings

The top panel of NPort Express contains the following table, which describes how to set up the serial port using the four DIP switches located on NPort

Express’s rear panel.

SW1

Serial

Connection

 

 

 

ON

RS-232

Console

 

OFF

Data

Comm

 

 

 

SW2

SW3

SW4

Serial Interface Mode

OFF

OFF

OFF

RS-232

OFF

ON

ON

RS-422

ON

OFF

ON

4-Wire RS-485 by RTS

ON

ON

ON

4-Wire RS-485 ADDC

ON

OFF

OFF

2-Wire RS-485 by RTS

ON

ON

OFF

2-Wire RS-485 ADDC

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Moxa Technologies DE-211 manual Serial Installation, DIP Switch Settings