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Why won't my RS485 or RS422 device work properly, and which signals do Patton use as + and -?
Posted by Bob Puckett, Last modified by Danny Staub on 15 November 2017 03:44 PM
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There is confusion regarding the polarity of the RS485 and RS422 transmit and receive signal pairs. The RS-485 and RS-422 specifications define the transmit and receive signal pairs as XMT-A, XMT-B, RCV-A, and RCV-B. Unfortunately most manufacturers have ARBITRARILY assigned XMT-A as either XMT+ or XMT-. Similarly for the RCV signal pair. The specification never defines the A and B signals as either negative or positive. They only state that in the mark condition, XMT-A is more negative than XMT-B. This is only a relative definition.
What does this mean? You might want to swap the polarity if your application does not function properly. If the other RS485 or RS422 device
does use -A and -B for the polarity identification, note that the Patton signals correspond as follows:
XMT+ -----> XMT-A
XMT- -----> XMT-B
RCV- -----> RCV-B
RCV+ -----> RCV-A.
This only applies if the remote end is not the same as the local end. If you are using any of these converters on both ends: 2089, 2085, 222N, 222N9, 2084, 2086, and their corresponding rack cards, this does NOT apply. |
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