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Appendix
4
RS485 Bus
Connection
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General Property of RS485 Bus
According to RS485 industry bus standard, RS485 is a half-‐duplex communication bus which has 120Ω characteristic
impendence, the maximum load ability is 32 payloads (including controller device and controlled device).
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RS485 Bus Transmission Distance
When using 0.56mm (24AWG) twisted-‐pair line, according to different baudrate, the maximum transmission distance
theory table is shown as below:
Max. Distance of RS485 Transmission
Baudrate
Max Distance
2400BPS
1800m
4800BPS
1200m
9600BPS
800m
The transmission distance will be decreased if we use the thinner cable, or use this product under the strong
electromagnetic interference situation, or there are lots of devices are added to the bus; on the contrary, the
transmission distance will be increased.
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Connection Methods
RS485 industry bus standard require daisy-‐chain connection method between any devices, both sides have to
connect a 120Ω terminal resistance (show as Diagram 1), the simplified connection method is shown as diagram 2,
but the distance of “D” should not be too long.
Figure A-‐7 RS485 Connection 1
Figure A-‐8 RS485 Connection 2
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Problems in the Practical Application
Normally, users adopt star-‐shape connection method in construction, under this situation, the terminal resistors must
be connected between two farthest devices (as Figure A-‐9, 1# and 15#), but this connection method is not satisfy the
requirement of the RS485 industry standard so that it will lead to some problems such as signal reflection, anti-‐jamming
ability decline when the devices are faraway. At this time, the dome will be uncontrollable, or self-‐running, etc.
120Ω
120Ω
1#
2#
3#
4#
32#
D
主控器
A
+
B
-
A
+
B
-
1
#
2
#
3
#
31
#
Controller