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LD485A-HS and LD485A-HS Opto-Isolated
Driver Enabled by Data
The RS-485 driver can also be enabled without requiring an RS-232 control
lead to be asserted. When jumper W15 is placed in the B-C position, the
driver is enabled when data is received on the RS-232 port of the LD485A-HS.
As soon as the first bit of the first character is received at the RS-232 port, the
RS-485 driver is enabled and an internal timer is started. The time begins its
“time out” on a low (0) to high (1) transition of data. When the timer times
out, the RS-485 driver is disabled. Jumper W17 allows this timeout delay to be
set for 0.15, 0.7, 2, 7, or 70 msec.
NOTE
There is a limitation to using this “DATA ENABLES DRIVER” feature. At
data rates above 64 Kbps, the first character in the data stream will be
garbled by the LD485A-HS. If higher data rates are required, transmit a
<break> if possible, or a <nul> character before each message. This will
enable the RS-485 driver, activate the timer, and allow the message to be
transmitted without errors. The receiving device will need to ignore the
first character received.
Driver Constantly Enabled (4 Wire Only)
The RS-485 driver can be constantly enabled by setting jumper W9 to the
ON position.
3.1.6 H
ALF
-D
UPLEX
T
URNAROUND
D
ELAY
When operating in half-duplex mode (jumper W8 in the HALF position),
the LD485A-HS adds a small delay each time it stops transmitting data and
prepares to receive data. This delay allows the RS-485 interface and
transmission line time to stabilize, thus reducing the possibility of garbled
data being received at the end of a message.
The turnaround delays are 0 (W16 in position A), 0.1 msec (W16 in position
B), 1 msec (W16 in position C), 5 msec (W16 in position D), and 35 msec
(W16 in position E).
3.1.7 RS-485 I
NTERFACE
T
ERMINATED OR
U
NTERMINATED
Some distortion on the twisted-pair line may be caused by impedance
mismatch from the different devices connected to the line. To help eliminate
this type of distortion, the RS-485 interface can be terminated with a resistor
network at the receiver input pins (RXA and RXB) via switch S2. When S2 is
placed in the “TERM” position, the resistor network is connected across the
line. When S2 is placed in the “UNTERM” position, no connection to the