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LD485A-HS and LD485A-HS Opto-Isolated
Table 2. DTE Jumper Settings (continued)
FUNCTION
JUMPER REQUIREMENTS
9. RS-485 Interface Line Biased (Fail-
S3 Off
No line bias
Safe), Receive
S3 On
Line biased
NOTE: If line bias is on, the
RS-485 CD will ALWAYS be on.
3.3 Typical Applications
This section describes some typical applications where the LD485A-HS might
be used. The connections shown in the figures are for the RS-485 port.
Figure 5 shows a typical point-to-point, 4-wire, full- or half-duplex connection
with both LD485A-HSs terminated by setting switch S2 to the TERM position.
Figure 6 shows a typical point-to-point, 2-wire, half-duplex connection with
both LD485A-HSs terminated by setting switch S2 to the TERM position.
In a 4-wire, point-to-point application, each of the drivers on the two
LD485A-HSs may always be enabled without any adverse effects.
In a 2-wire, point-to-point or multipoint application, only one driver may be
enabled at any one time. If more than one driver is turned ON, a situation
known as contention occurs and the data from one driver interferes with
the data from the other driver. This results in both sets of data being
unintelligible.