Specifications
To meet current (lower than 2 A) and ambient temperature requirements, you are advised to
use wires with 1.0 mm
2
conductors to assemble the RS485/RS422 cable.
required specifications of an RS485/RS422 cable.
Table 6-26
Specifications of an RS485/RS422 cable
Conductor Type
Minimum Conductor
Cross-Sectional Area
Maximum Conductor
Cross-Sectional Area
Solid
0.5 mm
2
or 20 AWG
1.5 mm
2
or 16 AWG
Twisted
0.5 mm
2
or 20 AWG
1.5 mm
2
or 16 AWG
Pin Assignments
For RS485 connection, turn pins 1 and 2 of the DIP switch to the ON position. For RS422
connection, turn pins 1 and 2 of the DIP switch to the OFF position.
DIP switch settings.
Table 6-27
DIP switch settings
Switch and
State
Pin and
State
Pin and
State
Pin and
State
Pin and
State
Pin and
State
SW
5
4
3
2
1
Pull low
Pull high
Terminator
Duplex
ON
510 Ω
510 Ω
120 Ω
Half
Half
OFF
150 kΩ
150 kΩ
-
Full
Full
In some critical environments, you may need to add termination resistors to prevent serial
signal reflection. When using termination resistors, you must set the pull high/low resistors
correctly to prevent electrical signals from being corrupted. Because a specific pull/low
resistor value cannot suit all environments, the AR500 series routers use DIP switches to set
the pull high/low resistor values for the serial port.
l
To set the terminal resistor to 150 kohm, put pins 4 and 5 to the OFF position. (This is
the default state setting.)
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To set the terminal resistor to 510 Ω, put pins 4 and 5 to the ON position.
Do not set the terminal resistor to 510 Ω the RS422 interface is used. This setting will degrade
the quality of RS422 signals and shortens the maximum communication distance.
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