Appendix D
Serial Port Information
ENET-232 and ENET-485 Series User Manual
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Figure D-1 shows a typical full-duplex system.
Figure D-1.
Typical Full-Duplex System
Half Duplex
A typical half-duplex multidrop bus architecture also involves a
master-slave protocol. However, in a half-duplex system, all transmitters
and receivers are connected to the same transmission line.
Figure D-2 shows a typical half-duplex system.
Figure D-2.
Typical Half-Duplex System
MASTER
Slave 1
Slave 2
Slave n
Tx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Rx
MASTER
Slave 1
Slave 2
Slave n
Tx
Tx
Rx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx