RS-422/485 Application Note Table of Contents i
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW
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I
NTRODUCTION
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ATA
T
RANSMISSION
S
IGNALS
.........................................................................1
Unbalanced Line Drivers.............................................................................1 Balanced Line Drivers.................................................................................1 Balanced Line Receivers..............................................................................3
EIA
S
TANDARD
RS-422
D
ATA
T
RANSMISSION
................................................3EIA
S
TANDARD
RS-485
D
ATA
T
RANSMISSION
................................................6T
RISTATE
C
ONTROL OF AN
RS-485
D
EVICE USING
RTS...................................9S
END
D
ATA
C
ONTROL OF AN
RS-485
D
EVICE
................................................11
CHAPTER 2: SYSTEM CONFIGURATION..............................................13
N
ETWORK
T
OPOLOGIES
..................................................................................13T
WO
W
IRE OR
F
OUR
W
IRE
S
YSTEMS
..............................................................13T
ERMINATION
.................................................................................................16B
IASING AN
RS-485
N
ETWORK
......................................................................17E
XTENDING THE
S
PECIFICATION
.....................................................................19
CHAPTER 3: SELECTING RS-422 AND RS-485 CABLING...................20
N
UMBER OF
C
ONDUCTORS
.............................................................................20S
HIELDING
......................................................................................................20C
ABLE
C
HARACTERISTICS
..............................................................................20
CHAPTER 4: TRANSIENT PROTECTION OF RS-422 AND RS-485SYSTEMS.........................................................................................................23
W
HAT DOES A SURGE LOOK LIKE
?..................................................................23
Surge Specifications...................................................................................23Common Mode vs. Differential Mode........................................................25
G
ROUND
≠
G
ROUND
.......................................................................................26T
RANSIENT PROTECTION USING
I
SOLATION
....................................................27
Isolation Theory.........................................................................................27 Isolation Devices........................................................................................28
T
RANSIENT
P
ROTECTION USING
S
HUNTING
....................................................28
Shunting Theory.........................................................................................28Connecting Signal Grounds.......................................................................29Shunting Devices........................................................................................29
C
OMBINING
I
SOLATION AND
S
HUNTING
.........................................................29S
PECIAL
C
ONSIDERATION FOR
F
AULT
C
ONDITIONS
........................................31C
HOOSING THE RIGHT PROTECTION FOR YOUR SYSTEM
...................................31