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USB485 CONVERTERCARD
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USB485 USB to RS485 Converter Card RMS Technologies 2533 N. Carson St. #4698, Carson City, NV 89706-0147 1-877-301-3609 www.rmsmotion.com User Manual Version 1.02 sales@rmsmotion.com ...
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Thank you for purchasing the USB485 converter card. This product is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for one (1) year from the date of purchase. DISCLAIMER The information provided in this document is believed to be reliable. However, ...
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Specifications ................................................................................... 4 Pin Assignments ............................................................................... 4 Installation ....................................................................................... 5 Turning on Echo .................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Determining Communications Port Number ...................................... 9 Changing Assigned Communications Port Number.......................... 11 RS485 Communication .................................................................... 14 RMS Technologies USB485 Converter Card Table ...
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Specifications 1 GENERAL • UART I/F Supports Bit Data Stop Bits and Odd/Even/Mark/Space/No Parity • Data rate 300 => 250K Baud • 384 Byte Receive Buffer / 128 Byte Transmit Buffer for high data ...
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Installation Please make sure you have the following before proceeding: • RMS Technologies USB485 converter. • Standard USB Type cable. • RMS Technologies Manuals and Software CD. Installing the Unit: The USB485 Converter card will install ...
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A window will appear asking you to specify driver location. 8. Choose “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install.” Click “Next” 9. Choose “Universal Serial Bus Controller” under Device Type 10. Choose “Have Disk…” 11. Input the ...
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Select “RMS Motion Serial Converter” from the device list, click “Next”. 13. Select “Continue Anyway” when warned about Windows Logo Testing. RMS Technologies USB485 Converter Card 7 Version 1.02 10/21/2009 ...
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Click “Finish.” to complete installation. 15. Once you have clicked “Finish,” Windows should automatically detect another new device. This will begin the installation of the VCP drivers. 16. Repeat steps 5-14 replacing “RMS Motion Serial Converter” with “RMS Motion ...
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Determining Communications Port Number Upon installation, the RMS MOTION USB485 will be assigned a COM PORT number. This number is dependent upon the number of existing COM PORTS already present in your Windows operating system. To determine what COM ...
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In the Device Manager, the following should be listed: a. Under Ports (COM & LPT), there should be listed “RMS Motion USB485 (COMX)” where X is the Communications Port # assigned to the device assigned to COM8 ...
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Changing the Assigned Communications Port Number Upon installation, the USB485 device will assign itself the lowest free Communications Port number. This setting can be changed to any free communications port that is not in use by Windows. Note: Previously ...
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In the Device Manager, find “RMS Motion USB485” under “Ports (COM & LPT)”. 5. Double click on “RMS Motion USB485” Properties. RMS Technologies USB485 Converter Card 12 Version 1.02 10/21/2009 ...
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Select the “Port Settings” Tab and click on “Advanced.” the Advanced Settings window you may change the assigned COM port number. Click “OK”, and the RMS Motion USB485 is changed to the new COM Port Number. RMS ...
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RS485 Communication The Interface The EIA specification RS485 defines an integrated circuit that used to connect nodes to a two-wire party line bus that does not exceed 4,000 ft. in length, and for ...