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Re: [ts-7000] Re: RS-485 on TS-7800 shows no signs of life

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: RS-485 on TS-7800 shows no signs of life
From: Michael Schmidt <>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:38:09 -0700
dieghuot wrote:
> --- In  "dieghuot" <> wrote:
>> I cannot communicate with the RS-485 port.  So far I have done the 
>> following:
>>
>> 1. Connected TS7800(port2, pins1-6)-->RS485toUSBconverter
>> 2. Opened /dev/ttyS1 (for COM2);
>> 3. Cleared 0xE800000C top bit (bit 15) to zero to set RS485 mode;
>> 4. Disabled both getty lines in /etc/inittab;
>> 5. Modified and tested multiple port configurations (using termios 
>> functions).
>>
>> I have no problems using RS-232 and see no software errors when 
>> configuring any port.  At this point I am wondering if my board has 
>> the rs485 option (I did purchase it).
>>
>> Does anybody know of any way to check if the option is installed? I 
>> tried looking at the chips but cannot access them all.
>>
>> Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
> 
> I can talk to COM2 via RS-232.  Do I need to do anything to enable rs-
> 485 versus rs-232?  Thanks.

It sounds like you are looking at the wrong pins.  This page may be of help:

http://www.embeddedarm.com/about/resource.php?item=303#uart


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