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USB to RS485 Interface Converter

USB to RS485 Interface Converter
The USB-2-RS485 device is a USB to RS485 interface converter. It adds a standard 2-wire half-duplex RS485 bus interface to computers with a USB interface.
This device is supported by all major operating systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Android.
A virtual COM port driver is included, that is, the RS485 interface can be accessed as a standard serial COM port e.g. using any terminal program like HyperTerminal (supplied with all versions of Microsoft Windows).

 TECHNICAL DATA

  • USB
    • Connection to USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 hosts possible
    • USB full-speed device (12MBit/s)
    • Bus-powered (no extra power supply needed)
  • RS485
    • Half-duplex communication mode
    • No loopback (the receiver is switched off while the transmitter is active)
    • 120 Ω termination resistor
  • HOUSING

 DRIVER INSTALLATION

USB to RS485 device uses the FTDI chip drivers which can be obtained at http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm
After installing the FTDI drivers the device is registered as USB Serial Converter.
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