Serial Ports - Siemens RUGGEDCOM RX5000 Installation Manual

Chapter 3
Communication Ports
• Section 3.6, "Installing/Removing Modules"
• Section 3.7, "Connecting Multiple RS485 Devices"
Section 3.1

Serial Ports

The RX5000 supports DB9 serial ports, which can be run in RS232, RS485 or RS422 mode.
NOTE
On power-up, all serial ports default to RS485 mode. Each port can be individually set to RS232,
RS485 or RS422 mode through ROX II. For more information, refer to the ROX II User Guide for the
RX5000.
All serial ports feature an LED that indicates the current state of the port.
State
Green
Off
For specifications on serial ports, refer to
For information about how to connect devices configured to run in RS485 mode, refer to
Multiple RS485 Devices".
The following are the pin-outs for the DB9 connectors:
Figure 15: DB9 Serial Port
a
Connected internally.
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Section 4.5, "Serial Port
5 1
9 6
Description
Link activity detected
No link detected
Specifications".
Pin
RS232 Mode
1
2 RX
3 TX
4
5
6
7
8
9
Body
Screws
RUGGEDCOM RX5000
Installation Guide
Section 3.7, "Connecting
Function
RS422 Mode RS485 Mode
RX-
TX+ TX+/RX+
RX+
IRIG_B_Out
COM (Isolated GND)
COM (Isolated GND)
TX- TX-/RX-
COM (Isolated GND)
a
Chassis GND
a
Chassis GND
Serial Ports