User manual
 RS-422 Connections 
Manual Documentation Number: ESP904-0504  Appendix B  61 
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ESP904 DB-9 Pin-outs in RS-422 Mode 
RS-422 
Signal Name 
Direction 
RS-422 
DB9M 
Pin 
Receive Data A (−) In RXDA (−) 1 
Receive Data B (+)  In  RXDB (+)  2 
Transmit Data B (+)  Out  TXDB (+)  3 
Transmit Data A (−) Out TXDA (−) 4 
Signal Ground  ---  GND  5 
Clear to Send A (−) In CTSA (−) 6 
Clear to Send B (+)  In  CTSB (+)  7 
Request to Send B (+)  Out  RTSB (+)  8 
Request to Send A (−) Out RTSA (−) 9 
Figure 47. RS-422 Connections in a DB-9 Connector 
 RS-422 Connections 
62  Appendix B  Manual Documentation Number: ESP904-0504 
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Figure 48. RS-422 Connections with Flow Control 
In the RS-422 mode, TXD lines are outputs and RXD lines are inputs. 
Connect the ESP904 TXDB(+) line to the RXDB(+) line of the serial device, 
and the ESP904 TXDA(-) to the RXDA(-) of the serial device. 
If Flow Control is set for RTS/CTS, connect the ESP904 RTSB(+) to 
CTSB(+) of the serial device and the ESP904 RTSA(-) line to the CTSA(-) 
of the serial device. Connect from the ESP904 CTSB(+) line to the RTSB(+) 
of the serial device and from the ESP904 CTSA(-) line to the RTSB(+) line 
of the serial device. 
If connecting to Receive Only RS-422 devices, connect from the ESP904 
TXDB(+) and TXDA(-) lines to the receive pairs on all serial devices. 
Ground is signal ground and provides a common mode reference for the RS-
422 Receiver and Transmitters. 
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The RS-422 mode can be used for full duplex 4-wire RS-485 operation provided 
that the ESP904 is acting as a sole master connecting to all the slave devices, 
and all slave devices share the Receive signal lines to the master. Set Flow 
Control for none, and omit connections to RTS/CTS line pairs. 
ESP904 pin-out 
in RS-422 mode 
 RS-422  
Device 
RS-422 Signal Names  DB-9 
Pin# 
Connections Signal 
Receive A (-)  RXDA(-)  1    TDA(-) 
Receive B (+)  RXDB(+) 2  TDB(+) 
Transmit B (+)  TXDB(+)  3    RDB(+) 
Transmit A (-)  TXDA(-)  4    RDA(-) 
Ground GND 5   GND 
Clear to Send A (-)  CTSA(-)  6    RTSA(-) 
Clear to Send B (+)  CTSB(+)  7    RTSB(+)
Ready to Send B (+)  RTSB(+)  8    CTSB(+)
Ready to Send A (-)  RTSA(-)  9    CTSA(-) 










