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2.  BUS TERMINATION:  
Especially  for  longer  busses  and/or  multiple  nodes  connected  to  the  bus  and/or  high 
communication speeds, the bus should be properly terminated at both ends. The  PD-1161 does 
not integrate any termination resistor. Therefore, 120 Ohm termination resistors at both ends of 
the bus have to be added externally. 
3.  NUMBER OF NODES:  
The  RS-485  electrical  interface  standard  (EIA-485)  allows  up  to  32  nodes  to  be  connected  to  a 
single bus. The bus transceiver used on the PD-1161 units (SN65HVD3082ED) has just 1/8th of the 
standard bus load and allows a maximum of 256 units to be connected to a single RS485 bus. 
4.  NO FLOATING BUS LINES:  
Avoid floating bus lines while neither the host/master nor one of the slaves along the bus line is 
transmitting  data  (all  bus  nodes  switched  to  receive  mode).  Floating  bus  lines  may  lead  to 
communication errors. In order to ensure valid signals on the bus it is recommended to use a 
resistor  network  connecting  both  bus  lines  as  well  defined  logic  levels.  In  contrast  to  the 
termination resistors this network is normally required just once per bus. Certain RS485 interface 
converters available for PCs already include these additional resistors (e.g. USB-2-485). 
node
n - 1
node
n
Slave Slave
termination
resistor
(120 Ohm)
+5V
GND
pull-up (1k)
pull-down (1k)
RS485- / RS485B
RS485+ / RS485A
Figure 3.6: RS485 bus lines with resistor network 
3.2.2  USB Connector 
Pin 
Label 
Description 
1 
VBUS 
+5V power 
2 
D- 
Data – 
3 
D+ 
Data + 
4 
ID 
not connected 
5 
GND 
ground 
Table 3.2 Mini USB connector 










