Serial Ports - Siemens RUGGEDCOM RS400 Installation Manual

Chapter 4
Communication Ports
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Figure 16: RJ11 Port Pin Configuration
NOTE
This product meets the applicable Industry Canada technical specifications.
The Ringer Equivalence Number is an indication of the maximum number of devices allowed to be
connected to a telephone interface. The termination on an interface may consist of any combination of
devices subject only to the requirement that the sum of the RENs of all the devices does not exceed five.
Section 4.4

Serial Ports

The RUGGEDCOM RS400 supports RJ45 or 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 ROS. For more information, refer to the ROS User Guide for the RUGGEDCOM
RS400.
All serial ports feature an LED that indicates the current state of the port.
State
Green
Off
For specifications on serial ports, refer to
CONTENTS
• Section 4.4.1, "Serial RS232 DB9 Ports"
• Section 4.4.2, "Serial RS232/RS485/RS422 DB9 Ports"
• Section 4.4.3, "Serial RS232/RS485/RS422 RJ45 Ports"
• Section 4.4.4, "Serial Insulated Terminals"
• Section 4.4.5, "Connecting Multiple RS485 Devices"
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1
Description
Activity detected
No activity
Section 5.5, "Serial Port
Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
Specifications".
RUGGEDCOM RS400
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Description
Reserved (Do Not Connect)
Reserved (Do Not Connect)
Ring
Tip
Reserved (Do Not Connect)
Reserved (Do Not Connect)
Serial Ports