CommFront CVT-485-1 Quick Start Manual

Industrial port-powered rs232 to rs485 converter

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Industrial Port-Powered RS232
RS485 Converter
(Part Number: CVT-485-1)
http://www.CommFront.com
Revision: 3.0
www.CommFront.com
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  • Page 1 Industrial Port-Powered RS232 RS485 Converter (Part Number: CVT-485-1) http://www.CommFront.com Revision: 3.0 www.CommFront.com Page 1 of 4...
  • Page 2 INTRODUCTION ■ The CVT-485-1 is a compact, rugged, industrial-grade, port-powered RS-232 to RS-485 converter, which can be used to convert any standard RS-232C port into a two-wire RS-485 port and vice versa. The unit is efficiently powered from the RS-232 data line; it also supports data direction auto-turnaround.
  • Page 3 CONNECTIONS ■ 120-OHM END-OF-LINE TERMINATION ■ Turn on the 120 end-of-line terminator on both ends of the RS-485 bus when the data rate is over 19.2kbps or the RS-485’s distance exceeds 660ft (200m). Revision: 3.0 www.CommFront.com Page 3 of 4...
  • Page 4 Perform a loopback test by using CommFront’s 232Analyzer software: Connect two • numbers of CVT-485-1 to your PC’s COM ports and run two instances of the 232Analyzer software, then send commands from one COM port, you should receive an echo of the commands sent on the other COM port. By performing a simple loopback test like this, you can test both the transmitter and receiver of the converter.

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