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3. Connecting to the RS485 bus.
3.1 System structure in the RS485 bus.
Use a twisted-pair cable as a transmission wire of the bus. The bus shall be of a ”point-to-point” topology,
the ”star” type of topology is to be avoided. If the wires are of a significant length it is recommended to use a
shielded cable that will prevent from errors during communication and lowers the susceptibility to noise and
emission of radio frequency interference. It is also advisable to mount termination resistors at the ends of the bus.
Their resistance ought to be comparable to the impedance specific for the lead in use, i.e. 120 Ohm.
Shown below is a block diagram of an RS485 bus with the use of RS485-TTL interfaces housed in
enclosures of PSBEN series.
Fig. 2. A block diagram of power supplies of PSBEN series with the RS485-TTL interface
connected to the RS485 bus.
The location for mounting the interfaces has been selected inside the PSU’s enclosure. The connection
with the PSU is to be made via an additional TTL cable, included in the set with the interface. The TTL cable is to
be connected to the “SERIAL’ outlets that are located both in the interface and the pcb of the PSU. The connection
with the RS485 bus is through the “RS-485” connector that is located on the pcb of the interface. Connect the wires
of the RS485 bus to the A+, B- terminals of the connector. They are assigned in the same way and the connection
is identical to the rest of devices (A+ to A+, B- to B-).
Data conversion between the RS485 bus and the computer is implemented by a different kind of an
interface – “INTUR”, also available in the company’s product mix.
3.2 Connecting the interface to the bus.
1) Mount the RS485-TTL interface in a selected location within the PSU.
2) Connect the interface to the PSU using the additional TTL cable (included to the interface set) and
plugging it in the “SERIAL” outlets.
3) Connect the wire of the RS485 bus to the RS-485 connector of the interface. Take notice of the A+, B-
wires so that they are connected in the same manner as in other devices, i.e. A+ to A+, B- to B-. In the
case of shielded wires, the shield is to be connected to the SG signal ground terminals.
4) Optionally, mount the 120 Ohm termination resistors at the end of the RS485 bus.
5) Connect the USB-RS485 interface that converts data from the RS485 bus to a USB standard. This
interface is also available in the product mix of PULSAR company.
6) Assign an address to each PSU within the bus – chapter 3.3.
Addresses cannot be repeated.
7) Configure the connection in the PowerSecurity programming software.
Download the “PowerSecurity” program from the following page:
http://www.pulsar.pl/pl/pliki/PowerSecurity.exe