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Subject: Re: RS485 communication standards?
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Date: Tue, 29-Apr-86 03:44:00 EDT
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In article <> bryanf@fluke.UUCP writes:
>I'm looking for information on RS485 networks that connect industrial
>input-output devices. RS485 is an electrical standard for a multidrop,
>balanced, twisted pair, transmission medium (like RS422). 

	I remember seeing something like that from Corvus. They called
it 'Omninet'. It had normal sync usarts linked over a multidrop, +/-5v
balanced line (at 1Mbaud). Their protocol was all proprietary, so it
probably isn't a very good starting point.

	The Apple Mac-bus is another similar bus, although they use
transformer coupling to the two-wire serial cable. A request to
net.micro.mac should provide lots of info. 

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	Wolfgang Rupprecht		{harvard|cca|mit-eddie}!lmi-angel!wsr