Serial Quick Reference Guide

10-Position Modular Jack

Pin 1 Pin 10
Pin 1 Pin 6

DB-9 Male
Pin 1

DB-25 Male
Pin 13

RS-232 Loopback
Pin 1 Pin 6 TX/RX Pin 5 Pin 9

RS-232 Signals
25 V SPACE, '0' 3V UNKNOWN

UART Data Frame Example

0xD98 Data Bits, Odd Parity, 1 Stop Bit
Data 1 Idle S 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 4 0 5 1 6 1 7 0 P S Idle

Pin 5 Pin 9
Pin 14 Pin 25

Pin 232 422/485 1 No Connect No Connect TXD 2 RI1 3 CTS TXD+ 4 RTS RTS (HSO) CTS (HSI) 5 DSR1 6 GND RXD RXD+ 7 DTR1 8 TXD RTS+ (HSO+) 9 RXD CTS+ (HSI+) GND 10 DCD1 1 These signals are No Connect on the PCI-232I and PXI-8422 ports.

Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

232 DTE DCD2 RXD TXD DTR2 GND DSR2 RTS CTS RI2

232 DCE 422/485 DCD GND TXD CTS+ (HSI+) RXD RTS+ (HSO+) DSR RXD+ GND RXD DTR CTS (HSI) CTS RTS (HSO) RTS TXD+ RI TXD

Pin 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 22

232 TXD RXD RTS CTS DSR3 GND DCD3 DTR3 RI3

422/485 RTS+ (HSO+) CTS+ (HSI+) RTS (HSO) TXD+ CTS (HSI) RXD GND RXD+ TXD

Pin 1 Pin 6 All

Pin 5 Pin 9

3 V MARK, '1' 25 V

RS-232 +5 V

RS-485/422 Loopback
Pin 1 Pin 6 TX/RX Pin 1 Pin 6 All Pin 5 Pin 9 Pin 5 Pin 9

RS-485/422 Signals
If '' < '+' then MARK, '1' If '' > '+' then SPACE, '0' RS-422 Voltage: 7V RS-485 Voltage: 7V to +12 V

5 V RS-485 5V TX+ 0V 5V TX 0V Voltages are for illustration only. Actual voltage levels may vary.

Note: DCE mode supported on USB-232/2 and USB-232/4 only. 2 These signals are No Connect on the PCI-232I and PXI-8422 ports and ports 916 on legacy 16-port boards.

Pins not listed in this table are No Connect. 3 These signals are No Connect on the PCI-232I and PXI-8422 ports.

RS-485 Topologies
Slave 1 Tx Tx 120 Rx 120 Rx Tx Slave 2 Rx Tx Slave n Rx

LabVIEW Programming Example

Dec 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Hex 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x07 0x08 0x09 0x0A 0x0B 0x0C 0x0D 0x0E 0x0F 0x10 0x11 0x12 0x13 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x18 0x19 0x1A 0x1B 0x1C 0x1D 0x1E 0x1F Char (nul) (soh) (stx) (etx) (eot) (enq) (ack) (bel) (bs) (tab) (lf) (vt) (ff) (cr) (so) (si) (dle) (dc1) (dc2) (dc3) (dc4) (nak) (syn) (etb) (can) (em) (sub) (esc) (fs) (gs) (rs) (us) Dec 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Hex 0x20 0x21 0x22 0x23 0x24 0x25 0x26 0x27 0x28 0x29 0x2A 0x2B 0x2C 0x2D 0x2E 0x2F 0x30 0x31 0x32 0x33 0x34 0x35 0x36 0x37 0x38 0x39 0x3A 0x3B 0x3C 0x3D 0x3E 0x3F

ASCII Table
Char (sp) ! # $ % & ( ) * + , . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? Dec 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 Hex 0x40 0x41 0x42 0x43 0x44 0x45 0x46 0x47 0x48 0x49 0x4A 0x4B 0x4C 0x4D 0x4E 0x4F 0x50 0x51 0x52 0x53 0x54 0x55 0x56 0x57 0x58 0x59 0x5A 0x5B 0x5C 0x5D 0x5E 0x5F Char @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ Dec 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Hex 0x60 0x61 0x62 0x63 0x64 0x65 0x66 0x67 0x68 0x69 0x6A 0x6B 0x6C 0x6D 0x6E 0x6F 0x70 0x71 0x72 0x73 0x74 0x75 0x76 0x77 0x78 0x79 0x7A 0x7B 0x7C 0x7D 0x7E 0x7F Char a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ (del)

MASTER

2-Wire Multidrop Network Using Terminating Resistors

Slave 1 Tx Rx Tx Slave 2 Rx Tx Slave n Rx

MASTER

Tx

120

120

Rx

120

120

4-Wire Full-Duplex Multidrop Network Using Terminating Resistors RS-485 terminators are available at ni.com/serial. For more information about LabVIEW, refer to ni.com/labview.

RS-485 Transceiver Control

2-Wire Enable TX RX 4-Wire DTR/Echo ON ON DTR ON DTR/No Echo DTR DTR Auto TX TX

NI-Serial Features
Hardware Flexible baud rates up to 3 Mb/s High-performance DMA engine Isolation up to 2000 V RS-485 transceiver control Software Deterministic control with LabVIEW Real-Time Over 3000 instrument drivers online Powerful development tools

Transceiver control is available on all NI Serial RS-485 interface products.

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