[mythtv-users] Maximum length of cables for USB<>Serial DirecTV control?
Yan Seiner
yan at seiner.com
Mon Apr 5 02:05:23 UTC 2010
Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> RS-485 is the go now over RS-422... Much harder to find RS-422
> converter these days, while a 485 can be found on ebay for $5
> including shipping
>
> RS485 theorical is 1200m..
>
Getting OT, but... The slower the baud rate, the longer the distance.
We've run differential voltage serial at 120 baud (modified RS485) over
6 miles over ordinary unshielded twisted pair with no problems.
Higher baud rates -> shorter cable runs, more sensitive to noise, etc.
--Yan
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