Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | 16 Mar 2003 10:51:47 +0000 | Subject | Re: RS485 communication |
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On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 10:35, Russell King wrote > No - that's not how RS485 works. With a balanced line, the result > that any one receiver will see will depend on it's position on the > line and the relative distance to each transmitter, the resistance > of the line, and the manufacturer/type of the RS485 transceiver. > In other words, the state you see is indeterminent.
Ah, OK. Then I must have been mistaken in thinking that CAN was based on RS485 -- or mistaken in remembering that that's how CAN does collision avoidance I suppose, but I suspect the former is more likely.
Thanks for the correction.
-- dwmw2
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