From: "Brent Brown" > > Also various 485 ICs state speed of min 4Mbps ! I am not sure how > > that is gonna be done; from what I understand 485 is 'RS232' running on > > a 485 bus. I have never seen RS232 do more than 112kbps. > > Maybe a parallell prn (PC) interface to a PIC then the PIC's RX/TX > > to the bus @ 4 Mbps ??? > > I think this means minimum maximum speed. Make sense? > Translated: these chips will run at at least 4Mbps. I have done > RS485 at 9600bps and it works OK. Hi, Yes thats pretty much what I guessed. The problem is howto get >4 Mbps out there on the bus ! A standard PC wont send RS232 in anything near that speed, right ? Even 1-2 Mbps would be nice. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads