Spyder 0 Posted April 17, 2014 Hello, i am a bit new at this. quick question. i have a controller that has 2 output connectors, 485 and 232. i have to 2 Sony EVI-HD1 cameras which only have 232 connectors on the back (VISCA In and OUT- 8-pin connector). i know that i can daisy chain the two cameras to each other as they are not far away via the rs232 8-pin connector. the problem is that the controller and the first camera are about 175' away. so i know that the rs232 will not travel that far. so do i just need to connect the 2 wires via the rs485 on the back of the controller the go all the way 175' to the first camera, then put that little convertor on it to go from the rs485 to rs232? like this convertor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssnapier 0 Posted April 17, 2014 If I am understanding you correctly that should work, but I wold not daisy chain anything using RS232, that would lead to a giant mess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jibbeh 0 Posted June 3, 2014 Are you sure thats 485 to 232 convertor and not 232 to 485 anyway? Used a few of them on some CCTV installs and they've all been 232 to 485. Never seen other way around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssnapier 0 Posted June 3, 2014 Are you sure thats 485 to 232 convertor and not 232 to 485 anyway? Used a few of them on some CCTV installs and they've all been 232 to 485. Never seen other way around. You are correct and I failed to point that out. Since 485 is balance and 232 is not that is the only way to do it without some processing power to handle the re-balancing of the signal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samir 0 Posted June 28, 2014 Why not just convert the rs232 and run it over common cat5 using something like the startech rs232extc1? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
