[members at lugog] RS485 device

[Phil Wood]

Is there any manufacturer's name on the display itself?

mike waterworth wrote:
> I have a large Tri-colour LED display. It's two modules, daisy chained 
> together using two wires, These wires then used to go into a Lantronix 
> device that worked as a RS485 to RJ45 converter box.
> The machine is 2m long by about 60cm. 8 lines by 48 chars. Each char 
> is 7x5 tri colour leds.
> I'm ordered a USB to RS485 adapter which should arrive in the next few 
> days.
> Getting a message to be shown on the device is the first stage. I have 
> a Windows application that should be able to talk to it, but I've 
> never got it to work.
> When I turn on the device the LED's show the baud rate and offset of 
> the displays, so I know they are still functional.
> Thanks for any help.
> MikeW