Surely possible, what do you want to connect on the "near end" (logic level interface) of the device? For RS485 mode, you need Rx, Tx and driver enable signal, power supply in addition.
Surely possible, what do you want to connect on the "near end" (logic level interface) of the device? For RS485 mode, you need Rx, Tx and driver enable signal, power supply in addition.
I want to connect a MAX232 to the RS232C side of a USB to serial converter (FTDI) in one end the other side of MAX232 wil be connected to left side of MAX1480 and the other side of MAX1480 will connect to another USB to RS485 converter (with FTDI chip too). This way I'll have one COM in the left side of MAX1480 and another COM on the other side so what I type in one side will see in the other if chip is OK. Will start with 9600 bps and will increase up to 56kbps.
P.S. My Os is Ubuntu 17.04 so I'm sure will not need any driver and will use "Terminal Emulator" software with two "windows".