VE7FIMDec 10, 2023
Oh, nice! The left-hand LEDs on these RJ-45 connectors are bi-colour (green/yellow):
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Pretty standard on 10/100 ports.
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@zl2tod

Indeed!

I'm going to be using these for RS-485, with the RED LED indicating termination, green indicating RX, and yellow indicating TX.

Show threadsxpertDec 10, 2023
@ve7fim @zl2tod so one could read the leds from a distance to decode what’s going on (there’s a paper on that)
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@sxpert @zl2tod

I don't connect TX/RX directly the LEDs, but rather drive it from the software stack. That way you can have more control over the blink behaviour and it doesn't leak nearly as much information.

Dec 10, 2023 at 6:51amWeb