this is all basic C coding
http://inspire.logicsupply.com/2014/09/beaglebone-rs-485-communication.html
gives you all the coding examples you need


On 7/4/2015 3:29 PM, Adrian Wong wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I came across this tutorial on configuration for RS-485 serial
> communication, but I am new to this and I need some clarifications on
> the procedure. 
>
> My beaglebone black is currently running on the latest Debian image
>
>
>     Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone70 #1 SMP Fri Jan 23 02:15:42 UTC 2015
>     armv7l GNU/Linux
>
>      
>
>
> On the website
> http://inspire.logicsupply.com/2014/09/beaglebone-rs-485-communication.html
>
>     Let's dive into the Kernel a bit to to see how RS-485 works in
>     Linux; the standard steps to put a UART into RS-485 mode are: 
>
>      1. Open the special tty file
>      2. Create a serial_rs485 struct and set the desired configuration
>         values
>      3. Pass the configured struct to Kernel driver by using ioctl
>         <http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/ioctl.2.html> on the
>         open serial port file descriptor
>
> I don't understand do these steps, where do I find the special tty
> file and as well as creating the serial_rs485 struct. Can someone
> guide me through this part?
>
> Thank you.
>
>  
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