2 devices 1 serial monitor

hello, i'm currently working on two data loggers and i would like to create a network between the two. Is it possible to connect them both to one rs485 connection, say, i'll just parallel the A and B of both?
What I really want is to see the data from the two devices in one serial monitor in a string. Is this do-able? if so, I would really appreciate some help with connections.

Thanks! :slight_smile:

What I really want is to see the data from the two devices in one serial monitor in a string.

Sounds like trying to listed to a bunch of kindergarteners talking at once. How will you know which data came from which device if they are both talking at once?

can you link the two together? Have unit A talk to unit B and only unit B send data to the serial monitor?

What I really want is to see the data from the two devices in one serial monitor in a string. Is this do-able? if so, I would really appreciate some help with connections.

Usually to keep data separate, a "master" makes individual request of a "slave". Your master could request data from the slave and capture the returned slave data, capture the master data, then send both to the serial monitor.