RS485 Baud rate = 1Mbit/s Connect both DE and RE to pin 8 on all master and slave devices. Buffer size tested: 10. Sequence Setting slave device address #define slave (device number 1-8). Test procedure run 485_test.cpp to publish command. use rosbag to record all topics. Reference http://www.microcontroller-project.com/rs485-communication-between-arduino-mega-and-arduino-pro-mini.html http://wiki.ros.org/rosbag/Tutorials/Recording%20and%20playing%20back%20data