Data circuit-terminating equipment

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Two data stations (terminals, stations) each comprising a DCE and a DTE, connected via a network.

A data circuit-terminating equipment

data transmission circuit. It is also called data communication(s) equipment[2][3][4] and data carrier equipment.[citation needed] Usually, the DTE device is the terminal (or computer), and the DCE is a modem
.

In a data station, the DCE performs functions such as

coding, and line clocking and may be a part of the DTE or intermediate equipment.[3] Interfacing equipment may be required to couple the DTE into a transmission circuit or channel
and from a transmission circuit or channel into the DTE.

Usage

Although the terms are most commonly used with RS-232, several data communication standards define different types of interfaces between a DCE and a DTE. The DCE is a device that communicates with a DTE device in these standards. Standards that use this nomenclature include:

A general rule is that DCE devices provide the clock signal (internal clocking) and the DTE device synchronizes on the provided clock (external clocking).

D-sub
connectors follow another rule for pin assignment. DTE devices usually transmit on pin connector number 2 and receive on pin connector number 3. DCE devices are just the opposite: pin connector number 2 receives and pin connector number 3 transmits the signals.

When two devices, that are both DTE or both DCE, must be connected together without a modem or a similar media translator between them, a crossover cable must be used, e.g. a null modem for RS-232 or an Ethernet crossover cable/body

See also

References

  1. ^ TIA-232-F Interface Between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange. 1997.
  2. OCLC 38637094
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  3. ^
    doi:10.1524/itit.1966.8.16.244. {{cite book}}: |periodical= ignored (help
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  4. ^ MIL-STD-188-100, pg. 24, Fig 4.3-1, 1972.

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