[Elecraft] [KX3] RS232 xcvr control when serial ports are occupied

[Don Wilhelm]

Bill,

No, DCE is Data Communications Equipment and that means Modem which does 
connect to a phone line or other communications carrier medium.
DTE means Data Terminal Equipment and connects to a modem.

Those designations have been in place since 1960 or earlier.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/9/2018 5:12 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I think the correct acronym expansion of DTE is "Data Carrier 
> Equipment". Remember, this whole area was designed by telephone 
> companies who thought they would be a part of every connection.