Serial Management; General Information; Types Of Serial Cables; Signal Transmission Over Lightware Extender Devices - Lightware MODEX-F15-OPTS-TX User Manual

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10. Technologies
10.4. Serial Management
10.4.1. General Information
There are two types of devices in general serial communication:
Data Terminal Equipment: Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) is an end instrument that converts user
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information into signals or reconverts received signals. Typical DTE devices: computers, LCD touch
panels and control systems.
Data Circuit-terminating Equipment: Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) is a device that sits
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between the DTE and a data transmission circuit. It is also called data communication equipment and
data carrier equipment. Typical DCE devices: projectors, industrial monitors and amplifiers.
Among others the pin assignment is different between DTE and DCE.
Pin 2:
Pin 3:
RD: Received Data (digital input)
TD: Transmitted Data (digital output)
Different type of serial cables must be used between different serial devices.
DTE
DCE
* In general contact DCE with DCE by tail-circuit serial cable.
10.4.2. Types of Serial Cables
Straight Serial Cable
Straight pin-outs both ends.
Serial cables between devices may have male or female plugs and their type may be straight or null-modem
in usual.
ATTENTION! The cable type does not depend on the plug type.
DTE DCE
RD TD
TD RD
DTE DCE
Null-modem TD
Straight Null-modem*
Null-modem Serial Cable
Straight pin-out at the one end and cross
pin-out at the other end (interchange lines
of TX and RX).
MODEX-F15-OPTS, MODEX-F15-OPTM series – User's Manual
10.4.3. RS-232 Signal Transmission over Lightware Extender Devices
The following examples describe the detailed integration of Lightware devices between different RS-232 pin
assignment units.
INFO: Both transmitter and receiver are DCE units according to their pinouts.
Extending RS-232 between DTE and DCE Third-party Devices
Connect straight serial cable between controller system (DTE) and the transmitter (DCE) and null-modem
serial cable between receiver (DCE) and projector (DCE).
Controller system
DTE
Pin 2: RD
Pin 3: TD
Extending RS-232 between DTE and DTE Third-party Devices
Connect straight serial cable between controller system (DTE) and the transmitter (DTE) and straight serial
serial cable between receiver (DTE) and computer (DTE).
Computer
DTE
Pin 2: RD
Pin 3: TD
Transmitter Receiver
DCE Transmission
DCE
Straight serial
interface
cable
Female - Male
Pin 2: TD Pin 2: TD
Pin 3: RD Pin 3: RD
RS-232 Connection Example between a Controller System and a Projector
Transmitter
Transmission
DCE
Straight serial
interface
cable
Female - Male
Pin 2: TD
Pin 3: RD
RS-232 Connection Example between Two Computers
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Projector
DCE
Null-modem
serial cable
Male - Male
Pin 2: TD
Pin 3: RD
Receiver Computer
DTE
DCE
Straight serial
cable
Male - Female
Pin 2: TD Pin 2: RD
Pin 3: RD Pin 3: TD