Data Stations - AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 2.0 Data User's Manual

About Data Communication Equipment

Data Stations

A data station is a combination of Data Terminal Equipment
(DTE), such as a computer terminal, personal computer (PC),
printer, optical scanner, or fax machine, and Data
Communications Equipment (DCE), such as a modem or data
module.
DTE connects to the communications system via the DCE
which has capabilities similar to a telephone. The DCE places
the data call, maintains its connection, and terminates the
data call.
NOTE:
Depending on your equipment, your DCE and DTE may
have options which can be set for transferring or receiving
data, such as parity and bit rate setting. Also, options
may be different depending on whether you are
transferring data synchronously or asynchronously. Be
sure to check your DTE or DCE documentation for a list of
available options and when and how these options can
be changed.
There are two types of data stations: analog and digital. Calls
between analog and digital data stations are possible only if
the communications system includes a conversion resource
called a modem pool which is described later in this chapter.
Data Stations
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