hi David, David Christ schrieb am 19 Oct 2009 um 15:13:
> From my professional experience TxD and RxD may be more common, but > RX and TX are used often enough that I would not call them unusual. > Certainly using RX and TX should not cause any confusion. my mail below was not clear in this respect, I did not find the expression TX and RX unusual, but it was the fact that a transmitting line is called RX(D) and a receiving line TX(D). But Don W3FPR enlightened me that this is correct because the K3 is a Terminal Device and transmits on RXD, where the DCE device (computer) is receiving on RXD and transmits on TXD. > >Btw, the naming of RX and TX is "unusual" in the manual. I think a > >transmitting line is called > >TXD and a receiving line is called RXD, no matter on which device it is > >located. Data from the K3 = TXD -> RXD on the PC, Data from PC -TXD -> RXD > >on the K3. (ANSI/EIA/TIA-232-F-1997) 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- I intend to live for ever, or die in the attempt. Email powered by Pegasus Mail free at <http://www.pmail.com> Homepage: <http://www.qsl.net/oe9fwv/> Fone +43 5522 75013 Fax +43 5522 75013 15 Mobile +43 664 6340014 Elecraft K2 #5203 K3 #656 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
