AS 3593-1988

This international Standard describes an arrangement for interconnection of Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), without intermediate Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE), in terms of electrical, mechanical, and functional characteristics. This International Standard applies to DTEs with interface circuits standardized in CCITT Recommendation X.24 for transmission over public data networks. The interconnections are restricted to point-to-point connections.NOTE - The extension to multipoint configurations is at present under study.This International Standard applies to DTEs which employ the balanced electrical characteristics of CCITT Recommendation V.11 (X.27) for data signalling rates up to 10 Mbits/s.The interconnection may be used for start-stop or synchronous transmission. For synchronous transmission, signal element timing shall be interconnected by circuit X - DTE transmit signal element timing and circuit S - Signal element timing (see clause 5).

Under Revision see DR 99533 CP