TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual
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7.3. Manual Test
Manual Test provides individual test for each items in auto test. Users use manual test for test one or more items to observe.
Manual test just provide the test result and does not provide a PASS/FAIL conclusion. Additional, manual test provides two other
test items that auto test does not have BER test and TONE.
Manual test provides different test items according to different cable type. Table 2 shows the cable types and associated test items
in manual test.
Table 2 Test Items for different cable types
Cable Type Test Items
Data cable
(Cat3,5e,6 ;
Class C,D,E UTP/STP)
Standard Test:
Wire map, length, propagation delay, delay skew, d.
NEXT, Return Loss, Insertion Loss, PS NEXT, ELFEXT, PS ELFEXT, ACR, PS ACR
BER Test
TONE
Phone cable
TDR Test:
Wire map, length
TONE
Coax, Banana
TDR Test:
Wire map, length
TONE
Figure30 Manual Test menus