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Versiv Series Cabling Certification Product Family
Technical Reference Handbook
Make Sure Your Tester is Ready to Certify
Twisted Pair Cabling ...................................................... 81
Set the Reference ........................................................... 82
Settings for Twisted Pair Tests ....................................... 84
How to Do an Autotest .................................................. 90
“Bad Patch Cord” Message ............................................ 95
How to Certify Patch Cords ........................................... 95
Twisted Pair Autotest Results ........................................ 96
Automatic Diagnostics ............................................. 97
PASS*/FAIL* Results ................................................. 98
WIRE MAP Tab ......................................................... 99
PERFORMANCE Tab ................................................. 104
Scalar Results ............................................................ 106
Length, Propagation Delay, and Delay Skew ... 106
Loop Resistance ................................................. 109
Continuous Tests ...................................................... 111
Frequency-Domain Results ............................................ 111
How to Save Frequency-Domain Results
as a Plot or a Table .................................................. 111
Insertion Loss ............................................................ 116
Return Loss ............................................................... 118
Impedance ................................................................ 120
NEXT (Near-End Crosstalk) ...................................... 122
PS NEXT (Power Sum Near End Crosstalk) .............. 124
ACR-N (Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio at the
Near End) .................................................................. 125
PS ACR-N (Power Sum Attenuation to
Crosstalk Ratio, Near End) ....................................... 127
ACR-F (Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio, Far End) .... 129
PS ACR-F ................................................................... 132