LANTEK
®
LAN Cable Testers
Section 4: Cable Type Setup
Quick Reference Guide
Section 5: FIELD CALIBRATION
27. Press Shift & F4 or highlight
Cable Type icon and press Enter.
28. Highlight Twisted Pair Perm,
press Enter.
29. Highlight desired Cable Test
Standard, press Enter.
30. Display will revert to Ready
screen, Cable Type updated.
31. Press F3 or highlight the
Field
Calibration icon, press Enter.
32. Connect Remote Patchcord
between the two units, press F1.
33. Disconnect Remote Patchcord,
connect Display Patchcord
between units, press F1.
34. Disconnect Display Patchcord
from Remote Handset, Connect
Remote Patchcord to Remote
Handset, press F1 on Display
Handset, press Autotest on
Remote Handset.
35. Calibration Complete,
press Escape.
36. Tester is now setup for CAT 6
Test Standard, to be saved in
Compact Flash on Slot 1, the
current job selected is IDEAL
INDUSTRIES INC, Cable ID
starts at “TEST 0001.”
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Becker Place, Sycamore, IL 60178, USA / 815-895-5181 • 800-435-0705 in USA
International offices:
Australia • Brazil • Canada • China • Germany • India • Mexico • UK
For complete sales office contact information, visit us at:
www.idealindustries.com
10/06
Printed in U.S.A.
Form No. 6510-30-0400 Rev.F
©2006 IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
LANTEK
®
LAN Cable Testers
Quick Reference Guide
For more calibration procedures,
visit www.idealindustries.com
For more calibration procedures,
visit www.idealindustries.com
Pass/Fail Reporting
Power-Up
Overall test result is a pass.
Overall test result is a fail.
Individual Autotest Results
All values pass with sufficient margin.
One or more values fail.
or — Pass or fail by a small margin.
You are now ready to perform an AUTOTEST on the cable you have setup.
Cable & Network Standard Reference Table
Supported Cabling Operation Wire Cabling
Network Application Standards Frequency Used Bandwidth
10BaseT CAT3* 10 MHz Tx on pair 1, 2 16MHz
Rx on pair 3,6 Rx on pair 3,6
100Base-Tx CAT5* 80 MHz Tx on pair 1,2 100MHz
Rx on pair 3,6 Rx on pair 3,6
1000Base-T** CAT 5*/5E 80 MHz Tx & Rx on all 4-pairs 100 MHz
(half duplex)
1000Base-TX CAT 5E/6E 250 MHz Tx & Rx on all 4-pairs 250 MHz
(full duplex)
10GBase-T CAT6A (draft) 500 MHz Tx & Rx on all 4-pairs 500 MHz
* The information for CAT3 & CAT5 is for reference only. They are both considered to be obsolete.
** To operate on Category 5/5e cable, 1000Base-T systems use complex and expensive noise cancellation circuitry and cost more money than 1000Base-Tx systems which require Category 6 cable.
Wiring Configuration Figure 1
Wiring Configuration Figure 2
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