Top Document: Data Communications Cabling FAQ Previous Document: 14.0 Sources for the EIA/TIA 568 Standards Documents Next Document: 16.0 Cable Testers for Category 5 See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge 15.1 DVM DVM = Digital Volt Meter (measures volts) 15.2 DMM DMM = Digital Multi Meter (measures volts, ohm, capacitance, and some measure frequency) 15.3 TDR TDR = Time Domain Reflectometer (measures cable lengths, locates impedance mismatches). 15.4 Tone Generator Tone Generator and Inductive Amplifier = Used to trace cable pairs, follow cables hidden in walls or ceiling. The tone generator will typically put a 2 kHz audio tone on the cable under test, the inductive amp detects and plays this through a built-in speaker. 15.5 Wirmap Tester Wiremap tester: checks a cable for open or short circuits, reversed pairs, crossed pairs and split pairs. A least-cost wiremap type tester that detects split pairs correctly (using a NEXT test) is the Fluke 610, at $400. MOD-TAP and UNICOM make a similar device. 15.6 Noise Tester Noise tests, 10Base-T: the standard sets limits for how often noise events can occur, and their size, in several frequency ranges. Various handheld cable testers are able to perform these tests. 15.7 Butt-in Butt-in set: a telephone handset that when placed in series with a battery (such as the one in a tone generator), allows voice communication over a copper cable pair. Can be used for temporary phone service in a wiring closet. 15.7 Fiber Testing See section 20.7 for fiber optic test equipment. User Contributions:Top Document: Data Communications Cabling FAQ Previous Document: 14.0 Sources for the EIA/TIA 568 Standards Documents Next Document: 16.0 Cable Testers for Category 5 Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: pmac@fox.nstn.ca (Peter Macaulay)
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