Installation manual

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ACCESSORIES
Recommended
Accessories,
Tools, and Test
Equipment
When field-testing Category 5 or 5e cable installed for
data transmission:
• Use a Category 5 or 5e field test set, following the
manufacturer’s instructions
• Use a Category 5 or 5e field test set for testing all
Category 5 or 5e cable, respectively, installed for
data transmission. Select a test set from one of the
listed, or other reputable manufacturer and follow the
manufacturer’s instructions.
• Only those cable runs with Category 5 or 5e jacks
available on both ends of the run (wallplate Category
5 or 5e jack and Cat 5 Module at the SMC end) can
be tested for Category 5 or 5e compliance.
5.8 Test Equipment for
Telephone Installations
Leviton and other suppliers manufacture equipment for
testing low voltage wiring. Two key instruments from
Leviton are the Tone Test Set and the Inductive Speaker
Probe. Used together, these instruments will:
• Locate individual wires in a horizontal run along with
any breaks or terminations that might be present
• Test for continuity
• Check for shorts and opens
• Identify Tip and Ring polarity
• Identify the line condition for CLEAR LINE with dial
tone, BUSY LINE and RINGING LINE
Cable Testers - Manufacturer Listing
The following companies manufacture hand-held cable testers. This information is listed as a cour-
tesy for your reference only and is not an endorsement nor a recommendation. You are advised to
contact each company directly to request detailed information about each product. Some of these
companies also sell their product through other companies under other product names; you are
advised to ask which of these companies is the actual manufacturer of the tester.
Agilent Technologies
753 Forrest Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
800-418-7111
508-486-0400
Fax: [phone]
www.scope.com
[e-mail]
Product
Wirescope 155 Cable Analyzer ,
WireScope 350 Fiber SmartProbe+
Datacom Textron
11001 31st Place West
Everett, WA 98204
800-468-5557
425-355-0590
Fax: [phone]
www.datacom.textron.com
Product
LANcat® Installer Cable Tester,
LANcat® System 5 Cable Tester
and Talk Set, Optical Loss
Measuring System LANcat®
System 6 Cable Tester and Talk
Set, FIBERcat(tm), NXT Network
Test
Fluke Corporation
6920 Seaway Blvd, PO Box 9090
Everett, WA 98206
800-44-FLUKE (Customer
Support)
www.fluke.com/nettools/
Product
DSP-100 CableMeter, DSP-100/SR
Cable Meter DSP-2000
CableAnalyzer, DSP-FTK Fiber Test
Kit (MM), LS-1310/1550 Fiber Test
Kit (SM), Fluke 140 Tone Probe &
Fluke 620 LAN Cable Meter DSP
4000v
Wavetek Wandel Goltermann
1030 Swabia Ct.
Research Triangle Park, NC,
27709-9441
800-729-9441
www.wwgsolutions.com
[e-mail]
Product
LT 8000, LT 8100, LT 8155LT 8000,
LT 8100, LT 8155, 8600, 8600TSP &
Fiber Test
Unshielded Twisted Pair
(UTP) cable used in non-cat-
egory rated applications,
coaxial cable, and other
cable:
Microtest, Inc.
4747 North 22nd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85016-4708
800-526-9675
602-952-6400
Fax: [phone]
www.microtest.com
[e-mail]
Product
MicroScanner, Microscanner Pro,
PentaScanner 350, OmniScanner 2,
OmniFiber, CertiFiber