Installation manual

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• Audio cable (for speakers and volume controls)
• RG-6 quad shield cable
To perform your basic tests, you’ll need the testing tools
listed below:
• Multimeter or Volt-Ohm meter
• Category 5 or 5e Field Tester
• Cable Tester for coaxial and other cable
• Modular Plug Breakout Adapter
• Tone Test Set
• Inductive Probe
• Craftsperson’s Handset (buttset)
All tests should be recorded and documented. This is
mandatory for Leviton Integrated Networks Certified
System Ten Year Application Assurance and Ten Year
Extended Warranty.
WARNING: Do not do any testing on energized wiring or cir-
cuits. Disconnect all sources of electric current before starting
your tests. Be sure that all distribution panels and modules are
disconnected from either the AC or DC modules.
In basic testing, you will be testing the cables for the
following:
• Shorts
• Opens
• Crosses
• Splits
• Reversed polarity or rolls
• Final verification
DEFINITIONS
OPEN: Also known as an open fault. This means that
the circuit is not complete or the cable/fiber is broken
SHORT: An incomplete circuit caused by a hot con-
ductor coming into contact with a ground or metal com-
ponent; the current does not follow its intended path
CROSS: The occurrence of a short between two terminals;
usually occurs when too much bare copper conductor is
stripped and then the end is not trimmed after connection
SPLIT: This occurs when two wires of a pair are split or
separated and improperly matched with wires from
another pair
REVERSED POLARITY OR ROLLS: A rolled pair
results when the tip and ring leads are reversed in con-
necting to the network
Installer’s Tip: During rough in, continually do visual
inspections for damaged cables. Look for the most
obvious problems before spending too much time
doing instrument testing.
10.4.1 Category 5 or 5e UTP in Non-Category 5
or 5e Compliant Cable Runs
Category 5 or 5e cable that terminates on the 1x9 Bridged
Telephone Module in the SMC may be tested for continu-
ity in two ways. In the first and preferred method, you will
use a Category 5 or 5e field tester. Plug the remote tester
into a Category 5 or 5e jack at any wallplate. Plug the
hand-held tester into another jack connected to a cable
that also terminates in the 1X9 module. Run the Wire Map
test on the Category 5 or 5e tester hand-held unit. This
test will indicate any splits, rolls, continuity, or shorts in
10-2
Common Wiring Faults
MARKED TIP (ACTUALLY RING)
MARKED TIP (ACTUALLY TIP)
TIP
RING
TIP (1ST PAIR)
TIP (2ND PAIR)
RING
RING
RING
ROLL
GROUND
FAULT
SPLIT
SPLIT TIP
RING
SPLIT TIP
CLEAN OPEN FAULT
DIRTY OPEN FAULT (INTERMITTENT)
SHORT CONTINUITY
CROSS
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