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CableIQ™ Qualification Tester Users Manual

CableIQ

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Qualification Tester

Users Manual฀

January 2005, Rev. 6 6/2018

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CableIQ ฀ TM Qualification Tester Users Manual฀ January 2005, Rev. 6 6/2018 © 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015-2018 Fluke Corporation All product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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LIMITED฀WARRANTY฀AND฀LIMITATION฀OF฀LIABILITY฀ Each Fluke Networks product is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service unless stated otherwise herein. The warranty period for the mainframe is one year and begins on the date of purchase. The CableIQ remote unit is also warranted for one year. Parts, accessories, product repairs and services are warranted for 90 days, unless otherwise stated.
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Table฀of฀Contents฀ Title Overview of Features .................................................................................................... Registration ................................................................................................................... Contacting Fluke Networks .......................................................................................... Additional Resources for Cable Testing Information .................................................. Unpacking ......
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Setting฀User฀Preferences฀..............................................................................................฀฀ Changing฀the฀Language฀and฀Length฀Units฀............................................................฀฀ Setting฀the฀Time฀and฀Date฀......................................................................................฀฀ Entering฀User฀Information฀......................................................................................฀฀ Auto฀Shutoff฀.
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Contents (continued) Using฀the฀IntelliTone฀Cable฀Map฀Function฀..................................................................฀฀ Blinking฀a฀Port฀Light฀.....................................................................................................฀฀ Testing฀for฀Continuity฀...................................................................................................฀฀ Using฀the฀Continuity฀Toner฀..........................................................................................
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ iv
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List฀of฀Figures฀ Figure฀฀ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Title฀ Page฀ Examples฀of฀Voltage฀Alert฀Screens .....................................................................................฀ Features ................................................................................................................................฀ Using฀the฀Universal฀Adapter฀for฀Confined฀Areas ...............................................................฀ Editing฀Text .........................
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. MultiMap฀Results................................................................................................................. ฀ Using฀Multiple฀Remote฀ID฀Locators .................................................................................... ฀ Using฀the฀Toner฀(twisted฀pair฀example) .............................................................................
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List฀of฀Tables฀ Table Title 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. International฀Electrical฀Symbols ..........................................................................................฀ Autotest฀Parameters ............................................................................................................฀ Crosstalk฀and฀Impedance฀Fault฀Messages...........................................................................฀ Troubleshooting฀the฀Tester ....................................................................
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ viii
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Overview฀of฀Features฀ • The฀CableIQ™฀Qualification฀Tester฀is฀a฀hand-held฀tester฀ that฀lets฀you฀test฀wiring฀and฀qualify฀the฀transmission฀ capabilities฀of฀twisted฀pair฀and฀75฀Ω฀coaxial฀cabling฀ installations.฀ MultiMap™฀function฀tests฀multiple฀segments฀through bridge฀taps฀and฀detects฀faults฀on฀individual conductors. • Detects฀Ethernet฀service฀on฀twisted฀pair฀cabling฀and television฀service฀on฀coaxial฀cabling.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ • Saves up to 250 Autotest results in internal memory. • Runs for 20 to 30 hours during typical use. Powered by 4 AA alkaline batteries. • Multi-language display supports English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese (katakana). • CableIQ Reporter software lets you upload test results to a PC and create professional-quality test reports.
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Additional Resources for Cable Testing Information฀฀ Additional฀Resources฀for฀Cable฀Testing฀ Information฀ The Fluke Networks Knowledge Base answers common questions about Fluke Networks products and provides articles on cable testing techniques and technology. To access the Knowledge Base, log on to www.flukenetworks.com, then click SUPPORT > Knowledge฀Base at the top of the page. Unpacking฀ The tester comes with the accessories listed below.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀(CIQ-100)฀ • CableIQ Qualification Tester with detachable wire map adapter • Four AA alkaline batteries • Two patch cords, 8-pin modular plug to 8-pin modular plug (RJ45 to RJ45), 2 m • F-connector barrel adapter • USB cable for PC communications • Carrying case • Getting Started Guide • CD-ROM with CableIQ Reporter software and product manuals 4 CableIQ฀Copper฀and฀Fiber฀Technician’s฀ Kit฀(CIQ-฀FTKSFP)฀ • CableIQ Adv
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WSymbols฀and฀Safety Information฀฀  40 year Environment Friendly Use Period (EFUP) under China Regulation - Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products. This is the period of time before any of the identified hazardous substances are likely to leak out, causing possible harm to health and the environment.  Conforms to relevant Australian standards.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ • • If฀this฀equipment฀is฀used฀in฀a฀manner฀not specified฀by฀the฀manufacturer,฀the protection฀provided฀by฀the฀equipment may฀be฀impaired. The฀tester฀is฀not฀intended฀to฀be฀connected฀to active฀telephone฀inputs,฀systems,฀or equipment,฀including฀ISDN฀devices.฀Exposure to฀the฀voltages฀applied฀by฀these฀interfaces may฀damage฀the฀tester฀and฀create฀a฀potential shock฀hazard฀for฀the฀user.
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Safety฀Information฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀avv62.bmp฀ Telephone฀voltages฀detected.฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀avv57.bmp Power฀over฀Ethernet฀฀ voltages฀detected. ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀avv58.bmp฀ ISDN฀voltages฀detected฀฀ (NT-1฀interface)฀ WXRefer฀to฀the฀warnings฀ on฀page฀6.฀ Note฀ ฀฀฀฀฀avv59.bmp฀ Voltage฀from฀an฀unknown฀฀ device฀detected.฀ ฀฀฀avv61.bmp฀ Voltage฀detected฀across฀wires฀from฀ different฀pairs฀(for฀example,฀across฀1฀ and฀7).฀ The฀tester฀may฀not฀correctly฀identify฀ devices฀that฀use฀non-standard฀ wiring.฀ Figure฀1.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Physical฀Features฀ avv01f.eps฀ Figure฀2.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Physical฀Features฀฀ ฀ A LCD฀display฀with฀backlight.฀ I G:฀Toggles฀the฀backlight฀between฀dim฀and฀bright฀ B J K:฀The฀softkeys฀provide฀functions฀related฀to฀ the฀current฀screen.฀The฀current฀functions฀are฀shown฀on฀ the฀screen฀above฀the฀keys.฀ settings.฀฀ J I:฀Exits฀the฀current฀screen.฀Also฀exit฀edit฀mode฀when฀ making฀selections฀and฀editing฀text.฀ C P:฀Starts฀the฀currently฀selected฀test.฀฀ K F-connector฀for฀connecting฀to฀75฀Ω฀coaxial฀cable.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Using฀the฀Wiremap฀Adapter฀and฀ Remote฀ID฀Locators฀ Terminating฀the฀cabling฀under฀test฀with฀the฀standard฀ wiremap฀adapter฀or฀optional฀remote฀ID฀locators฀provides฀ the฀following฀advantages:฀ • Full฀wiremap฀testing฀on฀twisted฀pair฀cabling The฀wiremap฀adapter฀and฀remote฀ID฀locators฀are฀ functionally฀identical,฀except฀for฀their฀ID฀numbers.฀The฀ wiremap฀adapter฀has฀an฀ID฀number฀of฀1.฀The฀remote฀ID฀ locators฀are฀available฀with฀other฀ID฀numbers.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Powering฀the฀Tester฀฀ ฀ Powering฀the฀Tester฀฀ Setting฀User฀Preferences฀ You฀can฀power฀the฀tester฀with฀four฀AA฀alkaline฀batteries฀ (included),฀four฀rechargeable฀nickel-metal฀hydride฀or฀ nickel-cadmium฀batteries,฀or฀four฀1.5฀V฀lithium฀batteries.฀ The฀following฀sections฀describe฀settings฀you฀may฀want฀to฀ change฀when฀you฀first฀start฀using฀the฀tester.฀For฀Autotest฀ settings,฀see฀“Selecting฀Tests฀to฀Run”฀on฀page฀18.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Setting฀the฀Time฀and฀Date฀ Entering฀User฀Information฀ The฀time฀and฀date฀are฀stored฀with฀saved฀Autotests.฀The฀ time฀setting฀uses฀a฀24-hour฀clock.฀ To฀set฀the฀time฀and฀date:฀ The฀User฀Information฀screen฀lets฀you฀enter฀three฀lines฀of฀ text฀that฀are฀stored฀with฀saved฀Autotest฀results.฀For฀ example,฀you฀could฀enter฀the฀operator’s฀name฀and฀your฀ company’s฀name฀and฀location.฀ 1 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀SETUP.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Setting฀User฀Preferences฀฀ ฀ A The฀three฀fields฀for฀text฀entry.฀฀ B Indicates฀the฀field฀is฀selected฀for฀editing.฀To฀select฀a฀field,฀ use฀A฀D฀to฀highlight฀the฀field;฀then฀press฀H฀or฀J.฀ B฀C:฀Moves฀the฀cursor.฀Moving฀the฀cursor฀beyond฀the฀ last฀character฀inserts฀the฀first฀character฀from฀the฀last฀ character’s฀set.฀ avv11f.eps฀ A฀D:฀Changes฀the฀highlighted฀character.฀ J฀Ins:฀Inserts฀the฀first฀character฀from฀the฀set฀that฀ Character฀Sets฀Available฀ includes฀the฀highlighted฀character.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Auto฀Shutoff฀ Resetting฀to฀Factory฀Settings฀ You฀can฀set฀the฀tester฀to฀stay฀on฀indefinitely฀or฀turn฀off฀ after฀15฀minutes฀of฀inactivity.฀ The฀Factory฀Settings฀function฀resets฀the฀following฀to฀ factory฀settings:฀ To฀set฀the฀auto฀shutoff:฀ • NVP฀settings฀ 1 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀SETUP.฀ • Tests฀selected฀for฀the฀Autotest฀ Press฀D฀to฀highlight฀Auto฀Shutoff;฀then฀press฀H฀or฀ • Wiremap฀pair฀selections฀for฀Autotests฀ 2 J.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Checking฀the฀Hardware฀and฀Software฀Versions฀฀ ฀ Checking฀the฀Hardware฀and฀Software฀ Versions฀ You฀may฀need฀to฀check฀your฀tester’s฀hardware฀or฀ software฀versions฀before฀updating฀the฀software฀or฀if฀you฀ contact฀Fluke฀Networks฀about฀the฀tester.฀ 1 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀SETUP.฀ 2 Press฀D฀to฀highlight฀Version฀Information;฀then฀ press฀H฀or฀J.฀ The฀Version฀screen฀shows฀the฀following:฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀ The฀Autotest฀tells฀you฀if฀cabling฀will฀support฀a฀selected฀ application.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Qualification฀differs฀from฀the฀certification฀done฀by฀testers฀ such฀as฀the฀Fluke฀Networks฀DTX฀CableAnalyzer.฀ Certification฀involves฀testing฀against฀an฀industry฀standard฀ and฀a฀test฀limit฀(Category฀6฀and฀TIA฀Cat฀6฀Permanent฀Link,฀ for฀example).฀The฀cabling฀must฀perform฀within฀limits฀from฀ 1฀MHz฀to฀the฀highest฀frequency฀defined฀by฀standard.฀ shown฀in฀Table฀2฀and฀comparing฀the฀results฀to฀the฀ selected฀application’s฀requirements.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ Table฀2.฀Autotest฀Parameters฀ Wiremap1฀ Length฀ Delay฀Skew฀ Signal฀Performance2฀฀ 1000BASE-T฀ •฀ •฀ •฀ •฀ 100BASE-TX฀ •฀ •฀ ฀ •฀ 10BASE-T฀over฀twisted฀pair฀ •฀ •฀ ฀ •฀ VoIP฀ •฀ •฀ ฀ •฀ Wiremap฀ •฀ •3฀ ฀ ฀ 1394b฀S100฀(Firewire)฀ •฀ •฀ ฀ •฀ Telco฀ •฀ • ฀ ฀ Coax฀(75฀Ω)฀ •4฀ •3฀ Test฀ 3฀ ฀ ฀ 1. Wiremap฀adapter฀or฀remote฀ID฀locator฀required฀for฀complete฀wiremap฀testing.฀ 2.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Selecting฀Tests฀to฀Run฀ Figure฀5฀describes฀how฀to฀use฀the฀Autotest฀setup฀screens.฀ ฀ To฀select฀tests฀to฀run฀during฀an฀Autotest:฀ Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀SETUP;฀then฀select฀Autotests.฀Or฀ turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀AUTOTEST;฀then฀press฀฀ J฀Setup.฀ ฀ ฀ A The฀tests฀available.฀To฀select฀(s)฀or฀deselect฀(n)฀a฀test,฀use฀ D A฀to฀highlight฀the฀test;฀then฀press฀H฀or฀J.฀฀ B The฀pairs฀required฀(q)฀and฀optional฀(s n)฀for฀twisted฀pair฀tests.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ Autotest฀on฀Twisted฀Pair฀Cabling฀ Notes฀ A฀wiremap฀adapter฀or฀remote฀ID฀locator฀must฀be฀ connected฀to฀the฀end฀of฀the฀cabling฀for฀the฀ wiremap฀to฀be฀completely฀verified.฀฀ 5 To฀save฀the฀test:฀ a. Press฀K฀S.฀฀ b. Use฀AD฀and฀H฀to฀select฀the฀Site,฀Location,฀ or฀Outlet฀field฀for฀editing.฀You฀can฀enter฀up฀to฀ 17฀characters฀in฀each฀field.฀See฀Figure฀4฀on฀page฀ 13฀for฀details฀on฀editing฀text.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Connecting฀to฀Star฀Topologies฀ Telephone฀cables฀wired฀in฀a฀star฀topology฀(Figure฀7)฀are฀ connected฀together฀at฀a฀bridge฀tap฀at฀the฀distribution฀ center.฀The฀bridge฀tap฀connects฀each฀wire฀to฀all฀other฀ wires฀of฀the฀same฀number.฀ The฀tester฀detects฀bridge฀taps฀and฀measures฀the฀distance฀ to฀the฀bridge฀tap.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ Figure฀7.฀Autotest฀Connections฀for฀Telephone฀Cabling฀in฀a฀Star฀Topology฀ avv12f.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Connecting฀to฀Bus฀Topologies฀ Telephone฀cables฀wired฀in฀a฀bus฀topology฀(Figure฀8)฀ connect฀the฀wall฀outlets฀in฀series.฀In฀this฀topology,฀you฀ measure฀the฀length฀from฀the฀last฀outlet฀to฀the฀ distribution฀center.฀฀ If฀you฀connect฀to฀an฀outlet฀in฀the฀middle฀of฀the฀series,฀the฀ tester฀reports฀a฀bridge฀tap.฀The฀length฀reported฀is฀the฀ length฀to฀the฀outlet,฀which฀is฀the฀patch฀cord฀length.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ Figure฀8.฀Autotest฀Connections฀for฀Telephone฀Cabling฀in฀a฀Bus฀Topology฀ avv13f.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Autotest฀Results฀for฀Twisted฀Pair฀Cabling฀ ฀ The฀Autotest฀shows฀results฀in฀three฀levels฀of฀detail,฀as฀ described฀in฀Figures฀9฀through฀12.฀ ฀ A Overall฀result฀for฀the฀Autotest.฀ B Overall฀result฀for฀each฀Autotest฀type:฀ F:฀The฀cabling฀qualifies฀for฀the฀application.฀If฀a฀far-end฀adapter฀is฀ not฀connected,฀the฀tester฀assigns฀a฀i฀result฀because฀the฀wiremap฀ cannot฀be฀completely฀verified.฀ f:฀The฀cabling฀does฀not฀qualify฀for฀the฀application.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ Wiremap฀Results฀ avv17.bmp฀ avv16f.eps฀ (a)฀ A Adapter฀type฀and฀number฀(wiremap฀adapter฀ as฀shown,฀or฀remote฀ID฀locator).฀ avv18.bmp฀ (b)฀ Open฀on฀pin฀3฀with฀(a)฀and฀without฀(b)฀a฀far-end฀adapter.฀The฀open฀is฀ before฀the฀middle฀of฀the฀cabling.฀ B Overall฀result฀for฀the฀wiremap฀(pass฀F,฀fail฀f฀,฀ With฀an฀adapter,฀the฀tester฀identifies฀which฀wire฀in฀the฀pair฀is฀open.฀ Without฀an฀adapter,฀only฀the฀pair฀with฀the฀open฀is฀identified.฀฀ informational฀?).
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ ฀ avv20.bmp Crossed฀wires.฀฀ Detection฀requires฀a฀far-end฀adapter.฀ ฀ avv19.eps฀ Split฀pair.฀Continuity฀from฀end฀to฀end฀is฀correct,฀but฀is฀made฀with฀the฀ wrong฀wires.฀ Note฀ Cables฀with฀untwisted฀pairs,฀such฀as฀telephone฀cords,฀ typically฀show฀split฀pairs฀due฀to฀excessive฀crosstalk.฀Because฀ this฀crosstalk฀does฀not฀affect฀voice฀signals,฀the฀split฀pair฀ warning฀does฀not฀cause฀a฀Telco฀wiremap฀test฀to฀fail.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ avv22.bmp฀ Crossed฀pairs.฀In฀this฀case,฀pairs฀1,2฀ and฀3,6฀are฀crossed.฀This฀is฀likely฀ caused฀by฀mixing฀568A฀and฀568B฀ cables.฀ avv32.bmp฀ avv03.bmp฀ Telephone฀cable฀with฀pairs฀3,6฀and฀ 4,5฀crossed.฀This฀crossover฀is฀normal฀ for฀the฀flat฀cords฀used฀to฀connect฀ telephones฀to฀wall฀outlets.฀ Bridge฀tap฀detected.฀฀ Bridge฀taps฀are฀allowed฀for฀the฀Telco฀ test,฀but฀cause฀a฀failure฀for฀network฀ tests.฀ Detection฀of฀crossed฀pairs฀requires฀a฀ far-end฀adapter.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Signal฀Performance฀Results฀ B Information฀about฀the฀signal฀performance:฀ avv23f.eps฀ • Qualified฀for฀:฀The฀cabling฀will฀support฀the฀ application.฀ • No฀Signal฀Performance฀tests฀needed฀for฀qualification:฀Appears฀ for฀the฀Telco฀and฀Wiremap฀only฀tests.฀ • Wiring฀fault!฀Not฀tested.:฀The฀tester฀does฀not฀evaluate฀signal฀ performance฀if฀there฀is฀a฀wiremap,฀length,฀or฀delay฀skew฀fault.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ Tip:฀To฀determine฀if฀a฀fault฀is฀caused฀by฀a฀crosstalk฀or฀ impedance฀problem,฀use฀the฀Find฀Crosstalk฀Fault฀and฀ Find฀Impedance฀Fault฀functions฀in฀Diagnostic฀(DIAG)฀ mode.฀ • Fault฀detected:฀A฀localized฀impedance฀fault฀was฀ detected.฀Localized฀faults฀are฀usually฀caused฀by฀bad฀ connections.฀Check฀the฀cabling฀at฀the฀location฀given.฀ See฀the฀Appendix฀for฀other฀causes฀of฀impedance฀faults.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Length฀Results฀ C Length฀of฀the฀pair.฀฀ Note฀ A฀2฀%฀to฀5฀%฀difference฀in฀measured฀lengths฀ among฀twisted฀pairs฀is฀typical.฀This฀is฀due฀to฀ differences฀in฀the฀number฀of฀twists฀in฀the฀pairs.฀ D Termination฀for฀the฀pair:฀ avv24f.eps฀ A Qualified/unqualified฀result,฀which฀is฀given฀only฀for฀ pairs฀required฀by฀the฀application฀or฀selected฀in฀the฀ Autotest฀settings.฀ B Length฀and฀signal฀delay฀limits.฀Delay฀is฀given฀in฀ nanoseconds฀(ns).฀One฀nanosecond฀is฀0.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ avv27.bmp฀ Bridge฀tap฀detected฀at฀about฀86฀m.฀฀ The฀distance฀to฀a฀bridge฀tap฀is฀approximate฀(≈)฀because฀ multiple฀reflections฀from฀the฀bridge฀tap฀interfere฀with฀ length฀measurements.฀ Note฀ Bridge฀tap฀detection฀requires฀a฀minimum฀of฀two฀ branches฀(excluding฀the฀branch฀connected฀to฀the฀ tester)฀at฀least฀15฀ft฀(4.6฀m)฀long฀each,฀with฀a฀ combined฀length฀of฀at฀least฀40฀ft฀(12.2฀m).฀ avv33.bmp฀ Delay฀skew฀failure฀(1000BASE-T฀only).
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Autotest฀on฀Coaxial฀Cabling฀(75฀Ω)฀ 1 Turn฀on฀the฀tester฀and฀turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀ AUTOTEST.฀ 2 Press฀฀K฀c.฀If฀the฀coax฀test฀is฀disabled,฀press฀ H฀or฀฀J฀Setup฀to฀enable฀it.฀ 3 Connect฀the฀tester฀and฀wiremap฀adapter฀or฀ID฀ locator฀to฀the฀cabling฀as฀shown฀in฀Figure฀13.฀ 4 Press฀P.฀The฀Autotest฀proceeds฀when฀a฀wiremap฀ adapter฀or฀ID฀locator฀is฀detected.฀The฀analog฀toner฀ turns฀on฀if฀neither฀is฀detected.฀ 5 To฀view฀results,฀press฀J฀M.฀See฀Figure฀14.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ avv34f.eps฀ Figure฀13.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ ฀ avv41.bmp฀ The฀cabling฀passed฀the฀Autotest.฀The฀cabling฀is฀80.2฀m฀long,฀ with฀a฀wiremap฀adapter฀at฀the฀far฀end.฀ ฀ The฀cabling฀passed฀the฀Autotest,฀but฀could฀not฀be฀ qualified฀because฀a฀far-end฀adapter฀was฀not฀used.฀The฀ tester฀cannot฀verify฀continuity฀to฀the฀end฀of฀the฀cabling.฀ Figure฀14.฀Autotest฀Results฀for฀Coaxial฀Cabling฀ 34฀ avv43.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Qualifying฀Cabling฀with฀the฀Autotest฀฀ ฀ avv42.bmp฀ ฀ The฀cabling฀failed฀the฀Autotest฀because฀it฀ is฀shorted.฀The฀short฀is฀at฀82.9฀m฀in฀this฀ example.฀ Note฀ Devices฀with฀low฀input฀resistance฀ may฀be฀reported฀as฀a฀short.฀ avv45.bmp฀ There฀is฀a฀splitter฀or฀fault฀somewhere฀along฀the฀cabling.฀Faults฀that฀typically฀ cause฀this฀message฀are฀impedance฀faults,฀such฀as฀a฀section฀of฀cable฀with฀the฀ wrong฀impedance.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ avv44.bmp฀ avv01.bmp฀ The฀cabling฀is฀connected฀to฀a฀device,฀such฀as฀a฀television,฀ CATV฀service,฀VCR,฀DVD฀player,฀satellite฀dish,฀or฀antenna.฀ The฀device฀is฀turned฀off฀or฀its฀signal฀is฀outside฀the฀tester’s฀ detection฀band฀(40฀MHz฀to฀150฀MHz).฀ The฀cabling฀is฀connected฀to฀an฀active฀signal฀source฀that฀is฀ within฀the฀tester’s฀detection฀band฀(40฀MHz฀to฀150฀MHz),฀ such฀as฀a฀television,฀CATV฀service,฀VCR,฀DVD฀player,฀ satellite฀dish,฀or฀antenna.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Discovering฀Cabling฀Characteristics฀฀ ฀ Discovering฀Cabling฀Characteristics฀ Discover฀mode฀lets฀you฀quickly฀check฀wiremaps,฀measure฀ length,฀and฀determine฀if฀the฀cabling฀is฀connected฀to฀a฀ network฀or฀video฀device.฀Discover฀mode฀runs฀continuously฀ to฀help฀you฀isolate฀intermittent฀connections.฀ • Results฀from฀Discover฀mode฀cannot฀be฀saved.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Discover฀Mode฀Results฀for฀Twisted฀Pair฀Cabling฀ A Length฀to฀the฀wiremap฀adapter.฀The฀length฀of฀the฀shortest฀ pair฀is฀shown.฀ B Test฀activity฀indicator.฀The฀"+"฀appears฀if฀the฀USB฀port฀is฀ connected฀to฀a฀PC.฀ C Wiremap฀for฀good฀twisted฀pair฀cabling฀with฀a฀wiremap฀ adapter฀attached.฀See฀Figure฀10฀on฀page฀25฀for฀other฀ wiremap฀descriptions.฀ D Press฀K฀to฀test฀75฀Ω฀coaxial฀cabling.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Discovering฀Cabling฀Characteristics฀฀ ฀ G Termination฀for฀the฀pair:฀ • W R:฀Wiremap฀adapter฀or฀remote฀ID฀locator,฀with฀its฀ number.฀ • O:฀Open฀ • N:฀Short฀ • Q:฀Port,฀such฀as฀a฀hub,฀switch,฀or฀PC.฀ avv49.bmp฀ Bridge฀tap฀detected฀at฀about฀33.7฀m.฀ • E:฀Bridge฀tap.฀ • V:฀Voltage฀is฀detected.฀This฀may฀indicate฀an฀active฀ telephone฀circuit,฀ISDN฀line,฀or฀Power฀over฀Ethernet฀ (PoE)฀device.฀See฀page฀6. • ฀ ฀ U:฀The฀tester฀is฀connected฀to฀an฀active฀telephone฀ circuit.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ B The฀type฀of฀port฀detected:฀ • 10BASET,฀100BASETX,฀1000BASET:฀An฀Ethernet฀port฀that฀ communicates฀at฀10,฀100,฀or฀1000฀Mb/s฀(megabits฀per฀ second).฀Ports฀may฀support฀multiple฀speeds.฀FDX฀indicates฀ a฀full-duplex฀port,฀which฀can฀transmit฀and฀receive฀data฀at฀ the฀same฀time.฀Speed฀and฀duplex฀information฀are฀reported฀ only฀for฀autonegotiating฀ports.฀ • INACTIVE฀PORT:฀The฀port฀shows฀no฀electrical฀activity.฀The฀ port฀may฀be฀unused,฀or฀the฀device฀may฀be฀turned฀off.
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Discovering Cabling Characteristics฀฀ avv02.bmp The tester is connected to an active telephone circuit. R1, T1, R2, and T2 show connections for lines 1 and 2. For active digital lines, the length shown may fluctuate or may not be shown (−฀−฀−) because of varying termination on the line. See page 6. avv60.bmp Short between pins 1 and 2. Cable length is 92 m. Shorts are shown near the bottom of the wire map regardless of their location on the cabling.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Discover฀Mode฀Results฀for฀Coaxial฀Cabling฀ To฀see฀results฀for฀coaxial฀cabling฀in฀Discover฀mode,฀press฀ K฀c.฀Figure฀16฀describes฀some฀typical฀coaxial฀ results฀screens.฀ avv50.bmp฀ Coaxial฀cabling฀with฀wiremap฀adapter฀attached.฀The฀ cabling฀is฀80.3฀m฀long.฀ Press฀J M฀to฀see฀a฀TDR฀plot฀of฀the฀cabling.฀See฀ Figure฀17.฀ avv55.bmp฀ Cabling฀is฀open฀at฀the฀far฀end.฀ The฀signal฀level฀graph฀appears฀when฀no฀wiremap฀adapter฀or฀ ID฀locator฀is฀connected.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Discovering฀Cabling฀Characteristics฀฀ ฀ avv35.bmp฀ Cabling฀is฀connected฀to฀a฀device฀at฀the฀far฀end,฀such฀as฀a฀ television,฀CATV฀service,฀VCR,฀DVD฀player,฀satellite฀dish,฀ or฀antenna.฀ The฀signal฀level฀graph฀indicates฀the฀strength฀of฀the฀ signal.฀Passive฀(non-amplifying)฀devices,฀such฀as฀satellite฀ dishes฀and฀antennas,฀usually฀produce฀low-level฀signals฀in฀ the฀cross-hatched฀area฀at฀the฀left฀side฀of฀the฀graph.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ TDR฀Plot฀for฀Coaxial฀Cabling฀ Discover฀mode฀includes฀a฀TDR฀(time฀domain฀ reflectometry)฀plot.฀TDR฀is฀like฀radar.฀The฀tester฀sends฀a฀ pulse฀down฀the฀cable,฀and฀receives฀reflections฀from฀ impedance฀changes฀along฀the฀cable.฀The฀tester฀then฀ plots฀the฀reflections฀on฀a฀distance฀scale฀to฀show฀you฀ where฀impedance฀changes฀occur.฀Signal฀reflections฀are฀ undesirable฀because฀they฀can฀cause฀poor฀CATV฀reception.฀฀ The฀Appendix฀lists฀some฀causes฀of฀impedance฀changes.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Discovering฀Cabling฀Characteristics฀฀ ฀ avv51.bmp฀ Reflection฀from฀a฀short.฀฀ Shorts฀and฀other฀decreases฀in฀impedance฀cause฀negative฀ spikes฀on฀the฀trace.฀ avv52.bmp฀ Reflection฀from฀a฀section฀of฀cable฀with฀the฀wrong฀impedance฀ (followed฀by฀the฀end฀of฀the฀cable).฀฀ The฀small฀positive฀spike฀at฀the฀start฀of฀the฀section฀indicates฀ higher฀impedance฀than฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀cable.฀The฀negative฀ spike฀is฀the฀end฀of฀the฀section,฀where฀the฀impedance฀drops฀to฀ the฀correct฀value.฀ Figure฀17.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Using฀Multiple฀Remote฀ID฀Locators฀in฀Discover฀ Mode฀(MultiMap™฀)฀ Figure฀19฀shows฀how฀to฀connect฀the฀tester฀and฀remote฀ID฀ locators฀for฀the฀MultiMap฀function.฀ In฀Discover฀mode฀you฀can฀use฀multiple฀remote฀ID฀locators฀ to฀quickly฀verify฀the฀wiremaps฀of฀multiple฀telephone฀ cables฀connected฀in฀a฀star฀or฀bus฀topology.฀When฀you฀ connect฀the฀tester฀at฀the฀distribution฀center,฀the฀ MultiMap฀screen฀shows฀all฀of฀the฀wiremaps฀(Figure฀18).
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฀ ฀ ฀ Discovering฀Cabling฀Characteristics฀฀ ฀ Figure฀19.฀Using฀Multiple฀Remote฀ID฀Locators฀ avv07f.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Using฀the฀Toner฀ 3 IntelliTone:฀One-note฀and฀two-note฀IntelliTone฀ signals฀for฀use฀with฀a฀Fluke฀Networks฀IP100฀or฀IP200฀ probe.฀ You฀can฀use฀the฀tester฀with฀an฀optional฀tone฀probe฀to฀ locate฀cables฀in฀bundles,฀at฀patch฀panels,฀or฀behind฀walls.฀฀ Use฀the฀tester’s฀IntelliTone™฀functions฀with฀a฀Fluke฀ Networks฀IP100฀or฀IP200฀tone฀probe.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Using฀the฀Toner฀฀ ฀ Figure฀20.฀Using฀the฀Toner฀(twisted฀pair฀example฀with฀IntelliTone฀probe)฀ avv06f.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Using฀the฀IntelliTone฀Cable฀Map฀ Function฀ The฀tester’s฀IntelliTone฀functions฀also฀work฀with฀an฀IP200฀ probe’s฀cable฀map฀function฀to฀verify฀wiring.฀ To฀use฀the฀toner฀and฀an฀IP200฀IntelliTone฀probe’s฀cable฀ map฀function:฀ 1 Connect฀the฀tester฀and฀probe฀to฀twisted฀pair฀cabling฀ as฀shown฀in฀Figure฀21.฀฀ 2 Turn฀the฀tester’s฀rotary฀switch฀to฀TONE.฀ 3 Use฀D฀to฀highlight฀the฀one-note฀or฀two-note฀ IntelliTone฀selection.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Blinking฀a฀Port฀Light฀฀ ฀ Blinking฀a฀Port฀Light฀ The฀Blink฀Port฀Light฀function฀helps฀you฀determine฀which฀ cable฀is฀connected฀to฀which฀port฀on฀a฀network฀hub฀or฀ switch.฀This฀function฀generates฀a฀link฀pulse฀on฀pairs฀12฀ and฀36฀to฀blink฀the฀port’s฀activity฀LED.฀฀ Note฀ The฀Blink฀Port฀Light฀function฀does฀not฀work฀ with฀non-negotiating฀hubs฀or฀with฀ports฀that฀ use฀signal฀timing฀outside฀of฀typical฀timing฀ parameters.฀฀ The฀tester’s฀analog฀toner฀is฀also฀active฀when฀the฀port฀ light฀function฀is฀active.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Testing฀for฀Continuity฀ 2 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀DIAG.฀ The฀continuity฀function฀lets฀you฀test฀for฀opens฀and฀shorts฀ on฀the฀8-pin฀modular฀jack฀or฀the฀coaxial฀connector.฀The฀ tester฀shows฀a฀bar฀graph฀of฀resistance฀from฀500฀Ω฀to฀ 5000฀Ω,฀and฀the฀tester’s฀audible฀tones฀vary฀depending฀on฀ the฀resistance฀measured.฀ 3 Use฀D฀to฀highlight฀Continuity;฀then฀press฀H,฀ J,฀or฀P.฀ 4 To฀check฀continuity฀using฀the฀coaxial฀connector,฀ press฀K฀c.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Testing฀for฀Continuity฀฀ ฀ SH IFT SE TU P AU TE TO ST DISC OV ER RE SU LTS TO NE DIAG avv37f.eps฀ A The฀tester’s฀beeper฀is฀silent฀for฀resistances฀above฀ about฀5000฀Ω.฀The฀beeper’s฀tone฀and฀rhythm฀ increase฀as฀resistance฀decreases.฀ C Resistance฀scale.฀This฀example฀shows฀about฀2.3฀k.฀ D Press฀K฀c฀to฀test฀for฀continuity฀between฀the฀coaxial฀ connector’s฀shield฀and฀center฀conductor.฀ B Pair฀12฀(green)฀on฀the฀8-clip฀test฀lead.฀To฀change฀ the฀pair฀used฀for฀testing฀continuity,฀press฀J฀Pair.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Using฀the฀Continuity฀Toner฀ The฀continuity฀function฀also฀acts฀as฀a฀toner฀for฀use฀with฀ an฀optional฀tone฀probe.฀The฀signal’s฀tone฀and฀rhythm฀ increase฀as฀resistance฀decreases.฀This฀lets฀you฀use฀a฀tone฀ probe฀to฀detect฀changes฀in฀resistance฀between฀wires฀in฀a฀ cable.฀฀ 54฀ The฀tester’s฀continuity฀beeper฀is฀silent฀above฀฀ 5฀kΩ,฀but฀the฀toner฀signal฀is฀present฀for฀all฀resistance฀ values.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Using฀the฀Continuity฀Toner฀฀ ฀ Figure฀24.฀Using฀the฀Continuity฀Toner฀to฀Test฀Security฀Switches฀ avv38f.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Locating฀Crosstalk฀and฀Impedance฀ Faults฀on฀Twisted฀Pair฀Cabling฀ To฀find฀crosstalk฀or฀impedance฀faults:฀ Note฀ The฀Find฀Crosstalk฀Fault฀and฀Find฀Impedance฀Fault฀ functions฀let฀you฀quickly฀check฀cable฀pairs฀for฀crosstalk฀ and฀impedance฀faults฀on฀twisted฀pair฀cabling.฀ Crosstalk฀is฀unwanted฀signal฀transmission฀between฀cable฀ pairs.฀Crosstalk฀can฀cause฀transmission฀errors฀in฀twisted฀ pair฀networks.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Locating฀Crosstalk฀and฀Impedance฀Faults฀on฀Twisted฀Pair฀Cabling฀฀ ฀ Table฀3.฀Crosstalk฀and฀Impedance฀Fault฀Messages฀ Cabling฀too฀short฀for฀diagnostics฀ No฀cabling฀is฀connected฀to฀the฀tester,฀or฀the฀cabling฀is฀too฀short฀to฀test.฀ Cabling฀too฀long฀for฀diagnostics฀ The฀cabling’s฀length฀is฀beyond฀the฀tester’s฀range.฀ No฀significant฀crosstalk฀ No฀significant฀impedance฀fault฀ The฀crosstalk฀or฀impedance฀is฀acceptable฀for฀the฀selected฀application.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Testing฀Speaker฀Cabling฀ 3 The฀Speaker฀Test฀generates฀audible฀tones฀for฀testing฀the฀ wiring฀and฀phase฀of฀installed฀twisted฀pair฀speaker฀ cabling.฀ Use฀D฀to฀highlight฀Speaker฀Test;฀then฀press฀H,฀ J,฀or฀P.฀ 4 If฀the฀cabling฀and฀connections฀are฀good,฀you฀will฀ hear฀the฀tester’s฀tones฀on฀the฀left฀and฀right฀speakers.฀฀฀ To฀test฀speaker฀cabling:฀ 1 Connect฀the฀tester฀to฀the฀cabling฀as฀shown฀in฀฀ Figure฀25.฀฀ 2 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀DIAG.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Testing฀Speaker฀Cabling฀฀ ฀ avv39f.eps฀ A Press฀J฀L฀and฀K฀R฀to฀turn฀the฀left฀and฀right฀ speakers฀on฀and฀off.฀ B Press฀A฀D฀to฀change฀the฀note฀played฀over฀the฀ C The฀phase฀of฀the฀signal฀applied฀to฀the฀speaker.฀To฀ change฀the฀phase฀of฀the฀signal฀going฀to฀the฀right฀ speaker,฀press฀B฀C.฀ speakers.฀ Figure฀25.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Calibrating฀Length฀Measurements฀ Setting฀the฀NVP฀to฀a฀Specified฀Value฀ The฀tester฀uses฀an฀NVP฀value฀(nominal฀velocity฀of฀ propagation)฀and฀the฀signal฀delay฀through฀the฀cable฀to฀ calculate฀length.฀The฀tester’s฀default฀NVP฀values฀are฀ usually฀accurate฀enough฀to฀verify฀length;฀however,฀you฀ can฀increase฀the฀accuracy฀of฀length฀measurements฀by฀ adjusting฀the฀NVP฀to฀a฀specified฀or฀actual฀value.
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Calibrating฀Length฀Measurements฀฀ Determining฀a฀Cable’s฀Actual฀NVP฀ Note฀ The฀cable฀must฀not฀be฀connected฀to฀a฀wiremap฀ adapter,฀port,฀or฀other฀device.฀ You฀can฀determine฀a฀cable’s฀actual฀NVP฀by฀adjusting฀the฀ measured฀length฀to฀match฀a฀known฀length฀of฀cable.฀฀ To฀determine฀a฀cable’s฀NVP:฀ 2 1 3 Connect฀a฀known฀length฀of฀the฀cable฀to฀be฀tested฀to฀ the฀tester’s฀twisted฀pair฀or฀coaxial฀connector.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Memory฀Functions฀ Uploading฀Results฀to฀a฀PC฀ The฀tester฀can฀store฀up฀to฀250฀Autotest฀results฀in฀nonvolatile฀memory.฀Other฀tests฀cannot฀be฀saved.฀ CableIQ฀Reporter฀software฀lets฀you฀upload฀Autotest฀ results฀to฀a฀PC,฀view฀results,฀and฀customize฀and฀print฀test฀ reports.฀฀ Viewing฀Saved฀Results฀ 1 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀RESULTS.฀ 2 Use฀AD,฀B C,฀or฀SHIFT฀+฀AD฀to฀move฀ through฀the฀list฀and฀highlight฀a฀test฀to฀view.
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Maintenance฀฀ Maintenance฀ WWarning฀ To฀avoid฀possible฀fire,฀electric฀shock,฀personal฀ injury,฀or฀damage฀to฀the฀tester:฀ • Do฀not฀open฀the฀case.฀No฀user-serviceable฀parts are฀inside. • Replacing฀electrical฀parts฀yourself฀will฀void฀the tester’s฀warranty฀and฀might฀compromise฀its safety฀features. • Use฀only฀specified฀replacement฀parts฀for฀userreplaceable฀items. • Use฀only฀Fluke฀Networks฀authorized฀service centers.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ To฀update฀the฀tester’s฀software:฀ Replacing฀the฀Batteries฀ 1 If฀you฀want฀to฀save฀any฀of฀the฀Autotests฀stored฀in฀the฀ tester,฀use฀CableIQ฀Reporter฀software฀to฀upload฀them฀ to฀a฀PC.฀ Replace฀the฀4฀AA฀batteries฀when฀the฀message฀Low฀ Batteries!฀appears.฀ 2 Download฀the฀latest฀versions฀of฀CableIQ฀Reporter฀ software฀and฀the฀CableIQ฀update฀file฀from฀the฀Fluke฀ Networks฀website,฀or฀contact฀Fluke฀Networks฀to฀get฀ the฀files฀by฀other฀means.
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If฀Something฀Seems฀Wrong฀฀ Cleaning฀ Clean฀the฀display฀with฀glass฀cleaner฀and฀a฀soft,฀lint-free฀ cloth.฀Clean฀the฀case฀with฀a฀soft฀cloth฀dampened฀with฀ water฀or฀water฀and฀a฀mild฀soap.฀ WCaution฀ To฀avoid฀damaging฀the฀display฀or฀the฀case,฀do฀ not฀use฀solvents฀or฀abrasive฀cleansers.฀ If฀Something฀Seems฀Wrong฀ If฀something฀seems฀wrong฀with฀the฀tester,฀refer฀to฀ Table฀4.฀ If฀Table฀4฀does฀not฀help฀you฀solve฀a฀problem฀with฀the฀ tester,฀contact฀Fluke฀Networks฀for฀additional฀help.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Table฀4.฀Troubleshooting฀the฀Tester฀ Symptom฀1:฀The฀keypad฀does฀not฀respond.฀ Press฀and฀hold฀I฀until฀the฀tester฀turns฀off;฀then฀turn฀the฀tester฀on฀again.฀ Symptom฀2:฀The฀tester฀reports฀an฀error.฀ Note฀the฀error฀number฀or฀type.฀Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀a฀new฀position฀or฀cycle฀the฀power฀to฀clear฀the฀error.฀If฀the฀error฀ persists,฀contact฀Fluke฀Networks฀for฀assistance.฀ Symptom฀3:฀The฀tester฀will฀not฀turn฀on.
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Options and Accessories฀฀ Options฀and฀Accessories฀ To order options and accessories (Table 5), contact Fluke Networks. For the latest list of options and accessories visit the Fluke Networks website at www.flukenetworks.com. Table฀5.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Specifications฀ Specifications apply at 23 °C (73 °F), unless otherwise noted.
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Specifications฀฀ General฀Specifications฀ Test฀connectors฀ Shielded฀8-pin฀modular฀jack฀accepts฀8-pin฀modular฀(RJ45)฀and฀4-pin฀modular฀(RJ11)฀plugs.฀ F-connector฀for฀coaxial฀cable฀ Power฀ Battery฀type:฀4฀AA฀(NEDA฀15A,฀IEC฀LR6)฀alkaline฀batteries฀ Battery฀life:฀20฀hours฀of฀typical฀use,฀without฀backlight฀ Other฀compatible฀battery฀types:฀4฀AA฀photo฀lithium,฀NIMH,฀NICAD฀ Serial฀interface฀ USB฀mini-B฀5-pin฀connector฀ Dimensions฀and฀weight฀ 7฀in฀x฀3.5฀in฀x฀1.75in฀฀17.8฀cm฀x฀8.9฀cm฀x฀4.5฀cm฀ 1.2฀lb฀(0.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Performance฀Specifications฀ Qualification฀Autotests฀ 1000BASE-T,฀100BASE-TX,฀10BASE-T,฀VoIP,฀wiremap฀only,฀1394b฀S100฀(Firewire),฀Telco,฀ 75฀Ω฀coaxial฀ Autotest฀speed฀ 4฀seconds฀(typical)฀ Autotest฀storage฀ Up฀to฀250฀Autotests฀ Length฀test฀ (twisted pair, Cat 6A and below) Range:฀300฀m฀(1000฀ft)฀ Resolution:฀0.1฀m฀(฀0.1฀ft)฀ Typical฀accuracy:฀±฀4%฀or฀2฀ft฀whichever฀is฀greater.
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Specifications฀฀ Performance฀Specifications฀(cont.)฀ Tone฀generator฀ Generates฀digital฀tones฀compatible฀with฀Fluke฀Networks฀IntelliTone฀probe฀and฀4฀tones฀ compatible฀with฀typical฀analog฀probes฀(all฀pairs,฀frequency฀1-2฀kHz).฀ Continuity฀test฀ Resistance฀range:฀0฀Ω฀to฀10,000฀Ω฀ Tone฀generation:฀Variable฀tone฀between฀500฀Ω฀and฀5,000฀Ω.฀Tone฀is฀audible฀and฀can฀also฀ be฀detected฀by฀a฀tone฀probe.฀ Speaker฀test฀tone฀ generator฀ Variable฀frequency฀with฀left฀and฀right฀speaker฀and฀polarity฀control.
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฀ Appendix฀A:฀Diagnosing฀Cabling฀Faults฀ ฀ Appendix฀A฀lists฀the฀typical฀causes฀of฀cable฀test฀failures.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Wire฀map:฀split฀pair฀ Wires฀connected฀to฀wrong฀pins฀at฀connector฀or฀punchdown฀block.฀ Wire฀map:฀reversed฀pairs฀ Wires฀connected฀to฀wrong฀pins฀at฀connector฀or฀punchdown฀block.฀ Wire฀map:฀crossed฀pairs฀ • Wires฀connected฀to฀wrong฀pins฀at฀connector฀or฀punchdown฀block.฀ • Mix฀of฀568A฀and฀568B฀wiring฀standards฀(12฀and฀36฀crossed).฀ • Crossover฀cables฀used฀where฀not฀needed฀(12฀and฀36฀crossed).
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฀ Appendix฀A:฀Diagnosing฀Cabling฀Faults฀฀ ฀ Crosstalk฀or฀ELFEXT฀fault฀฀ • Excessive฀untwisting฀of฀pairs฀at฀connector฀ • Poor฀quality฀patch฀cords฀฀ • Poor฀quality฀connectors฀ • Poor฀quality฀cable฀฀ • Cable฀compression฀(tight฀cable฀ties,฀pinches,฀kinks,฀etc.
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ Impedance฀fault฀฀ • Patch฀cord฀or฀cable฀impedance฀not฀100฀Ω฀(impedance฀mismatch)฀ • Patch฀cord฀handling฀causing฀changes฀in฀impedance฀ • Excessive฀amount฀of฀cable฀jammed฀into฀outlet฀box฀ • Tight฀service฀loops฀in฀the฀distribution฀box฀ • Excessive฀untwisting฀of฀pairs฀at฀connector฀ • Poor฀quality฀connectors฀ • Cable฀impedance฀not฀uniform฀ • Cable฀compression฀(tight฀cable฀ties,฀pinches,฀kinks,฀etc.
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฀ ฀ ฀ Appendix฀A:฀Diagnosing฀Cabling฀Faults฀฀ ฀ Insertion฀loss฀(attenuation)฀fault฀฀ • Cable฀is฀too฀long฀ • Poor฀quality฀patch฀cord฀ • Bad฀connection฀ • Wrong฀cable฀type฀installed฀ • Wrong฀application฀selected฀ Length฀exceeds฀limit,฀or฀delay฀skew฀fails฀ • Cable฀is฀too฀long฀(may฀need฀to฀remove฀coiled฀service฀loops)฀ 77฀
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ ฀ ฀ 78฀
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Index฀ —A— —B— accessories฀ optional,฀67฀ standard,฀3฀ adapter,฀10฀ auto฀shutoff,฀14฀ Autotest฀ coaxial,฀32฀ parameters,฀17฀ saving,฀19,฀32฀ setup,฀18฀ twisted฀pair,฀19฀ length฀results,฀30฀ results฀overview,฀24฀ Signal฀Performance,฀28฀ wiremap฀results,฀25฀ backlight,฀9฀ batteries฀ replacement,฀64฀ type฀and฀life,฀11฀ beeper,฀14฀ Blink฀Port฀Light,฀51฀ bridge฀tap฀detected฀ Autotest,฀27฀ Discover฀mode,฀39฀ bus฀topologies,฀22฀ buttons,฀9฀ —C— CableIQ฀Reporter฀software,฀62฀ cautions,฀6฀ cleaning,฀65฀ coaxia
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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀ Users฀Manual฀ coaxial฀result,฀36฀ port฀detected,฀40฀ Discover฀mode,฀37฀ coaxial฀results,฀42฀ MultiMap,฀46฀ TDR฀plot,฀44฀ twisted฀pair฀results,฀38฀ —E— —I— icons฀for฀pair฀terminations,฀30,฀39฀ impedance฀faults,฀56฀ INACTIVE฀PORT,฀40฀ IntelliTone฀ cable฀map฀function,฀50฀ tone฀function,฀48฀ ISDN,฀6฀ memory฀functions,฀62฀ MultiMap,฀46฀ —N— non-negotiating฀port,฀19฀ NP,฀40฀ NVP,฀60฀ —O— editing฀text,฀13฀ —K— —F— keys,฀9฀ Knowledge฀Base,฀3฀ open,฀25฀ options,฀67฀ Outlet,฀19
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Index (continued) —Q— qualification฀vs.
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