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CableIQ฀Qualification฀Tester฀
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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.฀
Qualification฀means฀the฀cabling฀will฀support฀a฀selected฀฀
application,฀such฀as฀100BASE-TX฀Ethernet฀service.฀The฀
Autotest฀qualifies฀cabling฀by฀testing฀the฀parameters฀
shown฀in฀Table฀2฀and฀comparing฀the฀results฀to฀the฀
selected฀application’s฀requirements.฀
If฀the฀Autotest฀fails,฀the฀results฀will฀help฀you฀diagnose฀the฀
problem.฀See฀also฀“Diagnosing฀Cabling฀Faults”฀on฀page฀73฀
for฀common฀causes฀of฀failures.฀฀
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