User Manual

CableIQ Qualification Tester
Users Manual
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Setting User Preferences .............................................................................................. 11
Changing the Language and Length Units ............................................................ 11
Setting the Time and Date...................................................................................... 12
Entering User Information ...................................................................................... 12
Auto Shutoff............................................................................................................ 14
Auto Shutoff............................................................................................................ 14
Enabling or Disabling the Speaker ......................................................................... 14
Resetting to Factory Settings .................................................................................. 14
Checking the Hardware and Software Versions......................................................... 15
Qualifying Cabling with the Autotest......................................................................... 15
Selecting Tests to Run.............................................................................................. 18
Autotest on Twisted Pair Cabling ........................................................................... 19
Connecting to Star Topologies........................................................................... 20
Connecting to Bus Topologies............................................................................ 22
About Qualification for VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)........................... 22
Autotest Results for Twisted Pair Cabling.............................................................. 24
Wiremap Results ................................................................................................. 25
Signal Performance Results ................................................................................ 28
Length Results..................................................................................................... 30
Autotest on Coaxial Cabling (75 Ω) ........................................................................ 32
Discovering Cabling Characteristics............................................................................. 37
Discover Mode Results for Twisted Pair Cabling.................................................... 38
Discover Mode Results for Coaxial Cabling............................................................ 42
Discover Mode Results for Coaxial Cabling............................................................ 42
TDR Plot for Coaxial Cabling................................................................................... 44
TDR Plot for Coaxial Cabling................................................................................... 44
Using Multiple Remote ID Locators in Discover Mode (MultiMap
™
).................... 46
Using the Toner ............................................................................................................ 48