User manual

Warning! All cable test ﬁles refer to the cable type list to extract

information about the cable deﬁnition used in the testing. If a cable

type is deleted or the name changed, any Test List that uses that

cable type will be corrupted. It is suggested that any PDF or CSV

ﬁles created from a Test List affected by a cable list change be

generated before making a change to a cable type that is used by

the test list.

Cable Type

The cable type list contains a list of all the deﬁned cable types to be

tested. Cable type list is used to select the test criteria for cables to

be tested and manage the list by editing, adding or deleting entries.

New Cable Type

• From the Cable Test Screen, touch Cable Type

• To add a new cable type, touch new

• Enter cable name on next screen and press OK.

• Touch test connector “RJ45”, “Coax” or “2 Pair” and press OK.

• Touch a data rate (0 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps) for a Bit Error Rate

test and touch OK (coax skips this step).

• Enter length constant in pF/foot or pF/meter and press OK.

Typical cable length constant (pF/ft, pF/m):

- CAT5/5E: 15 pF/ft

- CAT6: 15 pF/ft

- CAT7: 15 pF/ft

- RG6: 16.5 pF/ft

- RG58: 27 pF/ft

- RG59: 16.5 pF/ft

Touch Shielded cable, Non-shielded Cable, or Ignore Shield then

touch OK.

Edit Existing Cable Types

• Touch a cable type from the Cable Type list. With a line

highlighted, the buttons functions are:

• Touch Edit

to edit the highlighted entry. The name may be

changed or kept default. All other settings are entered as in New

Cable Type.