User guide

Diagnostics
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To run a Cable Test:
1 Start the Hub Administration and Management application, click Diagnostics.
2 In the Diagnostics view, on the Cable Test tab, from the Hub Port(s) list, specify the hub
port or all hub ports.
3 Click Start to run the test.
4 After start, on each selected hub port, the system detects receiver one by one. Whenever a
new receiver is detected, a communication test is performed between the hub and that
receiver, and the statistics on error(s) are collected. Each receiver is represented as a box and
appended to the daisy chain after testing on that receiver connection completes. The fill-in
color indicates the condition of the cable section connecting to the previous receiver or the
hub port:
Green: cable connection is good. Yellow: cable connection is not good but acceptable
(<5% errors were detected in the communication test). Further check and replacement is
recommended
Red: cable connection is bad. Further check and replacement is needed.
Note: Cable test is performed only on local receivers and not on remote receivers.
5 When the test is complete, click Save Results to save the test results to a text file for later
reference.
For best results, receiver models of “AB” or better are required. Dart receiver of model “AB” or
higher can provide loopbacks within the receiver. This loopback is useful in isolating where the