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Chapter 2 Test Setup Procedures Saving in TIA/EIA 606A Format 1. Once the Enable 606A selection process has been completed, press AUTOTEST to begin. Note: LANTEK uses the Standards format to apply identification to the cables and their infrastructure relationship. 2. At completion of the Autotest activity, select one of three cable parameters (Drop, Backbone or Backbone Pair) to set the cable name for saving the results. Cable naming can be completed using the Auto Increment feature or manually. Figure 2-19: TIA 606A Cable Parameter Screens 3. Press ENTER to save the cable name and results or ESCAPE to exit. 4. If Enable 606A is selected in the Autotest Preference, then a 606A Standards Cable parameter can be edited by pressing F1 or selecting the Cable ID on the DH Ready Screen. DUALMODE The DUALmode TM feature on the LANTEK is designed to provide both Permanent Link and Channel Link test results in about the same time that it would take to do each Autotest separately. For Category 6, that means both Channel and Permanent Link results are obtained and stored in about 20 seconds. Based on the patent-pending technique that LANTEK uses to produce Permanent Link results, the dual mode adapters physically resemble Channel Adapters and patchcords that gather both phase and magnitude data for the full channel. The LANTEK Cable Certifier process removes the patchcords losses and signal reflections to produce Permanent Link results. The DUALmode function saves the results in two separate records. Other significant tests can be performed under the DUALmode process. For example, consider the case where you, the installer, have a job to install a Category 6 class system in a government installation in a country that uses an ISO-based National Standard. You use cable and connectivity manufactured by a US-based company. The government may require the installer to certify the ISO-based CLASS E standard but the US Company may require certification to the TIA 568 Category 6 Standard in order to issue a warranty. Previously, this might have required running both ISO and TIA certifications and passing the increased costs to your client, the buyer. But with DUALmode, certifications to ISO CLASS E Permanent Link and TIA 568B Category 6 can be performed at the same time with no more effort than running only one test. 2-14
Chapter 2 Test Setup Procedures Another example of performing DUALmode would be the determination of headroom with regards to higher bandwidth for future applications. Previously, you could visually inspect Category 5e Permanent Link Certification records and assess whether there is enough headroom to run the higher bandwidth applications. But in order to access complete definitive data, a Category 6 certification tests would also be required. These actions would normally be ignored due to the increased testing costs. With DUALmode, you could require that the system be certified to Category 5e Standards and that the system also be tested against the Category 6 limits. That way, in the future, your client would have definitive data about which of the links could support higher bandwidth applications. This information would be essential in any decision to re-terminate links using higher Category jacks or to pull higher category cable. PERFORMING IN DUALMODE: 1. Move the cursor to select the Cable Type and press ENTER. The Cable Type screen appears. 2. Move the cursor to Twisted Pair DUALmode and press ENTER. The DUALmode tests menu appears. 3. Select the two (2) cable type combination to be tested in DUALmode and press ENTER. 4. Press AUTOTEST. The PASS/FAIL results will be displayed. (Figure 2-20) Worst-case margins and values for NEXT, RL, ACR and Attenuation are shown for each of the DUALmode tests. Figure 2-20: DUALmode Autotest 5. Press ENTER on the highlighted test to display its related graphic results. 2-15
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