LANTEK User Manual - Ideal Industries
LANTEK User Manual - Ideal Industries
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Chapter 4<br />
COAX Cable Field Calibration and Testing<br />
With <strong>LANTEK</strong>, AUTOTEST is the easiest and quickest way to measure and verify your<br />
cable installation. A variety of supported coaxial cable type can be found under “Cable<br />
Types”. <strong>LANTEK</strong> can support coaxial cable testing to the standards identified below.<br />
Under each specific cable type, you will also find the specific test limits by executing<br />
the following steps:<br />
1. From the DH Ready Screen, press F4 or select “Cable Type”<br />
2. Using the ARROW Keys, select “Ethernet”.<br />
3. Within the Ethernet Cable Type screen, highlight cable type “10Base 2”, then<br />
select the softkey CREATE.<br />
4. The Create Custom Cable screen appears, use the ARROW KEYS and highlight<br />
“Test Limits” and press ENTER to view the specific test limits for this cable.<br />
COAX AUTOTEST SUITE<br />
CABLE TYPES Resistance Length Attenuation Return Loss Impedance<br />
RG59 100 or 300 ft X X X X X<br />
RG6 100 or 300 ft X X X X X<br />
IBM Coax X X X<br />
TWINAXIAL, ARCNET X X X<br />
10BASE2<br />
(IEEE 802.3)<br />
10BASE5<br />
(IEEE 802.3)<br />
X X X<br />
X X X<br />
COAX FIELD CALIBRATION AND TESTING PROCEDURE<br />
Field Calibration using COAX adapters uses a modification of the <strong>LANTEK</strong> 4-step<br />
process. Since COAX testing is done for low frequencies, the additional data obtained<br />
during the calibration process is essentially ignored, and therefore the <strong>LANTEK</strong> will<br />
request one calibration process step to be performed.<br />
To start testing COAX cable, refer to Setting Preferences and Autotest & Single Test<br />
for Structured Cable as indicated in previous Chapters for details.<br />
Please follow the procedures below to perform cable selection of COAX cables:<br />
Note: The <strong>LANTEK</strong> COAX adapters are configured with BNC connectors. <strong>User</strong><br />
supplied adapters will be necessary to convert to-from BNC to F (CATV) or other<br />
connector types.<br />
1. From the DH Ready Screen, press F4 or highlight the Cable Type icon,<br />
press ENTER.<br />
2. Using the ARROW KEYS highlight “Misc. Types” and press ENTER.<br />
3. Highlight the desired Cable Test Standard, press ENTER. The display will revert to<br />
the Ready Screen with the selected cable type updated.<br />
Note: Other COAX Cable Types Available: RG59 & RG6<br />
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