Basic Link Connections - Fluke DSP-4100 User Manual

Basic Link Connections

The cable links you test may or may not include equipment patch cables and extra
transition connections in the telecommunications closet and work area. For
example, cable installers are often responsible only for the permanent cabling
installed between the closet and the first wall outlet in the work area. This segment
of cabling was originally defined in TSB-67 as the basic link, shown in Figure 7-4.
The basic link consists of up to 90 m of horizontal cable, one transition connector
at each end, and two test equipment patch cables of no more than 2 m each.
Basic link testing, which is no longer recognized in TIA and ISO standards, is
becoming less common as cabling installers adopt the newer permanent link
testing standard.
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Test Tool
Horizontal cabling
Test equipment
patch cable
Basic link
Figure 7-4. Basic Link Test Connections
Basic Cabling Testing
Basic Link Connections
Patch panel
connection
Test equipment
patch cable
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