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Deviser TC500 Operation Manual

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Deviser Part No.: TC500-DL
Deviser Instruments, Inc.
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  • Page 1 Deviser Part No.: TC500-DL Deviser Instruments, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 3 Deviser shall have no responsibility for any defect or damage caused by improper use and maintenance or for any product which has been repaired or altered by any one others not DEVISER or our authorized service center.
  • Page 4 Contents Overview ......................................1 Warning ......................................2 Caution ......................................3 Basic Features ....................................4 4.1. Main Unit ..................................4 4.2. Key Pad ..................................... 5 4.3. Remote Unit..................................6 4.4. Main Menu ..................................7 Basic Operation ....................................8 5.1. Choose a function button ..............................8 5.2.

  • Page 5: Overview

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 1. Overview TC500 is an Ethernet cable tester. It is used to certify and test copper cabling up to Class E (ISO/IEC 11801) or Category6 (TIA/EIA-568-B). It has the following features: It contains a main unit and a remote unit. When you use it, connect the near end of cable to the main unit and the far end of ...

  • Page 6: Warning

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 2. Warning Do not open the instrument without our approval.  Use only ac adapter approved in the kit for charging this instrument. Using any other adapter/charger may  damage the battery. The input voltage of the adapter is 100V-240V (AC only). A larger voltage will damage the instrument.

  • Page 7: Caution

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 3. Caution Never attempt to insert any connector other than an 8-pin modular connector into RJ45 connector.  Never attempt to insert any connector other than a 6-pin modular connector into RJ11 connector. ...

  • Page 8: Basic Features

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 4. Basic Features 4.1. Main Unit Figure1 Main Unit ① LCD ② Key Pad ③ USB Port ④ Charging LED ⑤ Connector for the ac adapter ⑥ Banana jacks---Connect 2-wire cable ⑦ F connector---Connect coax ⑧...

  • Page 9: Key Pad

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 4.2. Key Pad : Function Keys provide functions related to the soft function keys on the bottom of the current menu. : On/Off Key. : Arrow Keys are used for navigating through the current menu.

  • Page 10: Remote Unit

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 4.3. Remote Unit Figure2 Remote Unit ① Testing LED ② Low Battery LED ③ Charging LED ④ Full Charge LED ⑤ On/Off LED ⑥ On/Off Key ⑦ Connector for the ac adapter ⑧ RJ11 connector---Connect telephone cable ⑨...

  • Page 11: Main Menu

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 4.4. Main Menu After turn on main unit, you will see a welcome screen, and then the main menu appears. Figure3 Main menu ① Job name: Display the current job name. ② Current Time: Display current time.

  • Page 12: Basic Operation

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 5. Basic Operation 5.1. Choose a function button In each menu that contains function buttons, users can select one function button using arrow keys on the key pad. When you press the arrow keys, a highlight box will display among these function buttons in this menu. The function button which the highlight box is on is the selected function button.

  • Page 13: Settings

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 6. Settings The following sections describe how to set the items of this instrument. In the main menu, press SETTING (F2) soft function key to enter setting menu. Settings have two menus, users can use “Go to Next Page”...

  • Page 14: Test Configuration

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 6.1. Test Configuration This instrument supports two test standards: International standard ISO/IEC 11801 and American standard TIA/EIA-568-B. Users can choose one of these two standards when testing UTP/STP cabling. In the second page of setting menu, select Test Configuration function button and press enter key to enter this menu.

  • Page 15: Language & Unit Setting

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 6.3. Language & Unit Setting Users can choose language and unit in Language & Unit Setting menu. Users can choose Metric unit or Imperial unit, and users can choose English language or Spanish language. Select Language & Unit Setting function button and press enter key, you will enter Language &...

  • Page 16: Job Templates Setting

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Figure11 Setting new job’s name menu In the setting new job’s name menu, users can set job name, job template (mentioned in 6.5), Site information and inspector information. Just press “Site Info.” or “Inspector Info.” function button to enter site information and inspector information menu.

  • Page 17: Time And Date Setting

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 6.6. Time and Date Setting Select Time and Date Setting function button and press enter key, you will enter Time and Date Setting menu. Select the Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute using up and down arrow key and enter key , when you finish setting, press Save (F1) soft function key to save time.

  • Page 18: Lcd Brightness Setting

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 6.8. LCD Brightness Setting In the second page of setting menu, select LCD Brightness Setting function button and press enter key to enter this menu. Press left or right arrow keys to change the LCD backlight bright. Press Save (F1) soft function key after you choose the bright you want.

  • Page 19: Test

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 7. Test The TEST menu has five function buttons: Auto Test, Manual Test, Network Test, Results Comparison and Calibration. If you use this instrument the first time, you should calibrate its test equipment before test according to 7.6. Users should select the test standard you want according to 6.1.

  • Page 20: Connect Instrument To The Cable

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 7.1. Connect instrument to the cable According to TIA/EIA-568-B or ISO/IEC 11801, there are two transmission paths to be certified: channel and permanent link. When certify permanent link cabling, connect main unit to the near end outlet A using one equipment cord and connect remote unit to the far end outlet B using the other equipment cord (Figure 18).
  • Page 21 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Figure20 Add a new cable Name: The Cable ID that will be tested. Users can edit it using alphanumeric keypad.  Type: The Cable type that will be tested. These types include CAT3 (UTP/STP),CAT5e (UTP/STP) ,CAT6 (UTP/STP) ,Class C ...
  • Page 22 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Figure22 Auto test TDR results menu Figure23 Auto test Delay results menu Figure24 Auto test d. c. loop resistance results menu Figure 25 Auto test RF results menu In the RF menu, users can select each RF item to observe the detailed result. The following example is a menu when you enter NEXT item.
  • Page 23 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Press Esc key to quit to the list of cables menu when auto test finished. And the Result bar of this cable shows the PASS/FAIL result of this cable. Figure28 Auto test result In the list of cables menu, you can choose one cable using up and down arrow keys and after you choose one cable, you can press Detail (F2) soft button key or Summary (F3) soft button key to observe the detailed or the summary results of this cable.

  • Page 24: Manual Test

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 7.3. Manual Test Manual Test provides individual test for each items in auto test. Users use manual test for test one or more items to observe. Manual test just provide the test result and does not provide a PASS/FAIL conclusion. Additional, manual test provides two other test items that auto test does not have BER test and TONE.
  • Page 25 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 1. Data cable Turn on main unit and remote unit and then connect the UTP/STP cable tested to these two units, you can run data cable manual test. Standard Test  If you test UTP/STP, you just choose data cable manual test menu.
  • Page 26 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Figure33 Data cable delay manual test results menu When you press R (F3) soft function key, the instrument will test d. c. loop resistance and enters the R menu. Figure34 Data cable d. c. loop resistance manual test result menu When you press RF (F4) soft function key, the instrument will enter the RF test menu.
  • Page 27 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Users can use arrow keys to choose a RF item and press enter key to do that RF item’s testing. Figure 36 shows a NEXT test menu. You can check the NEXT value of different frequencies just move the cursor using left and right arrow keys.
  • Page 28 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Note: If the wire map of the UTP/STP under test is not correct, a message box will display “Wire map is error or the remote unit not exists” and the BER test can’t run.
  • Page 29 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Figure40 Data cable TONE sending menu 3） When sound is sending, you can stop TONE just press End (F2) soft function key or wait the sound auto stop. 2. Phone cable Turn on main unit and remote unit and then connect the phone cable tested to these two units, you can run phone cable manual test.

  • Page 30: Network Test

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 7.4. Network Test Users can ping the network using main unit in Network test. The ping test verifies connectivity to devices on the network. When running ping test, you just connect the main unit to the network using an UTP/STP cable. Remote unit is not used in ping test.

  • Page 31: Results Comparison

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 7.5. Results Comparison Users can compare two cables’ summary results using this menu. Figure43 Select one cable Use up and down arrow keys to choose one cable, then press Option A (F1) soft function key to select the first one.

  • Page 32: Calibration

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 7.6. Calibration The calibration procedure is performed to set a reference for cable testing. Before you certify the cabling, you should do once calibration and you do not do another calibration unless you change the two equipment cords for testing permanent link.

  • Page 33: Information

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 8. Information In the main menu, press “INFO.” (F3) soft function key to enter Information menu. Users can check these kinds of information below in Information menu: Serial Number  Previous Calibration Date ...

  • Page 34: Previous Calibration Date

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 8.2. Previous Calibration Date This menu shows you the last calibration date. If you use the same equipment cords for certifying every permanent link cabling, you just calibrate the instrument every 30 days. 8.3. Time and Date This menu shows the current date and time the instrument saved.

  • Page 35: Battery Information

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 8.5. Battery Information This menu shows you the remaining power of battery in main unit and the charging status of the main unit. Figure52 Battery information menu 8.6. Support Information This menu shows Technical Support contact information, including our web site, email and telephone.

  • Page 36: Download Jobs To Pc Software

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 9. Download Jobs to PC software Users can observe the test results on a PC using PC Toolbox. In order to observe test results using toolbox, first you should download the jobs to a U-disk from main unit according to 6.4. Then...

  • Page 37: Charge

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 10. Charge When the power of main unit battery is low, the battery status icon on every menu will blink, users should connect the AC adapter to the AC adapter connector of the main unit. The Charging LED will be on when charging. It will take about 5 hours to charge main unit full.

  • Page 38: Update

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 11. Update Users can update OS kernel, main unit firmware, main unit software and remote unit firmware just using a U-disk. If you update main unit OS kernel, main unit firmware, main unit software, you just copy the update file to a U-disk. Before turn on the main unit, connect the U-disk to main unit and press On/Off key.

  • Page 39: Appendix

    TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual 12. Appendix Specifications Length Range: 0 to 176 m (UTP) ; 0 to 200 m (Coax) Resolution: 0.1 m Accuracy: ±1.5 m Propagation Delay Range: 0 to 850 ns Resolution: 1 ns Accuracy: ±7 ns...
  • Page 40 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Standard Accessories Standard Accessories Quantity Main unit with lithium-ion battery Remote unit with lithium-ion battery equipment cords for testing permanent link RJ45 M-F connectors AC adapters Manual and Toolbox software CD Carrying bag...
  • Page 41 TC500 Ethernet Cabling Certifier Operation Manual Deviser (China) Deviser (US) Address: No.8, Haitai Chuangxin 3 Road, Address: 780 Montague Expressway, Hi-tech Industrial Development Area, Suite 606,San Jose, CA 95131, USA Tianjin, China, 300392 Tel: +1 408 955 0938 Tel: +86 2764 5003 ext.803 http://www.deviserinstruments.com...

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