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- Page 1 99 Washington Street Melrose, MA 02176 Phone 781-665-1400 Toll Free 1-800-517-8431 Visit us at www.TestEquipmentDepot.com CTX200 RJ45/Coax Cable Tester USER MANUAL...
- Page 2 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase the CTX200 RJ45/Coax Cable Tester. The system consists of a Main Tester and a Remote Terminator and Preforms the following tests: Continuity, Open & Short Circuits, Wire Crossed (Reverse and Split) Tests CAT3, 5, 5e, 6, 6A, & 7 Ethernet Cables to TIA568 Specs • Tests COAX Cables •...
- Page 3 Ethernet cables have 4 pairs of wires (”twisted pairs”). It is important that the pairs correctly go to connector pins 1,2 ; 3,6 ; 4,5 ; and 7,8. The Pocket CAT tests for the proper pairing and if there is an error it will report it to you (”split pairs”) Connecting cables to the Tester Installed cables: Connect the Main unit to the wall jack, then connect the remote to the patch panel or far-end wall jack...
- Page 4 Tone is used to locate a cable’s far end. A tone is placed on the cable’s “near end” by the CTX200 Main unit. The probe locates the tone at the far end of the cable. NOTE: Requires Connecting cables to the Tester Plug the cable into the tester’s Main unit.
- Page 5 OPEN: A wire is disconnected. Faceplate POCKET CAT FACEPLATE SHORT: A wire makes contact with Pass/Fail another wire. Indicator CROSS (REVERSAL): a twisted pair gets flipped on one side of the cable Pair/Shield SPLIT: One wire from each of two Tested different pairs gets swapped on both (Coax uses 4/5)
- Page 6 Testing Examples: Coax The Pocket CAT uses LED 4&5 to display the status of a coax cable test . Connect the near end of the cable to the BNC connector. Connect the far end to the coax terminator (pouch). Good Cable: LEDs BLINK Short in Cable:...
- Page 7 Testing Examples: Ethernet Ethernet cables have 4 pairs of wires (”twisted pairs”). It is important that the pairs correctly go to connector pins 1,2; 3,6; 4,5; and 7,8. The tester tests for the proper pairing and if there is an error it will report it to you. The follow-ing examples are based on EIA/TIA 568B (the most popular ethernet wiring standard).
- Page 8 Open on Pair 1-2: Split Pairs 1-2 &3-6: Short on Pair 3-6:...
- Page 9 Triplett / Jewell Instruments extends the following warranty to the original purchaser of these goods for use. Triplett warrants to the original purchaser for use that the products sold by it will be free from defects in workmanship and material for a period of (1) one year from the date of purchase.
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