Agilent Technologies N2610A user manual Cable Testing with the FrameScope

3Cable Testing with the FrameScope 350

Cable Testing Overview

•The channel configuration provides a full end-to-end performance certification, including the cable run as well as the user’s patch cords at each end. The pass/fail limits for channel performance testing are less stringent than for link configurations to accommodate the performance degradation inherent in the two additional modular connections.

The FrameScope and DualRemote use different test probes for link and channel tests. The link probes incorporate a short test cord that connects to the outlets in the telecommunications closet and user location. Channel probes feature a socket into which you connect one end of the user patch cord. The other end of the patch cord is connected to the outlet in the telecommunications closet or user location. Figure 9 and Figure 10 on page 59 show the link and channel test connections.

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