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Test-Um NT950 Validator
Network LAN / Cabling Certifier |
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Features
- 4 inch TFT LCD color screen
- USB and Serial Port Interfaces
- Full navigation and keyboard buttons
- Soft key function buttons
- Lightweight
- LiION rechargeable battery for both main unit and remote
- 32 MB flash card memory
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Testing Capabilities
- Supports IEEE 802.3
data speed carrying specifications to 1 gigabit
- Store data on either a
laptop/PC or in flash card memory up to 2 GB
- Continuity testing on telephone line, report length
- Continuity testing on coax lines, report length
- Continuity testing of single pairs (security, speaker
wires)
- Diagnose failing cables per 568A/B
- Tests shielded or
unshielded Cat3, 5, 5E, 6
- Wiremap with faults
- Distance to fault (open or short) TDR
- Length of each pair tested
- Tone generation capability
- Tests interconnect specifications per TIA 568/570,
including opens, shorts, mis-wires, split pairs, etc.
- Cable Quality Tests:
- SKEW
- NEXT-All combinations on all pairs (12)
- Channel Response
- Echo Testing (Return Loss) impedance mismatches
- Signal to Noise Ratio
- Attenuation
- Amplitude
- Return Loss
- Bit Error Rate (BERT)
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Documentation Reports
- Home/Office layout and outlet plan generation for quote
- Test schedule of all outlets and cable runs
- Defines cable types within defined pairing
- Download testing plan and number of outlets/location for print
- Test to plan and save results in an archive file
- Print end of job report for billing
- Upload results and print a report
- Archive jobs for future reference
- Upload test results to PC for either print or remote storage
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Description The new NT-950 Validator™ Network / Cabling
Certifier measures and presents fast and clear SPEED and PERFORMANCE
results up to 1 gigabit. Speed certification assures the cabling will do
the job it is rated to do. Network components such as switches, hubs,
routers and systems will then operate at maximum efficiency.
The included powerful Plan-Um™ software ties together all the different
cable criteria that are found in complex voice/data/video installations
and presents concise information in printed reports, while storing data
for future use. Simply layout your customer's requirements in a matter of
minutes, then define cable types and runs. Test/certify each cable run.
Print the results and attach them to your invoice.
Completing and billing a cable installation job has never been
easier.
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Layout
The Plan-Um software that is included with the Validator
LAN Certifier allows an installer or integrator to sit with
a client, create a layout or floor-plan of their home or
offices, drop in icons showing network, telephone, cable,
audio, or security outlets, run cables between ports and
patch panels and create a full job listing that can then be
printed out and given to the customer for approval and
estimation.
- Create custom floor plans
- Show specific ports: network, telephone, cable
- Indicate cable runs
- Print or e-mail layout for approval
- Save layouts for future jobs
- Automatically creates cable test schedule
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Certify
The Validator LAN Certifier Kit will certify network
cable runs up to Gigabit speeds as per IEEE 802.3, test for
physical problems in network, cable, telephone, audio, and
security/alarm wiring, find Opens and Shorts with TDR
technology, and create reports to outline what the customer
has asked for and the results of the installation.
- Clear test results
- Test telephone, coax, security/alarm cables for continuity, proper
termination and polarity
- Measure cable length and distances to opens and shorts using advanced
TDR technology
- Skew and signal/noise ratio results shown on faulty cables
- Test interconnect specifications per TIA 568/570, including opens,
shorts, miswires, split pairs, etc.
- Wiremap individual runs to locate and identify cable routes
- Test/certify network cables to 1 gigabit per IEEE 802.3 speed
criteria. Typical measurements include NEXT, signal/noise ratios,
attenuation, return loss and bit error rates to determine cable carrying
capability
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Document
The result is an End of Job Report that has complete
customer information, the installer information, test
results against the floor plan, and a place for an
installers signature indicating the job is done.
- List cable runs against a defined job
- Each cable run is displayed for cross-checking
- Verify all tests are done against the plan
- Cable List shows run starting points and end points
- Pass/fail
- Print end of Job Report for billing purposes
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Archive
The documentation software not only allows the installer
to do the job better, but it archives the job so that future
adds, changes, and moves can be addressed easier and more
efficiently.
- Store finished jobs for reference in doing future adds, moves or changes
- Store data on either a laptop/PC or in flash card memory up to 2 GB. Thousands of jobs can be saved!
- Use archived info when upgrading or changing previously installed systems
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Operating
Specifications
- Display 256 color active back lit
LCD
- Power Source AC adapter/lithium ion
rechargeable batteries
- Interfaces Serial port for direct
printing from Validator ™ ™ and USB port
for uploading/downloading files to/from
a laptop/PC
- Operating System Linux
- Keypad Full navigation set with easy
alpha/numeric data entry and soft
key
functions.
Physical
Characteristics
Physical Dimensions
- Main Unit
Dimensions: 22.9 x 11.4 x 5.3 cm
(9 x 4.5 x 2.1 inches) Weight: 710 grams (1 lb 9 oz.) with
battery
- Remote
Dimensions: 14.2 x 11.2 x 4.4 cm (5.6 x 4.4 x
1.8 inches) Weight: 341 grams (12 oz.) with battery
Environmental
- Operating temperature: 0 to 50°C (32
to 122°F)
- Storage temperature: –20 to 70°C (–4
to 158°F)
- Humidity: 10% to 85%, non-condensing
Interfaces
- USB cable assembly
- 32 MB compact flash card
Test Connectors
- 8-position shielded modular jack
(data)
- 6-position modular jack (telephone)
- F-coax (video) and dual banana jack
(security, speaker, etc.)
Cable Types
- Shielded or unshielded Cat3, 5, 5E,
6
- Telephone, coax, speaker wire,
security, fire, and alarm
Battery Type
- Rechargeable, removable lithium ion
packs
Maximum cable length for testing for
split pairs
- Up to 1500 feet, depending upon
cable type
Signal Quality
Testing on Network Cable
- Wiremap up to 20 locations at a time
- Length of cable (TDR) distance to
Opens and Shorts
- SKEW
- NEXT—All combinations on all pairs
(12)
- Channel Response
- Echo Testing (Return Loss)—
impedance mismatches
- Signal to Noise Ratio
- Attenuation
- Amplitude
- Return Loss
Performance and Speed Certification
- Supports IEEE 802.3 signal speed
carrying specifications to 1 gigabit
- Test interconnect specifications per
TIA568/570
- Measures the quality of the signal
through the cable against set criteria
on cable data-carrying capability in
real time. 100Mbit/gigabit speeds
- Real-time testing of the performance
capability of the cable
- Measures signal quality in actual
link environments that could account for
cable inadequacies. Physical
installation, kink, loops etc., physical
terminations, dry shorts, miswires etc.
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