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Appendix C: Examples of UTP Cable Faults
During the wire map test, you probably noticed that the indica-
tor lights on the remote probe (connected to the far end of the
cable) continue to flash. This is another indication of a problem.
If a cable has a short in the middle, the wire map looks like this:
Figure C-7. Bad cable: wire map of shorted pair.
The LPV is both a LP verifier and troubleshooting tool. It
identifies the faults and gives you the distance to the opens,
shorts, and split pairs.