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Note:
Measuring cable length is the primary function of the LENGTH/
TONE button. If you hold down the button too long, you will
enter Tone Mode. If you mistakenly enter Tone Mode, simply
press the O/ID button and select the LENGTH/TONE button
again to enter Length Mode.
4. Change measurement units. The units can be changed from feet to
meters and back again by quickly pressing the VOICE and VIDEO
buttons at the same time. When the unit of measurement is set to
feet, the “Ft” icon is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen.
When meters are selected, the unit of measurement is not displayed.
5. Verify the connector type appearing in the display screen matches
the connected cable. If it does not match, press the cable type button
corresponding to the cable you plan to measure (voice, video, or data).
Note:
If you do not select the cable type button mode matching the
connected cable, the tester will try to measure the previously
tested cable and may skew the measured length results.
6.
Measure Entire Cable
: After selecting the cable type button for the
connected cable, the measured length reading shown in the display
screen is representative of the entire cable.
Note:
Voice and Video length modes automatically select and display
the length of the first pin pair without a fault. For cables with
no faults, the length of pair 1-2 for Data Mode and pair 3-4 for
Voice Mode will automatically appear in the display scree
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The Tester Pin # field is blank when the length reading for the
entire cable is displayed. Refer to
Step 7
below for instructions
Figure 13.
Length Mode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Voice Data Video
Voltage!
Rev
Open
Short
ID
Split
Pass
Fail
Tone
X-over
Shielded
1
8
9
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