Scanning Category 5e, 6, & Fiber Optics

Why you should have your network cables scanned:

Audit scanning is the most important part of installing or relocating network cables. Whenever network cables are installed they should be tested. Now, there's two ways of testing and the first method can be done using a continuity checker. This checks to make sure that the terminations are properly punched down so that information can be sent and received by each device. However, most cabling companies and/or electrical contractors only use this method and they never use the second, and more thorough, method and that is audit scanning.

Audit scanning is the final and most important step in the entire process because it tests the cable's maximum performance. Cheap panels, jacks, cables, and poor connections will be shown in scanned results. Scanning can also show if a device's components are malfunctioning.

What we use to scan cables:

Tool: Agilent HP WireScope

• Scans Cat 5, 5e, 6, and fiber optics (multi-mode)
• Offers professional quality graphic reports identifying:
  
  • Cable distance
  • Pass or fail according to cable's current standards
  • Attenuation
  • NEXT (Near End Cross Talk)
  • FEXT (Far End Cross Talk)
  • Short Circuits
  • Open Circuits
  • Frequency
  • ELFEXT (Equal level Far end Cross Talk)
  • & much more
• Certifies compliance of installed LAN cabling to TIA Category 6 and ISO Class E Standards
• Downloadable test results that can be emailed to the customer
• Cable type comparisons. Example: Mohawk vs. Hitachi
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