SIGNALTEK Users Guide V1.0 English - Ideal Industries

Beginning an Autotest
There are three modes of autotest operation; Remote, Link, and
No-Link. Details of each operation mode are described on page 2-
3.
Connect each of the SIGNALTEK handsets to the link to be tested.
Qualification testing is performed with both SIGNALTEK handsets.
Active LAN testing is performed with only the display handset and
is generally done as troubleshooting or as a final check of active
devices on the network.
? When properly connected the link status indicators on the
display and remote will both change to green.
? Select the proper cable type from the pull-down list on the
Autotest tab. Make sure that the UTP/STP option is correct as
selecting STP while testing UTP cables will lead to wire map
failures when the shield is not detected.
Note: The cable type selection is a descriptive
function only for Category 5-7 Cables. Choosing
Cat 5e versus Cat 6 will not affect the cable
performance results. However, choosing a Coax
or 2-wire cable type will prevent the cable
performance tests from running since the required
number of conductors are not available (see Table
1-2).
? Press the Autotest button on either handset to start the test.
? The test list will display one of several messages for the status;
“Running”, “Pending”, “Pass”, “Fail”, and the link speed for the
Link Establishment test.
Note: Results for tests that have been completed
may be viewed even while other tests are still
running.
Running Autotests 4-2