EXFO CableSHARK P3 VF/DSL Cable Qualifier - Manual (Page 4)

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5.1 S ELF T ESTS AND R ESETTING THE C ABLE SHARK .................................................................... 25
5.1.1 Self Tests ...................................................................................................................... 25
5.1.2 Resetting the CableSHARK.......................................................................................... 25
5.2 C ONNECTING THE C ABLE SHARK TO THE L INE ........................................................................ 26
5.2.1 Test Cable and Connector Requirements .................................................................... 26
5.2.2 Single-Ended Testing ................................................................................................... 27
5.2.3 End-to-End Testing....................................................................................................... 28
5.2.4 High Voltage Detection ................................................................................................. 28
5.3 S AVING AND R ECALLING R ESULTS ...................................................................................... 29
5.3.1 Saving Results.............................................................................................................. 29
5.3.2 Recalling Results .......................................................................................................... 31
5.3.3 Renaming and Deleting Results ................................................................................... 33
5.3.4 Bulk Transfer of Results ............................................................................................... 33
5.4 R EFERENCE M ASKS ........................................................................................................... 33
5.4.1 Comparing a Result to a Reference Mask ................................................................... 34
5.5 I NDUSTRY S TANDARD T EST L OOPS ..................................................................................... 38
5.6 B ANDWIDTH R EQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................. 38
SECTION 6 MAIN MENU ........................................................................................................ 39
6.1 T HE C ABLE T EST M ENU ..................................................................................................... 42
6.2 R ESPONDER M ODE ............................................................................................................ 46
6.3 R ECALL R ESULTS .............................................................................................................. 47
6.4 T HE S YSTEM S ETUP M ENU ................................................................................................. 47
SECTION 7 QUICK START GUIDE TO CABLESHARK TESTS........................................ 53
7.1 I NTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 53
7.2 TDR T ESTS ....................................................................................................................... 53
7.2.1 Automatic TDR Test ..................................................................................................... 53
7.2.2 Manual TDR Test.......................................................................................................... 54
7.3 F REQUENCY R ESPONSE T ESTS .......................................................................................... 55
7.3.1 Single Ended Frequency Response Test..................................................................... 55
7.3.2 End to End Frequency Response Test ........................................................................ 55
7.4 ADSL D ATA R ATE P REDICTION (DMT) T ESTS .................................................................... 56
7.4.1 Single-Ended DMT Test (Optional) .............................................................................. 57
7.4.2 End-to-End DMT Test................................................................................................... 57
7.5 N OISE T ESTS ..................................................................................................................... 58
7.6 L ONGITUDINAL B ALANCE T EST ............................................................................................ 58
7.7 L OAD C OIL D ETECTION T EST .............................................................................................. 59
7.8 S PECTRAL D ETECTIVE ....................................................................................................... 60
7.9 D IGITAL M ULTIMETER (DMM) T EST .................................................................................... 60