Agilent's cable tester certifies Category 6A cabling
-- Test & Measurement World, 4/2/2008 3:16:00 PM
Agilent Technologies announces that its WireScope Pro cable tester meets and exceeds the requirements for certifying Category 6A structured LAN cabling.
The TIA engineering committee TR-42, responsible for specifying user-premises telecommunications cabling requirements, approved the publication of committee draft SP-3-4426-AD10-D-3 at the TR42 Plenary session held in February in Tampa, FL. In nonstandard language, the standard for Category 6A is approved for publication as ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10.
This long-awaited standard specifies requirements and recommendations for 100-ohm 4-pair augmented Category 6 cabling, alien crosstalk field measurement test procedures, and accuracy requirements for Level IIIe field testers. The standard includes extending the frequency range to 500 MHz and adding test requirements, such as alien crosstalk, to those specified in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 (Category 6) and its addenda.
Both the WireScope Pro and Agilent SwiftAXT network cable testers meet and exceed the requirements of ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Annex E and Annex I. In October 2006, WireScope Pro was independently verified to comply with the more stringent ISO/IEC Level IV field tester accuracy performance parameters for certification of Class F cabling.
WireScope Pro is available in various product kits, with pricing starting at $7326. www.agilent.com/find/wirescope.
