[Test-Equipment] Cable IDer

Sat, 5 Jul 2003 18:09:27 -0400

When I needed to ring out my Cat 5 connections, I took an
8 pin jack and connected 7 resistors (1-2-5) inside it.
Then went to the other end of the cables and used a DVM
(ohms scale of course) to check I had the connectors on
properly. Cheap and worked.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of WBob
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 2:26 PM
To: Eugene Rippen
Cc: Eric Lemmon; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Cable IDer

I seem to remember a test question (40 years ago) once on what is
the minimum number of trips you had to make from one end of a long
cable to the other to identify each of the 32 wires using an
ohmmeter. It is an interesting problem in queing theory.

WBob

Eugene Rippen wrote:
> Am I missing something here, or is it that this $350 device replaces a
> battery, buzzer, pencil and piece of paper?  I am not being sarcastic, I
> really want to know what else this device does, other than quicker.
>
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Lemmon" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Cable IDer
>
>
>
>>George,
>>
>>Mitchell Instruments carries several wire mappers/sorters.  Here's one:
>>
>>
>
>
www.mitchellinstrument.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/SID=1057423835.14643/page=c587c
> .htm
>
>>73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
>>
>>George Shaw wrote:
>>
>>Does anyone know of a hardware device that will allow me to attach a
>>tone or digital ID sender at one end of a cable and that ID can be
>>picked up at the far end of the cable?
>>
>>George Shaw MI3GTO
>>
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