Digital Cableanalyzer

The DSP-4100 Digital CableAnalyzer includes a removable memory card that enables users to save test results by sliding the card into the slot on the side of the test tool and choosing the preferred data format for storage. Users can store the complete set of measurement values, and generate multi-color measurement curves in the test report for each parameter tested, over the full 1-350 MHz frequency range supported by the device. The summary numeric data can be stored and, using this method, the worst case and worst value numeric data are stored for each test parameter for each wire pair or wire pair combination from both ends of the link under test.

The device comes with Windows-based Cable Manager Software Version 4.0 (DSP-CMS). Users can merge test results into an existing database and then sort, search and organize by any number of data fields or parameters. The software automatically identifies link names during certification testing. The graphical reports and numeric reports include header information in which users can insert a company logo in a bitmap format. The header also contains audit information such as the date and time of the certification test, the identification of the test equipment hardware and software version, the applicable test standard, the cable type and NVP value, as well as the overall Pass or Fail and the NEXT headroom figure. The software is capable of testing high-performance cable, and supports all the tests specified in the new standards including NEXT, Equal Level Far-End Cross Talk (ELFEXT), Power Sum NEXT, Propagation Delay, Return Loss, and Delay Skew.

Fluke Corporation, 6920 Seaway Blvd., P.O. Box 9090, Everett, WA 98206. Tel: 425-347-6100; Fax: 425-356-5116.