New SCT structured cable testers from Megger

(04/06/2009)

Fast dependable certification for Category 7, 6a, 6 and 5e structured cabling installations is easy to achieve with the products in Megger’s new SCT range of structured cabling testers.

In particular, the user interface of these new instruments has been specifically optimised for intuitive and speedy operation. Testing is a straightforward process initiated by pressing just two buttons – ‘test’ followed by ‘enter’. The instrument displays all of the essential test data in a single menu, eliminating unnecessary items that can slow down testing.

The instruments also support the use of project-based data, with each project containing all of the information needed for certification. The risk of errors when switching between jobs is, therefore, eliminated.

Megger’s new SCT structured cabling certification testers have been designed from the outset to offer long reliable service under the toughest of site conditions.

They combine rugged construction with a novel connector-less adaptor system that eliminates downtime due to connector damage – a common problem with other types of testers – and also allows adaptors to be conveniently changed in the field without risk of damage.

Megger SCT cable testers incorporate powerful diagnostic tools as standard. These speed up the location of the faults which have led to test failures by displaying the length to maximum cable disturbance on the worst pair of every pair, or a graph of all disturbances on all pairs.

The instruments exceed Level IV accuracy and have a 1 to 1,000MHz frequency range, and they use a true vector measurement system that greatly increases the accuracy of the results obtained.

SCT testers support all specified tests, including wire map, delay, delay skew, length, DC resistance, insertion loss, return loss, NEXT, power sum NEXT, equal level far end crosstalk (ELFEXT), power sum ELFEXT, attenuation cross-talk ratio (ACR) and power sum ACR.

To complement its new SCT structured cable testers, Megger is offering its LCMD PC-based results management software package. This features intuitive operation and provides exceptionally powerful results sorting and parsing capabilities. It is suitable for generating paper and electronic reports.

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