<div dir="ltr">All this talk about cabling.. I smell a good topic for some future meeting...<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2018 at 09:42, Cedric Puddy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cedric@ccjclearline.com" target="_blank">cedric@ccjclearline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Folks!<div><br></div><div>Copule quick points:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Byte Brothers (I got mine from PrimeSpec) makes a cable certifier that sits in between basic continuity testing and totally far-gone cable certifiers -- it's about $500. It's about 95% of a classy, $6k unit. The trade-offs are more in the line of terrible user interface and slow, fussy workflow, but that's no big deal if you aren't doing high numbers of drops. (You do a single cable, you have to run back and forth connecting a terminal block on the far end, then pushing buttons the near end, etc. But it definitely gives you a very good read-back on whether the cable you punched down was done right.</div><div><br></div><div>2) IF YOU ARE CRIMPING MALE RJ45 ENDS ON A CABLE, YOU ARE DOING IT WONG AND SHOULD JUST STOP. INSTALL KEYSTONE JACKS AT ALL TIMES. OK, so that's a bit strong, but seriously, I deal with lots of cables, and I haven't crimped a male RJ45 end on a cable since about 2003. I gave away my RJ45 crimp tools, don't carry one, and neither do my techs. The reason: you cannot manually make a patch cable to nearly the same spec as machines, and it is FAR more reliable to attach a keystone jack; moreover the manufactured cables are cheap and plentiful.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Keystone jacks are a lot more forgiving, faster, and easy to inspect/fix if there's a problem. And a shout out to Primespec -- I buy all this kind of stuff there; cabling is only cost effective if you have a proper vendor who serves the professional cabling market. Home Despot marks this stuff up "a hair too much", in my experience.</div><div><br></div><div>We usually sub-contract cabling, but sometimes "internal resources" have to chip in. When that happens, we usually do continuity testing when we install a keystone jack, and only occasionally use the Byte Brothers certifier. For continuity, my absolutely favourite tool is the Ideal LinkMaster Pro, with a bunch of remotes. The awesome thing about this unit is that if you plug it into a cable with a remote on the end, it will instantly power on, test the cable, tell you if it's good within 2 seconds, and then go back to sleep when you unplug the cable. I've used my for years and changed the battery once, and it's just so damn fast. It does a variety of things, but the "UX experience" can't be beat. No idea who sells them these days, or how much. <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=ideal+supply+cable+tester&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI99KDsv3YAhVs_IMKHb7qA3AQ_AUICygC&biw=1270&bih=2043#imgrc=kKnl2wz6FDhssM" target="_blank">https://www.google.ca/<wbr>search?q=ideal+supply+cable+<wbr>tester&source=lnms&tbm=isch&<wbr>sa=X&ved=<wbr>0ahUKEwiI99KDsv3YAhVs_<wbr>IMKHb7qA3AQ_AUICygC&biw=1270&<wbr>bih=2043#imgrc=kKnl2wz6FDhssM</a>:</div><div><br></div><div>Anyhoo, my 0.02! Make it a great one!</div><div><br></div><div> -Cedric</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2018 at 09:04, nafdef <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nafdef@gmail.com" target="_blank">nafdef@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Bob. -FF<span class="m_-5897693753684684284HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br clear="all"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br></font></span></font></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="m_-5897693753684684284HOEnZb"><div class="m_-5897693753684684284h5"><div class="m_-5897693753684684284m_7727706733689003716gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br><br>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--<br> Roger Federer Fanatic Extraordinaire :-)</div>
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