Testing The Patch Cord? Channel Test vs Component Test

Patch cords play an important role in cabling system and data center, providing flexibility for moves and changes to the network. To ensure their function and speed transmission work in real field network cabling, having test program is a typical procedure to check.?

How Are They Tested?

To find out the performance of the patch cable, professional testing equipment is a must. We use the Fluke, network analyzer, like DSX-8000 to make sure high performance meets the transmission standards. We typically have it done through third-party testing and verification like Intertek’s ETL certification, which ensures that components meet appropriate ANSI/TIA, ISO/IEC, EN or IEEE performance standards.?

Component Test

Generally speaking, component test is to examine the patch cord itself. Compare with channel test, component test is much stricter measurement, because it refers to the stand-alone components. For individual components, these standards specify mechanical requirements, physical characteristics and performance parameters such as frequency, insertion loss, return loss and crosstalk. If all components in a channel are component compliant, the channel should also be compliant-unless they were subjected to poor installation practices. Following the below chart, only one patch cord end to end on adaptors sets up called component test.

Channel Test

"Channel test" is the whole combined cabling circuit and chained with patch cord, wall plate, horizontal cable, patch panel, and patch cord. The maximum length for this combined cabling circuit is 100m. To imitate the real field cabling system, testing the whole channel performance and transmission speed. If the circuits' result is a "pass" which is suitable for network deployment. Following the below chart, four connectors channel test sets up in cabling environment.

Things To Know

With the increasing demand for networks, we recommend using tested products to improve the efficiency of work and the quality of connections. The component level patch cord can meet all the channel environments and accomplish a quality guarantee. We also provide test reports for every patch cord tested, whether it is a test report in PDF or a printed version, it can help you to establish credibility easily. Want to know more? Contact us now!

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