Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Frequency of cyclic current or voltage
Patent
1979-10-22
1981-07-07
Strecker, Gerard R.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Frequency of cyclic current or voltage
1791753A, 324 66, G01R 3102
Patent
active
042777402
ABSTRACT:
Multipair cable testing apparatus for detecting transpositions and reversals in the cable pairs includes master unit (100) located at one end of the cable and remote unit (200) located at the other end.
Master unit (100) comprises: pair address generator (120) for automatically and sequentially stepping through a grouping of pairs simultaneously terminated by master unit (100); sequencer (110) to sequentially connect, during each testing step, a pair under test to voltage measurement means (150) and then to resistance measurement means (160); indicator means (170) to display the results of the two measurements; and communicating means (175) to transmit the terminal address of the pair under test to remote unit (200).
Remote unit (200) comprises: decoder means (210) for receiving the address information of the pair under test; means (220) for terminating the grouping of pairs at predetermined addresses and placing a voltage on all pairs located at the predetermined address except for the pair having the preselected address; and polarity-sensitive resistance means (226,227) connected across each pair and oriented to provide low resistance for a reversal.
Indicator means (170) signals a transposition whenever voltage means (150) measures a voltage greater than a predetermined threshold and signals a reversal whenever resistance means (160) measures a resistance less than a predetermined level.
Cross-connect apparatus (300) effects detection of transpositions between different pair groupings, and extends automated testing capability to any number of groups.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3054949 (1962-09-01), Bates et al.
patent: 3986106 (1976-10-01), Shuck et al.
patent: 4015200 (1977-03-01), Strandh
patent: 4074187 (1978-02-01), Miller et al.
Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorporated
Nimtz Robert O.
Strecker Gerard R.
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