Patent ID: 6438212
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An automated telephone line test apparatus, comprising:test circuit means for applying test signals to a telephone line to be tested, and for detecting electrical characteristics of said telephone line to be tested; a processor connected to said test circuit means for controlling said test circuit means; display means connected to said processor; and a program memory connected to said processor; said processor being programmed: to control said test circuit means such that said test circuit means performs a pre-programmed sequence of a plurality of different tests with respect to said telephone line to be tested, said pre-programmed sequence of a plurality of different tests being performed in accordance with a program stored in said program memory; to control said display means such that said display means provides at the start of said performance of said pre-programmed sequence of tests a display having a first field in which alphabetic information identifying each of said plurality of different tests is together listed and a second adjacent field in which the results of said tests are to be displayed and as testing proceeds to further control said display means to provide for each test: in said first field adjacent the listing of the corresponding test and during the performance of the test a display of an indication that the test is being performed; and in said second field a display of the numeric readings of the results of the test.