Patent ID: 6859045
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: G01R,H04B

Abstract:
1. A cable-testing arrangement for rapidly testing a plurality of telecommunications cables, said telecommunications cables running from a patch panel to separate remote terminations, each of said cables having a plurality of conductors, said cable-testing arrangement comprising: a first cable-testing module for sending or receiving electrical test signals through each of said cables; a cable-testing adapter, said cable-testing adapter having at least one input connector and a plurality of output connectors, said cable-testing adapter being connected at said input connector to said first cable-testing module with a first test cable having a plurality of conductors, said at least one input connector being electrically connected in parallel to each of said output connectors; a patch panel having a plurality of connectors, one being for each of said plurality of telecommunications cables being tested, said patch panel being connected to said cable-testing adapter by a plurality of patch cables, each of said patch cables having a plurality of conductors, each of said patch cables connecting an output connector of said cable-testing adapter to a connector on said patch panel; and a second cable-testing module for sending or receiving signals to or from said first cable-testing module, said second cable-testing module being connected to the termination of any one of said plurality of telecommunications cables with a second test cable having a plurality of conductors to test said cable individually, whereby each of said plurality of telecommunications cables is tested individually by connecting said second cable-testing module to their respective terminations without changing the connection of said first cable-testing module before all of said plurality of telecommunications cables have been tested.