Patent ID: 6466885
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A cable testing system for testing individual lines of a cable, said cable testing system comprising: a non-powered main unit having an input jack and a plurality of identifying lights connected to said input jack; and a plurality of powered remote modules, each of said remote modules having an input jack and an output jack, a power source in communication with said output jack of said remote module, and a plurality of identifying lights connected to said input jack of said remote module, each of said remote modules having an address and configured to test the continuity and short circuit of each of the individual lines of the cable both as a stand-alone line tester without the main unit and as a system with the main unit, each of said remote modules configured to communicate said address along the cable without having to use a microprocessor, and configured to display said address using said identifying lights of said powered remote module when used as a stand-alone line tester without the non-powered main unit, and configured to display said address using said identifying lights of said non-powered main unit when used as a system with said non-powered main unit, wherein neither said main unit nor any of said remote modules includes a microprocessor.