Honestly, I have an older DTX1800, at least I think that is the model. It produces so match crap that I barely understand half of it. The Qualifier mentioned is probably more than enough. The DTX literally produces so much info you need a PHD in Ethernet to understand it all.
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:13 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12/16/2019 10:01 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > > On 12/16/19 6:26 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > >> The one I can print out a report from and hand to the customer's IT > >> guy and say, "See? This connections works perfectly. Check your own > >> stuff." > > > > > > Both a certifier and a qualifier can do that, but one is far more > > expensive than the other and the level of detail differs. I have a > > Fluke CableIQ qualifier that I use on a regular basis. Every time I > > get a complaint about a cable I test it and give them a PDF report. If > > it fails I'll fix it, if it passes I still give them the option to > > rerun the cable but they pay for the work. > > > To be honest I'm not clear on the difference between the terms > "certifier" and a "qualifier". What led me down this rabbit hole is a > customer with a stringent jitter requirement. I have to test that on > the Ethernet layer, so I'm not looking for something to test a cable but > an Ethernet path. The IDEAL UniPro MGig1 Pro should do what I need. > You pop an SFP module into each unit and put them on either end of the > Ethernet path. You configure one as a "slave" which then listens for > messages from the "master" which drives the configuration of the test. > All the MGig's do RFC2544, but the "Pro" also does ITU Y.1564. It's > looking like ~$6500 for the pair of MGig's, and that's not crazy. The > problem is life doesn't end with gigabit Ethernet, and I'm looking for > something similar to the IDEAL MGig that does 10Gbps. My first hit was > EXFO at $20,000. > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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