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Recommendation for new tester

Phil.x · 2021-11-05 19:28:07

Evening all, I'm looking for a data cable/point finder, example; multiple power and data floorboxes around a very large building and some have no markings, Can someone recommend a test meter that I can plug into the rj45 socket in the floorbox and have a meter to identify the other end in the patch panel which can have…

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05-11-2021 8:28pm

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Evening all, I'm looking for a data cable/point finder, example; multiple power and data floorboxes around a very large building and some have no markings, Can someone recommend a test meter that I can plug into the rj45 socket in the floorbox and have a meter to identify the other end in the patch panel which can have have couple of hundred points. I know there is a a type of noise generator tester but is it more suitable to bare un-terminated cables in big looms.

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#2 06-11-2021 12:36am
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Were they not numbered on either end?

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#3 06-11-2021 12:44am
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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118125886#Comment_118125886

Not on the floorbox end, the patch panel has about 19 twin rows of 16 ports each row, so not practical and I want a new toy.

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