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IDEAL Networks PoE Pro Tester

Monoprice Slimrun Cat6 Ethernet Patch Cables Compared 28/32 AWG

Interview: Dan Barrera With Ideal Networks About TIA 42 Cabling Standards & Testing Processes

[TheJonathanRaper]

Around 13:54 you said the 32awg was slightly better because it tested 30.1w vs the standard cat 5 results of 29.9w at 51v. This isn’t true, the higher wattage usage is due to the higher resistance of the smaller wire. To figure this out you would use watts law (not ohms law) of W/VxR.

Cat5e was 29.9w/51v equals a resistance of .586

32awg wire was 30.1w/51v equals a resistance of .590

So the resistance the power supply is having to overcome is higher with the smaller cable and is why the wattage was higher in order to compensate for the loss and maintenance the same voltage. However, this was a very small difference. Cable lengths over a long distance could add up to a very large difference in power consumption.

Hope that helps understand the results.

[joebleed]

I've been using a VDV II Pro for a few years now i think. works well. now i want this one. I don't recall the VDV II Pro being able to load test. it does read some information about it. voltage and pins carrying. don't think it IDs the type of poe.

Edit: just got to the portion of the video about toning on different pins/pairs. this has actually been useful for me. I've had issues due to noise tracking a cable. changing pins/pairs has helped. I kind of want to add this tester to my bag at work; but i kind of want a tester that will also power devices. i've expanded VoIP phones and poe cameras at work. sometimes i just run into odd issues where i wonder if it's power related, cable issue, or line ran past something very noisy. Or as more often, something gets moved or added to the plant floor that causes noise in an existing line.

[zukjeff]

Good vid, reasonable tester but i need it to do LLDP negotiation and also load test 4 pair power with 4 pair data ( gig and above) to make sure the transformers are not in saturation because of return resistance imbalance.

[tuanbe]

Another fine piece of extended unboxing! Love the simulation of real-life application. Price might be a bit steep at first sight but will save a lot of headaches during installations. I’m ordering one.

[albertonyango]

Am in the process of acquiring one but the VDV II Pro

[vvwording]

Good info about PoE. I'm trying to enable the PoE from my (used) HP 1920-24G-PoE+ (180W) Switch, and the manual for my version (at least I think it's my version) says to use a crossover cable. Problem is, it seems there are several ways of wiring a crossover cable. I bought a box of crayons and started coloring the boxes (simple diagonal stripes for the White & Color-Name for 4x2, and heavy coloring - i.e. 3/16" - around the solid Color-Name plus coloring over the Color-Name for the other 4x2 looks worthy of being on a refrigerator door). I've made a total of 5 sheets and one is finished - it's labeled TIA/EIA and it's supposed to be for 568B at one end, and 568B 'Ethernet Crossover' for the other end. I'll use one of the other sheets with straight through 568Bs. So any suggestions as to which the three other sheets should be colored? (I'm in the USA, if that is important.) I need to practice crimping and I have a long piece of plain old CAT5 with staple holes, so I guess I should try them all. HP workstations have great support even for buyers of used workstations. Was the 1920 series developed by a different company?

[lowvoltagedude]

You should have a option in your settings that lets You can change and set the correct distance of the particular cable being used. I think its propagation of attenuation meaning how fast electrons travel in a medium/copper. You can actually dial in that setting using a cable. just test a known footage marked on the cable that you have and dial in your tester. Have fun with the new tester 👍its a lot better than that Klein cable scout you been using for sure.

[ndl]

that i nolonger appears to be available from Ideal. however the TREND Networks | R158005 | VDV II Pro | Cloud Connected | Voice, Data and Video Cable Verifier | Copper Cable Tester | Advanced Wiremap & Troubleshooting Tool is the same color.. appearently without load testing.

[ItaliavsChile]

We bought one in the firm and the tester dont really display AT standard only AF, and the equipment is well certified and complies with poe +, i send an email to support, but i wonder if these things need an upgrade

[james]

Dang 90 watts I guess i did hear a couple years ago about them working on like hdbaset stuff that in the future we would have tvs that you could run just 1 cat5e or probably more like cat6 or bigger but for power for the tv and video and internet but they were claiming upto 100 w

[jacuzzi]

Just was wondering how this tester compared to Klein VDV Commander. ? Which one is better option ?

[unbekannterunbekannt]

can i test passive cable too? i mean is there a rj45 stick to plugin ?

[Ressy]

the wires at that distances with power will not be much of a problem, the resistances wont alter too much untill you get really long runs and higher current. those thin cables will be far more of a problem data wise than power

[philipcook]

When you were looking at the manual there was a mention of the link speed test. You didn't mention it in the testing at all. I'm curious what kind of speed you'd get on that box of cable?

[colm]

Can you share a link with me for exact model as seems to be a few

[mason]

Does the probe come with it? If not which one do you need to get ?

[jerrymiller]

does the tester show which end of the cable a jack or plug miswire is on.It looks like it does but I did not catch it if you said so.

[mullimulli]

Does this tester indicate end to end faults ... which end needs re-terminating if a fault is found on cat 6?

[pierrebeauregard]

Hi Lawrencen ty for the vid. Having issue with dns and pfblockerng"facebook reddit complain about cert...'' id like to set a secondary pfsense on a spare laptop'''roomate werent to happy'' that as one nic, but cant seem to access the secondary pfsence unless I directly hook it to a pc. Would you mind doing a tuto how you did your pfsense behind your main router and still access all networks. Ty

[le-manu]

Hi. Thanks for this. Can you change the measurement units into mm, cm or meters?