Testing and trouble shooting structured cabling can be a time consuming task. Simple wire map testers can validate connectivity and indicate simple problems but they can't help with more complex problems, neither can they tell you where your problem lies. A wire map tester can tell you there is a short circuit between certain conductors, but then you're on your own. Is it at the near end? The far end? Perhaps even somewhere along the cable? Which end do you try first - 50% of the time you'll be wrong and needlessly re-terminate a good connection only to find the fault is at the other end or in the cable.

Cable certifiers like the Fluke DTX-1800 or Lantek 6 will show you exactly where the problem is but do you really want to tie up such an expensive piece of test equipment and a skilled operator for such relatively simple tasks?

The ideal tester for these jobs would be able to find common wiring faults, give a graphical display of where faults lie along the cable and store test results for download to a PC to produce test cetificates for your client.

That's where the Mills LanCaster 1000 comes in. It detects open circuits, crossed wires, crossed pairs, reversed pairs, split pairs and even screen faults on screened cables.

Like expensive cable certifiers, but unlike low cost wire map testers, the LanCaster 1000 uses TDR technology to measure cable length. This means for an open or short circuit fault the LanCaster 1000 can show graphically how far along the cable the fault is, saving time in identification, location and correction of the problem.

And it doesn't stop there. The LanCaster 1000 will measure the length of all 4 pairs, and has an inbuilt tone genrator for cable tracing. It can also detect and indicate different services such as telephone, 10 or 100MB Ethernet and Token Ring and will inhibit testing if plugged into a live circuit so as not to interrupt a live network or risk damage by exposure to telephone voltages.

The LanCaster 1000 will store up to 1000 test results which can be downloaded to a PC using the supplied software. You can then produce test certificates, customised with your own company logo and details and client information.

Results can also be embedded in an email message and can be stored in HTML format to allow them to be viewed at a later date using a web browser.

For full details and operating instructions, you can download the LanCaster 1000 manual in pdf format (685KB).

The LanCaster 1000 is supplied with one smart remote unit and can support up to 16 uniquely numbered remotes. All this in a rugged case rated to IP54 with scratch resistant front screen.

So now you don't need to tie up your expensive cable certifier and skilled operator on relatively simple trouble shooting and at an online price of only £287.63 (exc vat) the LanCaster 1000 will pay for itself many times over.


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