Softing CableMaster CM500 User manual

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CableMaster CM500
Voice, Data & Video Tester with
Length Measurement
• Tests Voice (6 wire), Data (8 wire) and Video
(coax)
• Easy to read, extra large 7-segment LCD
screen with large icons
• 

• 

• RJ (Voice & Data) master remote stores in

• 
• 
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• 

• 
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life
• 
USER MANUAL

CableMaster 500
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 .............................................................................................3
CableMaster 500 Features....................................................................3
Safety Informaon .............................................................................4
 .........................................................................5
Screen Icons.......................................................................................7
..........................................................8
Using the Tester .................................................................................
........................................................................................
Remotes...............................................................................................
.......................................................................
Video (Coax) Cables............................................................................
Voice (POTS) Cables............................................................................
.......................................................................................
Seng the Cable Capacitance.............................................................
Pass/Fail Sengs................................................................................
Single-Ended Tesng ..........................................................................
Port Link Light ....................................................................................
Connuous Loop Tesng ....................................................................
Backlight and Built-in LED Flashlight....................................................
Tone Mode ........................................................................................
Accessories ..........................................................................................
.......................................................................................
Warranty..............................................................................................

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
The CableMaster 500 is designed to test and measure lengths of
all common low voltage cabling found in today’s network, video or
telephone systems. It also maps the locaons of cable ends by sending a
tone on the cable that can be traced with a tone tracer or by blinking the
LED on the port jack. The CableMaster 500 has a large, bright backlit LCD
display and glow-in-the-dark buons to directly access each funcon.
The remote stores inside the main unit for ease of cable tesng.
The CableMaster 500 is turned on by pressing the power buon and
begins operang in the last mode used or the selected mode twisted
pair (DATA), coax (VIDEO), telephone (VOICE), tone generaon (TONE) or
Port Link-Blink (LINC).
CableMaster 500 Features

• Test, Measure, and Map data, coaxial video and voice cables
• Fault tesng for opens, shorts, mis-wires, reverses and split pairs
• Highly accurate length, opens and split detecon using capacive
technology
• Port Link-Blink to visually idenfy connected ports on a switch or
router
• Verify end-to-end grounding of shielded data cables
• Single-ended tesng for shorts
• Wiremap tesng to EIA T568A/B standards and cross-over cables
• Loop mode for connuous tesng
• Recognizes up to 20 unique remote ID numbers for mapping cables
• Built-in 4-cadence Tone Generator for audible tracing of cable runs
• Auto-o and low power consumpon for extended baery life

• Built-in LED Flashlight
• Easy-to-read Large Backlit LCD Display
• Glow-in-the-Dark Buons
• Audible Beep for Addional Feedback
• Ergonomic Slip-resistant Side Grips
• Self-stored Master Remote - Squeeze remote at nger grip openings
in main unit to remove
• RJ45, RJ12 and F-Jack on Main Unit and Remote

CableMaster 500
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SAFETY INFORMATION
To ensure safe operaon of the CableMaster, follow the instrucons
carefully.

Poorly terminated RJ45 connectors have the potenal to damage
the jacks on the CableMaster 500. Always visually inspect an RJ45
connector before inserng it into the tester. All the contacts should
always be recessed into the plasc housing of the connector.
The use of a Port Saver, a sacricial adapter with an RJ45 on one end
and an RJ45 jack on the other, is highly recommended to extend the
life of the jack.
Only insert RJ45 connectors into the RJ45 jack in the tester. Plugging
6-posion connectors (RJ12/RJ11) into the 8-posion jack on the tester
may damage the outermost contacts of the jack unless the connector is
specically designed for that purpose.

The CableMaster 500 is designed for use on
unenergized cabling systems.
Connecng the CableMaster 500 to live AC power
may damage it and pose a safety hazard for the
user.
Failure to observe these warnings
can result in severe injury or death.

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
1. Connector ports and built-in LED ashlight (top of tester)
2. Large Backlit LCD Screen
3. Glow-in-the-Dark Keypad
4. Stored Master Remote (Removable) with RJ45, RJ12/11 and
Female Jacks
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CableMaster 500
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Data Cable
Mode
Coax Cable
Mode
Phone Cable
Mode Tone Mode
PASS
FAIL
Port Link
Mode
Cross-o ve r
Wi re Map
Fault(s)
Detected
Remote ID
(Up to 20)
Shie ld

Length or Cable
Capacitance
Value
High Voltage
Warni n g
Fe et or
Meters 
Menu
Bee p On

Strength
P ai r s
Detected


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Screen Icons
DATA/LAN Cable Test mode
VIDEO/Coax Cable Test Mode
VOICE Cable Test Mode
TONE Mode
Port Link-Blink Mode
Passed Cable Test
Failed Cable Test
 There is a break in a wire between the ends
Mis-wire The wires in a pair are not in the proper order
Short The pairs are in contact with each other at a point
in the cable
 Wires are reversed
 A wire in one pair is switched with the wire of
another pair
 Cross-over cable detected
ID no. ID number for an aached remote
 Voltage higher than 60V has been detected!
 End-to-End Shielded Detecon
Setup Menu
Audible Beep
Low Baery Indicator
Select Up/Down Keypad Buons
“OK” Buon
Setup Buon
Tester Mode Buon
Test Buon
Power/Backlight & LED Flashlight Buon

CableMaster 500
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



FAIL, Data Cable,


FAIL, Data Cable,


FAIL, Data Cable,




FAIL, Data Cable,



FAIL, Data Cable,

3/6 and 7/8, Short
on 4/5, remote ID


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
Single-ended test,
shielding not tested,

FAIL, Data Cable,
Single-ended test,

shielding not tested,




ANY Cable mode)
TONE mode, Hi Lo
warble, Tone On   Data Cable, High

Disconnect
immediately to

the tester

CableMaster 500
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Using the Tester
The corresponding connectors at the top end of the tester are labeled
the same as their mode switches. An icon for the currently selected
mode will appear or ash on the screen.
To turn the CableMaster 500 o when in one of the cable test modes,
press and hold the power buon unl the tester powers o.
The top line of numbers (Fig 2) on the display represents the connector
pins on the main unit. The second line of pin numbers represents the
connector pin numbers of the remote, normally being the same as the
top line for a one-to-one wired cable.
If there is a mis-wire (Fig 3), the pin numbers on the second line will
indicate the pin numbers detected and the “Fail” icon will appear.





Figure 3 - Mis-Wire
The associated pin numbers of a mis-wired pairs will blink in the
remote row. If no connecon was detected for some of the pins, the
rst and second line of pin numbers will be blank in those pin locaons.
If a short is detected, the second line (Fig 4) will have a dash ‘-’ in those
posions along with “Short” appearing.
Note that this tester will not determine which end of a faulty cable is
mis-wired, reversed, or split.


Figure 4 - Shorts