I'm running into an issue with one run at wires that's about 40' in length. It's a bundle of 2 UTP CAT6 cables, 3 UTP CAT5 cables, and 2 runs of RG6. I was using two of the CAT6 cables for an HDMI balun and it started to get flaky (losing handshake between devices, and then coming back after a few seconds), so I'm in the process of trying to figure out what is going on.
I have an Ideal VDV (http://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Multimedia-Tester-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B000IBNXUK) tester tor testing data / phone / voice cabling runs. It you have no experience with this tester, it continually tests about every few seconds, showing the results on the screen.
When I clip onto any of the data cables in this run, it'll show "PASS", and then two seconds later on the next test, it'll show "Miswire", and then it'll show "Open", and then it'll go back to "Pass". Not necessarily in that order either, but basically it looks like the cable is good, and then it doesn't…
I've re-done all of the ends, I've verified the VDV tester is working correctly by using another cable (not from this run of cables).
Any thoughts into what could be doing this? I've never seen this before, and I've pulled/terminated thousands of feet of data cable…it's almost like there's some kind of interference taking place...
I have an Ideal VDV (http://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Multimedia-Tester-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B000IBNXUK) tester tor testing data / phone / voice cabling runs. It you have no experience with this tester, it continually tests about every few seconds, showing the results on the screen.
When I clip onto any of the data cables in this run, it'll show "PASS", and then two seconds later on the next test, it'll show "Miswire", and then it'll show "Open", and then it'll go back to "Pass". Not necessarily in that order either, but basically it looks like the cable is good, and then it doesn't…
I've re-done all of the ends, I've verified the VDV tester is working correctly by using another cable (not from this run of cables).
Any thoughts into what could be doing this? I've never seen this before, and I've pulled/terminated thousands of feet of data cable…it's almost like there's some kind of interference taking place...