Morris Products 57316 Multi Network Cable Tester

hi this is Jim with cable supplied comm and today we're going to talk about a basic land tester and what it does is it basically tests the cables that you put behind the wall to ensure proper pin out and it also tests patch cords I show you what it looks like comes in two little units it runs off a nine volt battery in the back okay the land test tester this model comes with a remote and a base now the base has two rj45 which means you can test not only for patch cords let's see if there is a proper pin out you plug in one patch end of the patch cord here the other end here but you can also test your jacks and patch panel so see if you have the proper pin out now I've been in Telecom for over 30 years and 99.9% of the problems and cabling is basically a pin out problem there are testers at the test whether or not something is certified at cat5e or cat6 level those testers generally cost