Test-Um VALIDATOR-NT NT955 User Manual

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Test-Um NT955 Series

Validator-NT includes three functional test areas that are designed to 

report cable performance and verify connectivity to network devices.  

They are Port Discovery, Ping, and Hub Flash. 

Port Discovery identifies telephone or network devices connected to the 

other end of the jack or cable.
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 Ping Test verifies connectivity to resources on or off the network 

and IP addresses. The Ping Test will simultaneously Ping up to seven 

different IP addresses and can be run in DHCP or manual addressing 

modes.
Cisco Delivery Protocol detects messages broadcast by Cisco bridges 

and routers over the network to inform each other of their existence. 
Hub Flash sends an intermittent link signal to flash the link status light 

on Ethernet equipment.

If the heart of Validator-NT is a Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver then the 

soul of the Validator-NT is the powerful planning and reporting software 

included in your test kit, Plan-Um.  Plan-Um software ties the superior 

testing capability of the Validator-NT with a simple to use software tool 

that helps organize the cable information and test results associated with 

your jobs.

 

Plan-Um will help set up each job, define the scope of the job, aid in 

testing the individual cable runs accurately and produce an End of Job 

report that will tie in all the expectations of the installer and the customer.  

 

The 

Network Tools feature in Plan-Um allows you to quickly and easily 

create a topological representation of your physical network, annotate 

each piece of equipment, and characterize the connection methods.  

This feature is completely separate from the layout of the cable runs and 

the Cable Test Schedule.  It provides a quick way to see the architecture 

of your network and a way to document moves, adds, and changes in an 

organized and effective manner.  

 

Validator-NT and the Plan-Um software combine to close the loop on 

cable/network installations so that both the network user and the network 

installer can be confident of the physical properties of specific cable runs 

and the overall capability of the network in general.

Validator

TM

 Introduction

Validator

TM

 Introduction