Ideal launches IENet Pro Industrial Ethernet Cable Tester

Tony Kumeta, General Manager of Ideal Industries, comments: "As Industrial Ethernet spreads across the network infrastructures of today's manufacturing and processing plants, the risk of costly downtime due to cabling faults increases. The need to troubleshoot hardened Industrial Ethernet cable is best met by a tester specifically designed for the industrial environment that is easy to use, reliable and offers the ability to indicate a variety of wiring faults. The IENet Pro uniquely meets those requirements."

The IENet PRO's ergonomic design gives the operator full-featured Industrial Ethernet cable testing in the palm of his hand. A single button push selects between voice, two- and four-pair data, or video, which minimises user interactions and helps to prevent mistakes and unnecessary repetitions. In addition to detecting wiring faults, the IENet Pro also measures cable length and indicates correct wiremap to T568A/B standards for shielded and unshielded cabling. It also warns users of voltages on cables, blink network hubs for visual cable tracing, and generates four different tones to make fault isolation easier. Straightforward Pass or Miswire results are displayed in the Profinet Industrial Ethernet format on the unit's LCD screen. This bright backlit dot-matrix screen is said to be easy to read, even in dark wiring cabinets.

In addition, a detachable remote enables one-person operation, thereby eliminating the need for technicians to be at both ends of the cable during testing. The standard IENet Pro package (part #33-772) comes with one remote with an RJ-45 and M12 interface. It is also available with eight remotes (Part #33-773). Remote ID numbers are indicated on the LCD display.

Industrial Ethernet cables differ from standard network cables found in commercial or residential applications. Industrial Ethernet cables are more ruggedly constructed to ensure optimum network performance and uptime, even when subjected to damaging EMI, extreme temperatures, crushing, vibration, corrosive chemicals, and UV exposure.

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