Ideal Industries has introduced the VDV II Series cable verifier tools, which the company describes as “affordable, easy-to-use” tools that “serve a variety of applications.” Three versions of the test tool are available, all of which check the integrity and detect wiring fault in low-voltage copper cables commonly deployed in residential, commercial or industrial voice, data or video installations—including telephone wiring, Category 5 through Category 7 UTP and STP LAN cabling, as well as coaxial cabling.
The company further explained, “All three VDV II Series models—the VDV II (basic), VDV II Plus (advanced), and VDV II Pro (professional-grade)—provide wiremapping capability. In addition, the VDV II Plus offers a 2.9-inch display with backlighting, hub blink, cable-length measurement and distance-to-open. The flagship VDV II Pro offers all this, plus uses a TDR to quickly determine where cable damage is located by identifying the distance to opens and short. The VDV Pro will also display mission-critical network-connectivity information without the need for a PC. By detecting the presence of voltage and checking polarity, the VDV II Pro quickly determines which type of media service is running over the cable, such as ISDN, PBX and Power over Ethernet, resulting in faster fault diagnosis. Troubleshooting active Ethernet networks is also made easier with in-building network detection that displays network rate and duplex information.”
