Cable tester with indicator
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1. A system comprising:
- a physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium and that includes;
a first input/output terminal;
a first transceiver that communicates with said first input/output terminal and the cable medium; and
a cable tester that tests the cable medium and determines a cable status; and
an indicator that communicates with said physical layer device and that identifies at least one of link presence, link absence, link activity, link duplex and/or link speed of said first input/output terminal during normal operation, wherein said cable tester also uses the indicator to indicate at least one of cable testing status during said test and/or said cable status after said test.
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Abstract
A system comprises a physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium and that includes a first input/output terminal. A first transceiver communicates with the first input/output terminal and the cable medium. A cable tester tests the cable medium and determines a cable status. An indicator communciates with the physical layer device and identifies at least one of link presence, link abscence, link activity, link duplex and or link speed of the first input/output terminal during normal operation. The cable tester also uses the indicator to indicate at least one of cable testing status during the test and/or the cable status after the test.
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1. A system comprising:
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a physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium and that includes;
a first input/output terminal;
a first transceiver that communicates with said first input/output terminal and the cable medium; and
a cable tester that tests the cable medium and determines a cable status; and
an indicator that communicates with said physical layer device and that identifies at least one of link presence, link absence, link activity, link duplex and/or link speed of said first input/output terminal during normal operation, wherein said cable tester also uses the indicator to indicate at least one of cable testing status during said test and/or said cable status after said test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium and that includes;
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first input/output means for communicating with the cable medium;
first transceiver means for communicating with said first input/output terminal and the cable medium; and
cable testing means for testing the cable medium and for determining a cable status; and
indicating means, that communicates with said physical layer device, for indicating at least one of link presence, link absence, link activity, link duplex and/or link speed during normal operation, wherein said cable testing means also uses the indicating means to indicate at least one of cable testing status during said test and/or said cable status after said test. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of operating a physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium comprising:
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using an indicator to identify at least one of link presence, link absence, link activity, link duplex and/or link speed of said first input/output terminal during normal operation;
testing the cable medium using a cable tester that is associated with the physical layer device;
determining a cable status; and
using the indicator to indicate at least one of cable testing status during said test and/or said cable status after said test. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium and an indicator, comprising:
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a first input/output terminal;
a first transceiver that communicates with said first input/output terminal and the cable medium;
a cable tester that tests the cable medium and determines a cable status; and
an indicator output circuit that communicates with said cable tester, that has first and second modes, that generates output signals for the indicator during said first mode that indicate at least one of said cable testing status during said test and/or said cable status after said test, and that generates said output signals for the indicator during said second mode that indicate at least one of link presence, link absence, link activity, link duplex and link speed of said first input/output terminal. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A physical layer device that is adapted to communicate with a cable medium and an indicator, comprising:
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first input/output means for communicating with the cable medium;
first transceiver means for communicating with said first input/output means and the cable medium;
cable testing means for communicating for testing the cable medium and for determining a cable status; and
indicator output means that communicates with said cable testing means, that has first and second modes, for generating first output signals for the indicator during said first mode that indicate at least one of said cable testing status during said test and/or said cable status after said test, and for generating second output signals for the indicator during said second mode that indicate at least one of link presence, link absence, link activity, link duplex and/or link speed of said first input/output terminal. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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