NOYAFA NF-308 User Manual

MODEL:NF-308

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Multipurpose LCD Display Cable Test &
Inspection Instrument

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Please re ad and le arn saf ety ins tructions
before use or main tain th e equip ment

●Th e te ste r us es 9 V ba tt er y for pow er s up pl y .

●Ne ve r put t he e qu ip me nt i n the pla ce w it h mu ch d ust,
hu mi dit y an d hi gh t em pe ratur e (o ve r 40℃) .

●Pl ea se us e ba tt er y ac co rding t o th e sp ec if icati on ; ot he rw ise,

it m ay r esu lt i n da ma ge t o eq uipme nt .

●Pl ea se ne ve r di sm ou nt t he equi pm en t ar bi trari ly. T he m ai nt en -

an ce a nd ca re s ha ll b e co nd ucted b y pr of es si onal pe rs on ne l.

● Th e te ster will sh ut o ff a ut omati ca ll y if i t do es n ot w or k fo r

30 mi nu te s in su cc es si on .

●Pl ea se ta ke o ut t he b at te ry in lau nc he r an d re ceive r if t he

eq ui pme nt i s no t us ed f or a l ong tim e so a s to p re ve nt that t he

ba tt ery l iq ui d is l ea ke d in futu re .

●Ne ve r use t he e qu ip me nt t o detec t po we r co rd w ith ele ct ri ci ty

(s uc h as po we r su pp ly c ir cuit of 2 20 V) , ot he r wise, i t ma y re su lt

in d am age t o eq ui pm en t an d perso na l in ju ry.

●Ne ve r con du ct r el at ed o perat io n of c om mu nicat io n li ne i n

th un der st or m we at he r so as to pr ev en t li gh tning s tr ok e an d

im pa ct on p er so na l sa fe ty.

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Contents

Overview. .. ..................... .. .. ..................... .. .. .........01

Main Functions and features.. ............. ........... .....02

Technica l in dex ......... ........... .. ........... ............. ......02

Product interface and keypad Introducti on........... 04

Product operatio n met ho ds......... ........... .. ........... .05

Start up o r shu t dow n AF hunting funct io n.......... .11

Diagram of s eries products ........... .. ........... ........12

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Overview

NF-30 8 i s a pra cti cal cabl e te st & inspe cti on i nstru men t wi th lot s

of n ew fu nct ions re sea rch ed and de vel oped by o ur co mpany, which

is composed of tes ter (NF -30 8), receiv er (NF- 308 -S) and remote

ident ifi er. I t ow ns t hree grea t fu nct ion s of wire hunt ing ,wi re s orting

and ci rcuit sta tus te sti ng qu ick ly and accur ate ly. t hus, i t becomes

avail abl e tool for techn ici ans in inst all ation an d mainte nan ce of

weak cu rre nt sy stem, such a s, co mmu nication l ine , com prehensi ve

wirin g ci rcu it, etc. It is wid ely appli cab le t o te lep hone system,

compu ter n etw ork and othe r fie lds .

POWE R

NF-3 08-S

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NF-3 08

1. wi re map

2. pa ir &le ngt h

3. co ax /te l

4. se tu p

STATU S

SCAN

PAIR&L

OFF

Wire Fa ult Loc ator

EMIT TER

Main tester(NF-308)

VOL

PUSH TO TE ST

Wire Fa ult Loc ator

RECE IVER

Receiver(NF-308-S)

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NF-3 08-R

WIR EMAP

Remote identifier

Main Function s and features

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One person e nou gh to c omp let e cab le co nti nuity check.

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Directly h unt 5 E, 6E , tel eph one w ire , coa xial cable, USB cabl e

and other ca ble s.

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Check wiri ng er ror i n 5E, 6 E, co axi al ca ble , such as open circuit ,

short circ uit , jum per w ire , rev ers e con nection .

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Locate the w iri ng or c onn ect ion e rro r.

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Measure ca ble l eng th an d det erm ine t he di stance of open

circuit an d sho rt ci rcu it.

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Dynamica lly c ali bra te ca ble l eng th an d make length measur eme nt

as accurat e as 98 %.

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Simple and e asy u se. B ig sc ree n to di spl ay te st result clear.

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Portable u nit w ith l ong b att ery l ife ( wai t-case 50 hours).

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Automati cal ly ti me- del ay sh ut of f and b ack lig ht di spl ay function.

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Measure le ngt h and p air w ith o r wit hou t far -end recognizer.

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Far-end re cog niz er wi th pr omp t voi ce.

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Self-che cki ng fu nct ion a nd au tom ati cally compensate a ny ch ang e

in battery c apa cit y or am bie nt te mpe rat ure.

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Single boa rd co mpu ter s oft war e wat chd og design and reliab le

operatio n.

Technica l in dexes

(1).

Overa ll dime nsi on

Main tester: 185×105×50mm; receiver: 218×46×29mm;

Remote identifier: 84×34×27mm.

(2).

Power

Two laminated batteries of 9V.

(3).

Displ ay

Big LCD screen: Special 4 x 16 character
(v ali d vis ual f iel d 61. 6 x 25. 2 mm) .

(4).

Type of cable t ested

STP/UTP twi n twi ste d cab le, c oax ial c abl e, te lep hon e lin e.

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Type of cable d etect ed

(5).

5E, 6E, t ele pho ne wire, coa xia l cab le, USB cabl e and

other m eta l wir es.

Ambie nt temp era ture in w ork

(6).

-10℃~+6 0℃

Tester Port

(7).

Tester RJ 45 ma ste r port (M), te ste r LOO PBACK RJ45 p ort ( L),

RJ45 Sc an( R J45 c able traci ng) ;

Remot e ide nti fier RJ45 po rt (R )

The ext ra BN C and R J11 co nve rters a re us ed to m easure and

check t he co nti nuity of coa xia l cab le and telep hon e lin e.

Lengt h Measu rem ent of Twin Twisted C able

(8).

Scope : 1~3 50 M ( 3 ~1 000 ft)

Calib rat ion a ccuracy: 3% (+/- 0.5M or +/- 1.5 ft) (ca lib ratin g

cable > 1 0 M)

Shi pmen t accu racy : 5% (+/- 0.5 M or +/- 1.5 ft).(AMP, AT&T

Cla ss 5 cabl e)

Displ ay: M o r ft.

Lengt h Calib rat ion:

(9).

User ca n set c ali bration co eff ici ent s by himself w ith a g ive n

lengt h cab le.

The len gth o f cal ibrating c abl e is mo re than 10 M.

Wire Se quence and L ocati ng Ca ble Err or:

(10).

Check e rro rs su ch as open cir cui t, sh ort circui t, re ver se

conne cti on, c ross-ove r.

Autom atic Time- delay Shut O ff Ti me:

(11).

The tes ter w ill s hut off au tomatica lly a fter 30-mi nut e

non-o per ati on.

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Product inter fa ce and keypad Int roduction

WIRE MAP

MAIN

LOOPBACK

NF-30 8

1. wir em ap

2. pai r&l en gth

3. coa x/ tel

4. set up

STATU S

SCAN

PAIR&L

OFF

Wire Fa ult Loc ator

EMIT TER

Main tes ter

NF-30 8-R

POWER

NF-30 8-S

PUSH TO TES T

Wire Fau lt Loca tor

RECEI VER

USB

RJ11

SCAN

SCAN

VOL

SCAN

BNC

RJ45

SCAN

POWER

Recei ver

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WIR EMAP

Remot e ide nti fier

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Product opera ti on methods

Bott Screen:
Carry out self -che ckin g at the sam e time (T he dott ed lin e dynam ical ly displays
the course of self-checking from left to right):

N et Wor k

C ab le Te ste r

Wai t 5 sec ond s or pu sh an y arb itr ary k ey to d isp lay m ain m enu .
Main menu display:

1 .w ire map
2 .p air &l eng th
3 .c oax /te l

4 .s etu p

There are f our fun ction s to be cho sen on main menu.

1. WireMap --- Wiring diagram measurement to check end-to-end continuity
of cables in M, L, R and locate errors.

2. Pair & Le ngth -- -Pai r and mea sure le ngth to know ope n,sh ort, poin ts, ver ify
cable length,open circuit distance.

3. Coax/Tel --- Coaxial cable and telephone line .

4. SETUP---Calibrate and se t up the tester (Refer to description hereinafter).
With main menu display, pus h key t o mov e cur sor indicator up
and down to desired item and then push key to enterrelated test
function accordingly.
Note:never put a telephone cable into RJ45 Port especially a charged one,
for fear of burnout to the tester.

PAIR &L

Wirin g diagr am (WIREM AP) tes t funct ion:

After entering the wiring diagram (WIREMAP), the tester shall
carry out wiring diagram (WIREMAP) test and displays as follows

“->”

05

----T e st i ng -- --

12345678...

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Test Res ult 1: Sh ort cir cuit (SHORT)

It displays as follows if there is any short circuit in cable or terminal: (e.g.12
short circuit in the sample)

S ho rt:
1 2

At the moment, push key to restart testing or push key to re tur n mai n
menu.Always eliminate “short”error firstly and the n start furth er meas urem ent.

PAIR &L

Test Res ult 2:I t will di spla y as foll ows if the far-end of cabl e to be c hec ked

does not insert into the far-end matcher (ID) or if the cable does no insert
into the local port(L)

N o ad apt er:

At the moment, push key to restart testing or push key toreturn
main menu.

PAIR &L

Test Res ult 3: No rmal wi ring diagram (WI REMAP ) displ ay

The tester will automati call y detec t far-end mat cher (I D) or l oca l por t (L) cab le
and it will display wiring diagram (WIREMAP) as follows if it finds the
far-end matcher (ID) or cable to be checked in the local port(L):

W ir e map :pa ss

R: 12345678 id1

Iiii iiii

M: 12345678

"R" means “Remote tester” , "ID1"is the number of Remote identifier .
"|" is the connecting line between “R” and “M”.
"M:" means “Main tester”.
At the moment, push key to restart testing or push key to re tur n
main menu.

PAIR &L

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Test Res ult 4: Wi rin g diagr am (WIR EMA P) disp lay

when th ere is an o pen c ircui t at the far-e nd of cab le.

W ir e map :fa il

R: 12 x45 x78 id1

Iiii iiii

M: 12345678

"R :" li ne "3 " and " 6" pins loca tion di spla y "x", it in dicates an open circuit
in far-end plug "3" and "6" pins and the open circuit is located nearby the
far-end plug.(The open point should be at the 10% cable length)

because

Note: the detected cable is made of paired cable cores, “open”
error at the far-end always displays in pair as above.,which means there
is one open circuit or both

are open in the far-end"3"and "6"pins.

Test Res ult 5: Wi rin g dia gram (WIRE MAP ) dis play when

there i s an op en ci rcuit at the n ear -en d of cable.

It will display wiring diagram (WIREMAP) as follows if there is an open
circuit at the near-end plug of the cable:

W ir e map :fa il

R : 12 345 67 8 i d1

I ii i ii ii

M : 12 x 456 78

"M :" li ne "3 " pin l oca tio n dis pla ys "x ", it i ndi cat es an o pen c irc uit a t
near-end pl ug "3" pi n and the op en circ uit is lo cate d nearb y the nea r­end pl ug.( The open cir cui t sho uld b e loc ate d wit hin 1 0% ca ble l eng th
if it is measured from the near-end plug)

Test Res ult 6: Wi rin g dia gra m (WIREMAP ) display when

there i s an op en ci rcuit in the m idd le of t he cable.

It will display wiring diagram (WIREMAP) as follows if there is an
open circuit in the middle of the cable:

W ir e map :fa il

R : 12 345 67 8 i d1

I ix i ii ii

M : 12 345 67 8

"|" line "3" pin location displays "x", it indicates an open circuit in the middle
of "3" pin cable. (The open circuit should be located within 10%-90%cable
length if it is measured from the near-end plug.) as detailed hereinafter.

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Pair an d lengt h mea surem ent (PAIR & LEN GTH ) funct ion:

After entering into “PAIR & L ENG TH” f unc tio n, it w ill d isp lay a s fol low s to
indicate the measurement is being undertaken:

----T e st i ng -- --

1 23 456 78. ..

Note:In view of diffe ren t tec hni cal p ara met ers i n var iou s bra nd ca ble s,
the user should calibrate the cable length before length measurement
(Refer to the details herein).

Test Result 1 : Short c ircuit (SH ORT)

It will display as follows if there is any short circuit in cable or terminal:
(12 short circuit in the sample)

S ho rt:
1 2

Test Result 2 : Norma l pair and len gth (PAIR &LE NGTH) disp lay

It will display as follows if pair and length(PAIR & L ENG TH) m eas ure men t is
in normal condition:

P a i r 1 2 10 0.0 m
P a i r 3 6 10 0.3 m
P a i r 4 5 10 0.2 m
P a i r 7 8 99 .8m

At the moment, push key to restart test or push ke y to
return the main menu.

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PAIR &L

08

Test R esult 3: Abno rmal pair an d len gth ( PAIR & LEN GTH) displ ay

It will display the paired lines and its length first ly,the n unp air ed li nes
display, as sh own b elo w.

P a i r 1 2 10 0.0 m
P a i r 3 6 10 0.3 m
P a i r 4 5 10 0.2 m

7 8

The last line (78 ) indicates no pair is found in line 7and 8, at the
moment,push the key, it wil l dis pla y the l eng th of u npa ire d lin e
number(as shown below)

P i n 7 1 00 .0m
P i n 8 8 9. 3m x

It will display " X " to indicate an open circuit if the length is less
than 90% of other lines' length. Tha t is to s ay, th e ope n cir cui t is
located at around 89.3M in line 8

Coaxi al cabl e and t eleph one line mea surem ent functi on:

After entering into coaxial cable and telephone line measurement
(Coax/Tel)function, the tester shall start to test and show the test
result as follows:

C oa x/t el te st

P as s

It shall display“OPEN”if t her e is an y ope n cir cui t or th e coa xia l

cable and telephone line is not connected.It shall display “SHORT”

if there is any short circuit.At the moment,push key to repeat
the measurement or push key to return the main menu . The
far-end recognizer will have “beep” if the connection is in normal
condition.

PAIR &L

Note: For coaxial cable measurement, it need s BNC a dap ter c abl e.

For telephone line measurement,it needs RJ11 adap ter.

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Calib ratio n and s etup (S ETUP) func tion:

After entering into calibration and setup (SETUP) function, the tester sha ll
display as follows:

----s e tu p --- -

U ni t:m ete r
C al ibr ati on

Q ui t

UNIT: It is used to set up length unit and shifts between meter (Meter)
and feet (FT).
CAL IBRATI ON is calibration function. (Deta iled as related chap ters he rein afte r)
QUIT is us ed to r etu rn th e mai n men u.

Dynamic calibration (CALIBRATION ) fun cti on:
For an accurate me asur emen t of cabl e lengt h,th e calibration ope rati on shou ld
be done as follows.
After entering into dynamic calibration function, the tester shall display as
follows:

C AL IBR ATI ON ?
N O YE S

Insert same type cable of given length into M port, do not need insert
far-end recognizer, push key (Yes) t o und ert ake m eas ure men t and
display the measured length (as shown below):

“ ”

P ie ase a dju st ?
2 0. 0m

- o k +

At the moment, hold and key (-/+) to adjust the length to actual
given length and then push key to reserve calibration factor
and exit calibration function.It will display as follows if the cable
length being measured is too short(<10M) to remind the user to
change a longer cable for calibration:

PAIR &L

C ab le to s hor t!

c oh t inn t. ca i
N o ye s

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If there is short circuit in cable, It will display as follows.

S ho rt
1 2

C on tin ue?

N o ye s

At the moment, push key (No) to exit calibration function. Push key

(Yes ) to re pea t the m eas ure men t.

Note:Th e cal ibr ati on will recover the standard value of Class UTP5

cable at factory.

Start up or shut dow n AF hunting f uncti on

(1). Pre ss PU SH ke y,the h unt ing indic ato r lig ht (SCAN) f las hes ,which in dic ate s

that aud io fr equ ency t ran smi ssi on of ma in te ste r is no rma l , in ser t the c able to

be teste d int o RJ4 5 SCAN P ort . t hen h old t he rec eiv er to t rac e cabl e nee ded

(th e usa ge of r ece iver i s sho wn in t he fo llow ing ). RJ 11/BN C/ US B cab le is

locate d whe n ins erte d int o its c orr espo ndi ng po rt.

Usage of the recei ver

Instal l 9V ba tte ry ,pr ess “ PUS H” ke y, then a ppr oach the ca ble w ith p robe

and find t arg ete d one am ong l ots o f cab les. W hen t he pr obe i s near t arg et

wire, th e “be ep, b eep an d bee p” so und w ill co me ou t and t he si gnal i ndi cat or

light “P OWE R” wi ll be on . Whe n lou des t “bee p” an d bri ght est in dic ato r

means th at is t he re quir ed ca ble .

(2).Th e use r can t urn vo lum e swi tch t o cont rol t he vo lum e.

(3).Th e flo odl ight f unc tio n hel ps the u ser s ope rat e in dar k env iro nme nt.

(4).Ea rph one h elps a voi d ext ern al int erf ere nce i n nois y env iro nme nt.

(5).Th e tes t can n ot mea sur e cab le le ngth a nd wi re fa ult s when i t is

ope rat ed to t rac e cabl e.

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Diagram of s er ies products

NF-30 6 NF-82 08NF-86 8

NF-16 8 NF-80 6B NF- 816

NF-46 8L

NF-80 1B

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NF-34 68

NF-38 8

NF-8 108-M

NF-90 6A

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