OneTouch Series II
Users Manual
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Reversed Pair
A cable pair is reversed when two individual wires of a pair
are reversed from end-to-end, as shown in Figure 4-3.
A reversed pair is not necessarily a catastrophic failure.
Some 10BASE-T adapter cards and Hubs can sense the
reversed polarity and continue to operate. It is always a
good idea, however, to fix this problem when found.
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Figure 4-3. Reversed Pair
Crossed Pair
A pair is crossed when a wire pair is mapped to a different
set of connector pins on the other end of the cable. Figure
4-4 shows an example of a crossed pair.
Sometimes pairs are crossed intentionally. A cable with a
1-2 to 3-6 cross is commonly known as a crossover cable,
which is used for cascading Hubs together that do not
have uplink ports.
Special crossed-pair patch cords are useful when working
with non-standard cabling systems.
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Figure 4-4. Crossed Pair
Split Pair
A split pair is different from a crossed pair in that the pin-
to-pin wiring is correct but the wire pairing is incorrect.
That is, a “connector” pair is made up of two wires from a
“cable” pair. Figure 4-5 shows an example of a split pair.
A split pair is much more susceptible to noise because the
two wires in the “pair” are not twisted around each other.
Split pairs can be especially difficult to find because the
symptoms depend upon the particular wires involved, the
cable length, and ambient noise.
