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RJ45 Cable Tester
Bhaskar Pandey
Described here is a simple RJ45 cable tester circuit which can be used for testing the RJ45 network cables. The circuit
can check both straightthrough and crossovertype RJ45 network cables. This is a lowcost tester designed using easily
available components. Fig. 1 shows the difference between straightthrough and crossover network cables. The tester
also indicates the type of cable under test with different sequences in which LEDs glow for both types of cables.
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Circuit and working
Fig. 2 shows the circuit diagram of RJ45 cable tester. The circuit makes use of easily available components such as
timer NE555 (IC1), decade counter CD4017B (IC2) and a few other components. IC1 is a popular timer, wired in astable
multivibrator mode generating output pulses of around 1Hz at pin 3.
Fig. 1: Straightthrough and crossover network cables
Fig. 2: Circuit diagram of RJ45 cable tester
Fig. 3: An actualsize, singleside PCB for RJ45
cable tester Fig. 4: Component layout for the PCB
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These pulses serve as a clock for decade counter IC2. The outputs O0 through O3 of IC2 go high one after another with
the input pulses at pin 14. These are connected to the RJ45 socket CON2 such that a pulse is sent through one leg of
each wirepair and the return legs are connected to ground via LEDs showing the current flow in each pair. Resistors R3
through R6 are used to limit the current through each LED. Output O4 resets the counter IC2 on every fifth clock.
For testing the RJ45 cable, connect the cable between CON2 and CON3 and switch on
the power supply through switch S1.
If the LEDs glow in the sequence of LED1, LED2, LED3 and LED4, the cable under test
is straightthrough type and is working well. Similarly, if LEDs glow in the sequence of
LED2, LED3, LED1 and LED4, the cable is crossover type and is working well. Refer
Table I for the sequence of LEDs.
Construction and testing
An actualsize, singleside PCB for RJ45 cable tester is shown in Fig. 3 and its
component layout in Fig. 4. After assembling the circuit on PCB, enclose it in a
suitable plastic case.
Mount all the components on the PCB and enclose it in a plastic cabinet. Make
arrangements in the cabinet such that CON1, CON2, CON3, S1 and LED1 through LED4
stick out of the cabinet for proper operation. The circuit is simple and does not
require much testing, but do check various voltage levels on test points corresponding
to test point table.
The author is an electronics hobbyist
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Abhijit 483 days ago
Bhaskar sir for circuit to work for crosscable connection checking 4th wire should be connected to 4th wire of other side.
similarly 5th to 5th and 7th to 7 th and 8 th to 8th.hence diagram of crosscable seems wrong to me.
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