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Tim S wrote:
You mate with the cheap more-or-less DC buzz-through tool (which is what
your description sounds like) proved the pin assignments are correct.
Those tools do not prove the cable is wired properly. Proper test kit
costs 1000's and does time domain reflectrometry and/or other impressive
sounding tests to prove it's right.

Perhaps it came from the same place as the 'crimp tool' he used?

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