EN 50697:2022

Information technology - Measurement of end-to-end links, modular plug terminated links and direct attach cabling

This document specifies the measurement of two- and four-pair balanced cabling of the following cabling configurations specified in EN 50173 20: a) end-to-end (E2E) link Class D, E and EA; b) modular plug terminated links (MPTLs) of Class D, E, EA, F, FA and of Class I and II; c) direct attach cabling of Class D, E, EA, F, FA and of Class I and II. The free connectors which terminate two and four pairs in field and laboratory conditions are included. This document specifies laboratory and field measurement procedures. The requirements for accuracy to measure cabling parameters identified in EN 50173 20 are provided in IEC 61935 1 and EN 61935 2.

Informationstechnik - Messung der Verbindungsstrecke von Ende-zu-Ende, Anschluss mit freiem Steckverbinder und Direktanschluss

Technologies de l'information - Mesurage des liaisons de bout en bout, des liaisons à connecteurs modulaires et des câblages à connexion directe

Le présent document spécifie le mesurage des câblages à deux et quatre paires symétriques conformes aux configurations de câblage suivantes, spécifiées dans l’EN 50173 20: a) liaison de bout en bout (E2E) de Classes D, E et EA; b) liaisons à connecteurs modulaires (MPTL) de Classes D, E, EA, F, FA et de Classes I et II; c) câblage à connexion directe de Classes D, E, EA, F, FA et de Classes I et II. Les fiches à l’extrémité des configurations à deux paires et à quatre paires, à la fois dans des conditions de laboratoire et sur site, sont incluses. Le présent document spécifie les procédures de mesure en laboratoire et sur site. Les exigences concernant l’exactitude de mesure pour les paramètres de câblage identifiés dans l’EN 50173 20 sont données dans l’IEC 61935 1 et l’EN 61935 2.

Informacijska tehnologija - Merjenje povezav od konca do konca (E2E), modularne zaključene povezave in neposredno povezani kabli

Ta dokument določa merjenje dvo- in štiriparičnih uravnoteženih kablov spodaj naštetih kabelskih konfiguracij, navedenih v predlogu standarda prEN 50173-20:
a)   povezava od konca do konca (E2E) razredov D, E in EA;
b)   modularne zaključene povezave (MPTL) razredov D, E, EA, F, FA ter razredov I in II;
c)    neposredno povezani kabli razredov D, E, EA, F, FA ter razredov I in II.
Vključuje proste konektorje, ki zaključujejo dve in štiri parice v terenskih oziroma laboratorijskih pogojih.
Ta dokument določa laboratorijske in terenske merilne postopke. Zahteve za natančnost merjenja parametrov kablov, opredeljenih v predlogu standarda prEN 50173-20, so navedene v standardih IEC 61935-1 in EN 61935-2.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Oct-2022
• ICS: 33.100.10 - Emission
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 28-Oct-2022
• Due Date: 25-Jan-2023
• Completion Date: 28-Oct-2022
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50697:2023 - Information technology - Measurement of end-to-end links, modular plug terminated links and direct attach cabling

Relations

• Replaces: EN 50697:2019 - Information technology - Measurement of end-to-end (E2E) links
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 50697:2019
Informacijska tehnologija - Merjenje povezav od konca do konca (E2E), modularne
zaključene povezave in neposredno povezani kabli
Information technology - Measurement of end-to-end links, modular plug terminated links
and direct attach cabling
Informationstechnik - Messung der Verbindungsstrecke von Ende-zu-Ende, Anschluss
mit freiem Steckverbinder und Direktanschluss
Technologies de l'information - Mesurage des liaisons de bout en bout, des liaisons à
connecteurs modulaires et des câblages à connexion directe
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50697:2022
ICS:
35.110 Omreževanje Networking
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50697
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2022
ICS 33.100.10; 35.110 Supersedes EN 50697:2019
English Version
Information technology - Measurement of end-to-end links,
modular plug terminated links and direct attach cabling
Technologies de l'information - Mesurage des liaisons de Informationstechnik - Messung der Verbindungsstrecke von
bout en bout, des liaisons à connecteurs modulaires et des Ende-zu-Ende, Anschluss mit freiem Steckverbinder und
câblages à connexion directe Direktanschluss
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2022-10-17. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
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Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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Ref. No. EN 50697:2022 E
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope. 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 5
3.1 Terms and definitions . 5
3.2 Abbreviations . 6
4 Conformance . 6
5 Transmission limits of E2E link, MPTLs and direct attach cabling . 6
6 Reference planes of E2E link, MPTL and direct attach cabling . 6
6.1 Reference planes of E2E link . 6
6.2 Reference planes of MPTL . 7
6.3 Reference planes of direct attach cabling . 8
7 Testing . 8
7.1 General . 8
7.2 Laboratory testing of E2E link, MPTL and direct attach cabling . 9
7.3 Field testing of E2E link, MPTL and direct attach cabling . 9
7.3.1 Basic criteria . 9
7.3.2 Requirements of field test equipment . 9
7.3.3 Field test measurement parameters . 9
8 Test head requirements. 10
8.1 General . 10
8.2 Additional test head requirements in accordance with the IEC 60603-7 series . 10
8.3 Test head requirements of EN 61076-2-101 . 10
8.4 Test head requirements of EN 61076-2-109 . 10
Annex A (informative) Example performance of E2E Link test heads . 11
A.1 Example Category 5 test head performance . 11
A.2 Example Category 6 test head performance . 11
Annex B (normative) Test regime for reference performance and installation performance of E2E
link, MPTL and direct attach cabling . 13
Bibliography . 15

European foreword
This document (EN 50697:2022) has been prepared by CLC/TC 215 “Electrotechnical aspects of
telecommunication equipment”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2023-10-17
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2025-10-17
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 50697:2019 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
This document includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 50697:2019:
a) Technically revised to cover the measurement of end-to-end links, MPTL and direct attach cabling;
b) Annex A updated to contain examples of end-to-end link Category 5 and Category 6 test head
performance;
c) Annex B on test regime for reference performance and installation performance of end-to-end link, MPTL
and direct attach cabling added.
This document is based upon ISO/IEC 14763-4:2021, “Information technology – Implementation and operation
of customer premises cabling – Part 4: Measurement of end-to-end (E2E) links, modular plug terminated links
(MPTLs) and direct attach cabling”.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A complete
listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Introduction
Balanced cabling is constructed for connecting equipment using free connectors. It is known that field
termination in all parts of the channel has an influence on the channel performance.
Poor termination can cause problems in the channel performance and can affect reliable data transmission.
This document describes the measurement of the three cabling structures specified in EN 50173-20 which
verifies the performance of their terminating connectors.
This measurement includes the transmission performance of the connector components which terminate the
cabling under test.
This document is one of a number of documents prepared in support of European Standards and Technical
Reports on information and communication technology cabling produced by CLC/TC 215.
1 Scope
This document specifies the measurement of two- and four-pair balanced cabling of the following cabling
configurations specified in EN 50173-20:
a) end-to-end (E2E) link Class D, E and E ;
A
b) modular plug terminated links (MPTLs) of Class D, E, E , F, F and of Class I and II;
A A
c) direct attach cabling of Class D, E, E , F, F and of Class I and II.
A A
The free connectors which terminate two and four pairs in field and laboratory conditions are included.
This document specifies laboratory and field measurement procedures. The requirements for accuracy to
measure cabling parameters identified in EN 50173-20 are provided in IEC 61935-1 and EN 61935-2.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 50173-1, Information technology — Generic cabling systems — Part 1: General requirements
EN 50173-20, Information technology — Generic cabling systems — Part 20: Alternative cabling
configurations
EN 60512-27-100, Connectors for electronic equipment — Tests and measurements — Part 27-100: Signal
integrity tests up to 500 MHz on IEC 60603-7 series connectors — Tests 27a to 27g (IEC 60512-27-100)
EN 61935-2, Specification for the testing of balanced and coaxial information technology cabling — Part 2:
Cords as specified in ISO/IEC 11801 and related standards (IEC 61935-2)
IEC 61935-1:2019, Specification for the testing of balanced and coaxial information technology cabling —
Part 1: Installed balanced cabling as specified in ISO/IEC 11801 and related standards
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 50173-20 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this document, the abbreviations of EN 50173-1 and the following apply.
E2E end-to-end
L length of E2E link/MPTL/direct attach cabling
MPTL modular plug terminated link(s)
TEST EQP test equipment
TI test interface
4 Conformance
For a measurement of E2E link, MPTL or direct attach cabling to conform to this document, the following
applies:
a) The configuration, structure and transmission performance limits shall conform to the requirements of
EN 50173-20;
b) The testing shall be undertaken in accordance with Clause 7;
c) The test head shall meet the requirements of Clause 8.
5 Transmission limits of E2E link, MPTLs and direct attach cabling
The cabling under test shall comply with the transmission limits for the designated category in EN 50173-20
when tested with the corresponding test head as described in Clause 8 and the transmission limits of all lower
categories.
E2E link testing should be used to provide assurance of installed cabling terminated at both ends in accordance
with the EN 60603-7 series, EN 61076-3-106, EN 61076-3-117, EN 61076-2-101, EN 61076-2,
EN 61076-3-104, EN 61076-2-109 or EN 61076-3-110.
MPTL testing should be used to provide assurance of installed cabling terminated at both ends conforming to
EN 50173-20.
Direct attach cabling testing should be used to provide assurance of installed cabling terminated at both ends
in accordance with the EN 60603-7 series, EN 61076-2-101, EN 61076-2-109, EN 61076-3-104 and
EN 61076-3-110.
6 Reference planes of E2E link, MPTL and direct attach cabling
6.1 Reference planes of E2E link
The reference planes for the measurement of E2E links are shown in Figure 1.
Key
L length of E2E cabling
TI test interface
TEST EQP test equipment
plug and jack
Figure 1 — Reference planes of E2E links
6.2 Reference planes of MPTL
The reference planes for the measurement of MPTL configurations are shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.

Key
L length of MPTL cabling
TI test interface
TEST EQP test equipment
plug and jack
Figure 2 — Reference planes of 2-connection MPTL
Key
L length of MPTL cabling
TI test interface
TEST EQP test equipment
plug and jack
Figure 3 — Reference planes of 3-connection MPTL
6.3 Reference planes of direct attach cabling
The reference planes for the measurement of direct attach cabling are shown in Figure 4.

Key
length of direct attach cabling
L
TI test interface
TEST EQP test equipment
plug
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