摘要 |
<p>An automatic conductor pair identifier utilizes a field unit under the control of an operator and an office control unit coupled to a multiwire cable of wire pairs to be identified. Upon actuation of the field unit by an operator, a frequency tone signal is transmitted over a randomly selected wire pair to the office control unit that responds thereto to transmit a pulse code representing a number identifying the wire pair over the same wire pair. This pulse code is received by the field unit and converted into a digital display for operator evaluation. Basically, the field unit comprises an oscillator coupled to a transmitter for generating the inquiring frequency signal. A pulse code is received in the field unit by a level detector/receiver coupled to logic circuitry for decoding the pulse code to drive a units display and and a tens display as part of a digital readout. In the office unit, there is also a receiver and level detector coupled to logic circuitry for responding to an inquiring frequency signal to set up a counting sequence. Upon positively identifying an inquiring frequency signal, the logic circuitry actuates a transmitter coupled to an oscillator for transmitting the pulse coded to the field unit over the same wire pair used by the field unit.</p> |