The Network Service Assistant (NSA) with Certi-Lite from AEM represents a new category of hybrid tester that bridges the gap in existing test equipment between network connectivity and standards-based cable testing. The company has also announced the availability of TestDataPro Cloud, which offers users the ability to upload results through a network connection, giving managers the ability to track project progress real-time.

Source: AEMWith NSA Certi-Lite, network owners no longer have to choose between wire testers for basic cable continuity, a network tester to qualify real-world multi-gig and network connectivity testing, or a cable certifier for those times when a deeper-dive test on cabling is required. The NSA provides these capabilities and more — fulfilling a level of testing that AEM calls Qualification+: more than qualification testing with capabilities of certification testing.

Certi-Lite provides full radio frequency testing involving the measurement of complex cable parameters such as return loss, near end crosstalk, DC resistance, and time domain reflectometry of faults. NSA performs single-ended cable testing and comes with a small passive termination plug called NSA Remote, which helps reduce the overall cost of the test equipment while providing an ANSI/TIA 1152-A compliant cable test.