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Panduit publishes its Certification Plus requirements in the System Warranty Guide. This page restates the installer's side of it, with Panduit's own words next to each requirement.
Requirements, with the manufacturer's wording
| Topic | What it says |
|---|---|
| Who can submit | The system must be installed by a Panduit ONE Partner accredited in the Deploy competency, trained and approved at installation and on the date the warranty is issued.
“they must be installed by a Partner or a Panduit Registered Company who is trained and approved by Panduit at the time of installation of the project and on the date this Warranty was issued”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty certificate, document H2-2692 revision 6/1/18 (Panduit) |
| Who can submit | The warranty page states the Deploy-competency condition directly.
“only available when installed by a Panduit ONE Partner accredited with the Deploy competency”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty (panduit.com) |
| Time window | A passing report for every link must reach Panduit within 6 months of the last testing date. If the last test is older, every link must be retested.
“must be submitted to and received by Panduit Corp. no later than 6 months after the last date of testing is complete for the installation. Panduit will not issue a warranty for an installation whose last testing date is older than 6 months.”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| What each report must show | Test date; the performance level and whether it is a permanent link or a channel; a link identifier that follows ANSI/TIA-606-B; a PASS or *PASS overall; the project name; and the test equipment manufacturer, model and test cord adapter part number.
“Date the test was conducted. ... the link configuration (permanent link or channel). A link identifier in compliance of ANSI/TIA-606-B and ISO/IEC 14763-2-1. A "PASS" or "*PASS" test result ... The installation project name. The test equipment manufacturer, test equipment model, and test equipment test cord adapter part number.”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| Result values | An asterisked pass is acceptable if it meets minimum compliance.
“An "*" (asterisk) i.e. *Pass preceding a passing test result can be considered acceptable as long as it meets minimum compliance to the cabling standards.”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| File format and where | Upload to Panduit's system in the field tester manufacturer's standard file format. If unsure of the format, ask the Panduit Warranty Department.
“All information must be uploaded to The Hub and comin the field tester manufacturers' standard file format. Please contact the Panduit Warranty Department, if you are unsure of the correct file format, [email protected].”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| Fiber | No negative loss counts as a PASS; each fiber report needs link loss and length; reference cords must themselves be tested and the reports submitted.
“For fiber installations only, no negative loss values will be accepted as a "PASS" test result. ... Each optical fiber link test report must include both link loss and length ... a passing test report for each reference cord must be submitted”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| Fiber | Reference-cord verification limits in Exhibit 1: 0.15 dB or less for multimode, 0.25 dB or less for singlemode, using the one-jumper reference method.
“Reference utilizing method B (One Jumper Reference). ... less than or equal to 0.15dB standard for IL for MM and 0.25dB or less for SM”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| Labels and documentation | The link identifier on the report must match the identifier marked at the work area connector and the closet connector or patch panel, formatted per ANSI/TIA-606-B; the reference information must give building, floor, room, outlet and port, and the closet and patch panel port.
“Must include the link identifier marked on each corresponding work area connector, telecommunication closet connector and/or patch panel which corresponds to the particular link identifier (circuit ID) on the test report.”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| Components | Every registered link must be built entirely of Panduit connectivity hardware and approved cable.
“each registered cable link and/or channel must be 100% constructed of Panduit connectivity hardware and approved cable as classified by Panduit”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty Guide (Panduit) |
| Coverage | A link not named in a certified passing report is not covered.
“Any link or channel, which is not identified in a certified passing test report, is not covered by this warranty.”Source: Certification Plus System Warranty certificate, document H2-2692 revision 6/1/18 (Panduit) |
What the public documents do not say
- The list of Panduit-approved field testers is not in the guide; the only list found publicly is a 2010 testing procedure for the TX6A shielded system, which names two instruments no longer sold. Ask Panduit for the current list.
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What Demarc does for this program
Demarc prepares the package; you submit it through Panduit ONE Partner Portal. For this program the Demarc warranty kit checks:
- Accredited Panduit ONE Partner ID (Deploy competency)
- 100% passing certification test results (every link PASS)
- Every tester inside its 1 year calibration on the test date
- Copper report states permanent link or channel (Panduit accepts either); fiber referenced one-jumper
- Patch-panel / cable schedule (link-by-link record)
- Bill of materials — Panduit-branded components
- As-built drawing / floor plan
Deadline clock Demarc tracks (each carries its source):
- Test reports received by Panduit: 180 days from the last test date
Copper test configuration in Demarc's kit for Panduit.
The kit follows Panduit's guide: a permanent link or a channel both pass, as long as each report states which.
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