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HDBaseT Link Quality Test

The HDBaseT Link Quality Test will check the HDBaseT link is stable over a sustained period of  time There are two 

drop down menus, the first is the output you are testing, the second is the type of test you are doing.

The 

Mean Square Error

 test is the ratio (in dB) of the signal power in relation to the originally transmitted signal 

vs the received and it is an analogue measurement. This reading is directly affected by kinks, termination & other 

cable issues Each Channel has a colour that represents the same colour in the twisted pair in the Cat cable All 

four of these Channels should each be below the -15dB line Otherwise, the cable quality will be marked as “Poor” 

Also, all four of these Channels should be within 3dB’s of each other, for example, -21dB -20dB -21dB & -19dB 

Otherwise, the cable quality will be marked as “Poor”

The 

Channel Errors

 test is a measurement of the number of digital errors on the channel, such as packet loss 

and bit errors Each Channel has a colour that represents the same colour as the twisted pair in the Cat cable 

All four of these Channels  should be below the 40-line Otherwise, the cable quality will be marked as “Poor” 

Also, all four of these Channels should be within 3 of each other, for example, 35 36 35 34 Otherwise, the cable 

quality will be marked as “Poor” 

It is also possible to check the link quality remotely by logging into your installer account at monitoringpulse-

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Note: If any of the above criteria is broken at any time but it then recovers to normal, this can still indicate an issue 

in the cabling so the matrix will remember this information and will continue to mark the cable as “Poor”. This can 

explain if your cables look to meet the MSE test criteria but are still marked as “Poor” then it is likely to be caused by 

a momentary “bad spike” (reading below MSE criteria) happening in the past.

Note: If any of the above criteria is broken at any time for any of the channels but it then recovers to normal, this can 

still indicate an issue in the cabling so the matrix will remember this information and will continue to mark the cable 

as “Poor”. This can explain if your cables look to meet the Channel Error test criteria but are still marked as “Poor” 

then it is likely to be caused by a momentary “bad reading” (below Channel Error criteria) happening in the past.