We're not talking about using a screwdriver to short a tap port on active plant. You pull the faceplate from the active tap, and plug it into the troubleshooting tool you made by drilling holes in a tap housing. With your meter plugged into that device, you are reading noise/ingress on the drops connected to the tap. If you short the tap ports one by one, you see which drops are causing the noise problem. You take the course of action the MSO wants you to take - tag the drop for service, place a filter, perform a service call, disconnect, etc. You then plug the faceplate back into the active tap housing.
The meter/troubleshooting device you posted looks like a great tool. At the time I was doing ingress, I didn't have access to that piece of equipment. All our employer had for test equipment was an SDA in the field, and a Spectrum Analyzer in the headend, if the project manager had time to monitor it for you.
Re: Not Possible Testing At Tap "F" Port
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Registered: 4/25/2007
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Name:
Rich
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sweep tech
Location:
wisconsin
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