CCTV PRACTICAL LAB
PRACTICAL MODULE / ACTIVITY 02
ACTIVITY 02 · WORKSHOP BENCH

Terminate a Cat6 Cable (T568B)

Strip a Cat6 cable, order the eight conductors to the T568B color code, crimp the RJ45 plug, and verify it with the cable tester — the course's cabling-tools chapter made physical.

2.1 — THE BENCH: CRIMPER, STRIPPER, TESTER, RJ45 PLUGS, CAT6 SPOOL AND VELCRO — HOVER ANY TOOL FOR ITS NAME AND ROLE
2.1 — THE BENCH: CRIMPER, STRIPPER, TESTER, RJ45 PLUGS, CAT6 SPOOL AND VELCRO — HOVER ANY TOOL FOR ITS NAME AND ROLE

STEP 1 — INSPECT YOUR TOOLS

Walk to the bench: every tool shows a hover-card naming it exactly as the course does — multi-functional crimper, cable stripper, cable tester. Click the bench to begin.

UX · tool hover-cards replace a tools lecture

STEP 2 — STRIP THE JACKET — 13 mm

Close-up on the bench. Drag the stripper in a circle around the cable; a gauge counts to 13 mm. Cut too deep and you nick the twisted pairs — the cable end regenerates and you try again.

UX · over-stripping is a soft fail, never a dead end

STEP 3 — ORDER THE CONDUCTORS — T568B

Drag the eight colored wires into the clear RJ45 plug against the pinned reference card: white-orange, orange, white-green, blue, white-blue, green, white-brown, brown. Wrong pins outline red with a precise hint like SWAP 5 & 6.

UX · the CRIMP button stays locked until 8/8 — errors are caught before, not after

STEP 4 — TEST THE CABLE

Both ends into the tester: LEDs light 1→8 in sequence with sound. A straight-through map earns PASS and +150 XP.

UX · the LED sequence is the payoff — light and sound sell the 'it works'
2.2 — JACKET REMOVAL CLOSE-UP: ROTATE THE STRIPPER, WATCH THE 13 mm GAUGE
2.2 — JACKET REMOVAL CLOSE-UP: ROTATE THE STRIPPER, WATCH THE 13 mm GAUGE

FROM THE COURSE

Cabling & tools chapter: T568B wiring standard, jacket stripping length, crimp technique and continuity testing. The tester UI you learn here comes back in Activity 04 as a real diagnostic tool.

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