Common Troubleshooting Tools

Pop Monitor

These Pop monitors can test multiple types of video from different sources such as SDI and Fiber.

Triax Tester

This handy little tool checks to see if power and video flow through a triax cable.

Q-Box

A Q-Box is a speaker with an input and an output.

These test to see if you’re getting audio from something like an announcers headset or a stick microphone.

Rat Sniffer

Rat Sniffers are similar to a Q-Box but instead of testing through a speaker,

you plug in both sides of your XLR cable and the grid diagram on the side shows you whats wrong.

Network Cable Tester

These test the network connection on a network cable