From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 13/06/2015 16:42, T wrote:   
   >> Without knowing exactly what you are doing - nobody can give you advice   
   >> that is going to be reliable in your situation.   
   >   
   > I was trying to send data down a questionable cable and see if   
   > it actually came back.  I placed a loop back at the end of the cable.   
      
   If I were pedantic I would point out that a multimeter can scope out the   
   conductors in a cable, as you strain the connectors.   
      
   Your description doesn't tell us if the cable is 10 cm long or 3 kilometres   
   - see what I mean?   
      
   If you're worried about the middle parts of the cable - then use a   
   time-domain reflectometer.   
      
      
   I'm only so contrary because people ask for free help and don't tell you   
   about the task, and so you guess what they want.   
   They come back to say it doesn't work - and the thread gets longer and   
   longer as they continue to not tell you about all the aspects of the task.   
      
   When batch scripting was a hobbyist topic and was so much more difficult to   
   do tasks, the respect between people was very high, and it was a very   
   rewarding hobby.   
      
   Fast forward to modern days and people want you to solve their problem with   
   bugger all information, or do their jobs for them, and when you ask for   
   details they are suddenly experts about how much information is needed to   
   solve the task - that they have no idea how to solve themselves.   
      
   QED   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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