本测试程序旨在测量将跌落（“F”）连接器安装到适当尺寸的跌落电缆上所需的线性力。 由于该性能参数涉及两个独立且不同的组件（连接器和电缆），并受其影响，因此需要创建一个统一的程序来评估每个组件对整个接口的贡献。因此，这一过程必然会在适当的结合点上分岔成两条备用路径。其中一条路径假设建立并使用“标准测试连接器”，用于测量连接各种电缆所需的安装力。 另一条路径将假定建立并使用“标准测试电缆”，用于测量各种连接器正确就位所需的安装力。对于这两种情况，产生的测量结果只能用于比较电缆与“标准测试连接器”或连接器与“标准测试电缆”。

This test procedure is designed to measure the amount of linear force required to install a drop ("F") connector onto a drop cable of the proper size. Because this performance parameter involves, and is influenced by, two separate and distinct components (connector and cables) it is desirable to create a unified procedure to evaluate each for its individual contribution to the total interface. This procedure will, therefore, necessarily diverge into two alternate paths at the appropriate junctures. One path will assume the establishment and use of a "standard test connector" to be used in the measurement of installation force(s) required for connectorization of various cables. The other path will assume the establishment and use of a "standard test cable" to be used to measure the installation force(s) required for proper seating of various connectors. For either situation, the resulting measurements should only be used for comparison between the cables versus the "standard test connector" or the connectors versus the "standard test cable".