IEC 60512-26-100:2008 specifies the test and measurements and the related measurement setup and reference arrangements for interoperability and backward compatibility tests for the development and qualification of 8-way, free and fixed connectors for data transmission. The following test methods are provided: insertion loss, test 26a, return loss, test 26b, near-end crosstalk (NEXT), test 26c, far-end crosstalk (FEXT), test 26d, transfer impedance, test 26e, transverse conversion loss (TCL), test 26f, transverse conversion transfer loss (TCTL), test 26g.

This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 60512-1:2001 and IEC 60512-1-100:2006.