Signal tracer / cable toner recommendations?
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Posted by Marc_F_Hult on December 19, 2006, 6:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options need a new one. Any recommendations based on experiences (I can google too)? I would like it to be general-purpose including AC, low-voltage and signal wiring and so a flexible jack plug set/system would be desirable if actually useful in practice. TIA ... Marc Marc_F_Hult www.ECOntrol.org | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Lewis Gardner on December 19, 2006, 10:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options Microtest (now Fluke) Microscanner Pro and a Progressive (now Tempo) 200FP are the best I have found. Able to accurately tone a 1 mile 25 pair telephone cable and over 300' cat5e. The true TDR, wiremap, PC/Hub ID, 10/100 link readout, hub/switch port flash and optional ID kit make the Microscanner worth the additional $$$. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Marc_F_Hult on December 21, 2006, 10:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:57:52 -0500, Lewis Gardner
>Marc_F_Hult wrote:
>> My two-part signal tracer / cable toner apparently grew legs. Leastwise
I
>> need a new one.
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>> >> Any recommendations based on experiences (I can google too)? I would >> it to be general-purpose including AC, low-voltage and signal wiring and
so
>> a flexible jack plug set/system would be desirable if actually useful in
>> practice. >
>Microtest (now Fluke) Microscanner Pro and a Progressive (now Tempo) >200FP are the best I have found. Able to accurately tone a 1 mile 25 >pair telephone cable and over 300' cat5e. > >The true TDR, wiremap, PC/Hub ID, 10/100 link readout, hub/switch port >flash and optional ID kit make the Microscanner worth the additional $$$. Thanks Lewis. I found a used-but-warranted 200FP on ebay for $35 and bought it. As much as I'd like to have access to TDR once again, $500+ for the Fluke Microscanner is beyond my means and need. (TDR can be used for soil-moisture measurement as well as conventional cable-break/testing.) ... Marc Marc_F_Hult www.ECOntrol.org | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bill Kearney on December 22, 2006, 10:33 am
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> My two-part signal tracer / cable toner apparently grew legs. Leastwise I
> need a new one. Heh, I thought one of mine, the pickup anyway, also "grew legs". But a couple of years later when at a client I'd done some work for previously I happened to find it... right up in the ceiling (drop tiles) where I'd left it. Amazingly enough it still had some life left in the battery! | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jon Woellhaf on December 22, 2006, 2:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options Speaking of lost tools, when are we going to have microchips embedded each
tool and a reader in the toolbox that complains if one's missing? | ||||||||||||||||
> need a new one.
>
> Any recommendations based on experiences (I can google too)? I would like
> it to be general-purpose including AC, low-voltage and signal wiring and so
> a flexible jack plug set/system would be desirable if actually useful in
> practice.