My technicians have reported difficulty using any of several toner/wand sets trying to find ports on Cisco gig switches. It seems that the tone becomes inaudible, or shunts/dies after a few seconds. However, if they use the 'toner' function from one of the Fluke meters, they can hear it loud and clear, and find the port.
I tried searching on cisco.com and google before asking, but was not able to turn up anything that described or resolved the issue.
Some of the blades are VOIP-capable, although we're not using them for that at this point. Others aren't, but are gig-capable blades. Or could it have something to do with the power behind the tone being less coming from the 9V battery toner, instead of the Fluke meter?
Has anyone run into this issue, or have a clue what might be causing it?
Any insight, or guidance on where to look would certainly be appreciated.