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11/15/2011
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Network Tone Probe (TS155-R3)
• Find cables easily.
• Emits its locator tone when it touches the tip of the wire
or even just the jacke
• Connects to punchdown blocks, patch panels, or wallplates.
• Traces cable up to 2000 ft. (609.6 m).
Suppose you need to move a PC or workstation from one location
in your company to another. If this PC is connected to a file server, it
will probably have a direct cable connection. But what if you don’t
know which cable on the server is the one that’s linked to your PC?
Black Box has a tool combination that emits an audio tone that
can be sensed by a sound probe over a particular cable.
In fact, the Network Probe works with the Network Tone
Generator (TS151, ordered separately) to trace a tone through
a length of cable up to 2000 ft. (609.6 m) long.
Simply connect the Network Tone Generator’s clip lead to the
cable on the PC end. Then go to the wiring closet or bundle that
contains the file server’s cabling and wave the Network Probe over
the bundle of cables. When it locates the correct cable, the probe
will emit its distinct audio tone.
This dynamic duo enables you to verify cable continuity,
document cable length, cable starting and ending points,
and identify cable types.
For more information about the Network Tone Generator
(TS151), see page 3.
TS155-R3
Network Tone Generator (TS151)
• Sends a continuous audio tone along any 4- or 6-wire
RJ-11 or 8-wire RJ-45 cable to determine cable continuity.
• with the pen-size Network Tone Probe, an inductive receiver,
which emits its locator tone when it touches the tip of the wire
or even just the jacket.
The Network Tone Generator provides a continuous tone that
identifies the continuity of a particular length of cable. When used
with the Network Probe (TS155-R3), the Network Tone Generator
provides a tracing tone. Use them together to find cables in a wiring
bundle or wiring closet.
Diagnostic LEDs on the generator indicate cable continuity and
polarity. The Network Tone Generator has two clip leads that attach
to the cable to create the tone that’s sensed by the Network Probe
at the cable’s wiring closet or bundle end.
For example, when you locate the hypothetical PC cable discussed
on page 2 (in the Network Probe section), the continuity LED on the
generator will light. If the cable’s polarity is reversed, the polarity LED
will light.
TS151