Looking for primer on tone generators and probes

[Sheldon]

I getting a new tone generator and probe for work, but I've never used one
before. I get the idea, and I've read the documentation over the Net, but
are there any good Web sites with primers on how to use these things?

I'll be using it to trace preinstalled CAT-5 cable in private homes for
setting up home networks. They usually all come together in a large bundle
at one end, and it just takes too long to twist a pair of wires together in
one room and check for continuity on every wire at the other end.

Thanks.

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Sheldon
sheldon@sopris.net

 

[nemo]

Sheldon <sheldon@REMOVEsopris.net> wrote in message
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I getting a new tone generator and probe for work, but I've never used one
before. I get the idea, and I've read the documentation over the Net, but
are there any good Web sites with primers on how to use these things?

I'll be using it to trace preinstalled CAT-5 cable in private homes for
setting up home networks. They usually all come together in a large
bundle
at one end, and it just takes too long to twist a pair of wires together
in
one room and check for continuity on every wire at the other end.

Thanks.

--

Sheldon
sheldon@sopris.net


Don't know about modern ones, but I used the first ever of those as a GPO

telephone engineer donkeys' years ago. Two military green boxes about 5" by
2" by 8". We were amazed by them. By attaching a bit of wire to the probe,
you could even pick up BBC TV sound on 41.5MHz!

BTW, Telephone Exchanges in those days were a matter of "Clunk Click - every
trip" - i.e. Strowger.

I believe RS Components have them. See if they'll supply data sheets.
They'll give you an idea of how they're used.

http://www.rscomponents.com/