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• The cable type icon appears at the top of the screen.
• The “Tone” icon displays in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Three progression bars appear above pins 7 and 8 demonstrating you are in active
Tone Mode.
• The selected pin pairs appear in the wire map of the display screen.
Figure 8. Data Mode Test
Figure 11. Tone Mode with Data Cable Selected and Hi-Lo1 cadence
Note: For tracing video cables, you must choose a tone path to transmit the cadence
(pin (P), shield (S), or both (PS)). Continuous presses of the VIDEO MODE buttons steps
through the tone path options. Figure 12 below shows “P” selection in Video Mode.
Note: It may be impossible to differentiate between the tone generated from the test
pair and the sound emitted by neighboring wiring pairs within the cable.
Figure 12. Video Cable Test with Pin Selected
6. Use the tone tracer probe to locate faults and track wire runs behind walls, floors,
and ceilings.
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4 5 67 8
Data
Voltage!
ID
Tone
Video Tone
1
8
