Features:

  • IntelliTone digital toning eliminates noise and false signals
  • SmartTone analog toning precisely isolates individual wire pairs
  • Locates cables safely and effectively on active networks
  • Verifies twisted-pair installation with visual end-to-end continuity test
  • Probe detects digital signal and 1 kHz signal from the analog toner
  • Probe has built-in pair tester to identify open, shorted and crossed pairs
  • Signal strength indicator LEDs so you can help identify one cable that is bundled with other cables
  • Confirms cable location, verifies cable continuity, and detects cable faults (opens, shorts, and reversed pairs) in one step
Worked Perfectly

We're moving a school into a 3-story building that already has Ethernet running through it from a previous tenant. There are 3 wiring closets that are in different states of chaos. This Fluke toner kit allowed me and a helper to go through the building in an afternoon, locate where each Ethernet port comes into the 3 rooms, and test each of them to make sure the connection works. It worked perfectly with no drama. I was able to wave the receiver in front of each of the patch blocks (there were multiple per room), and quickly trace every wire, regardless of distance, even between floors. The previous tenant even chopped the ends off a large bundle of wires, and we were able to trace each wire quickly (not looking forward to putting ends back on that bundle - we'll probably just put wireless on that floor). I wish all products worked this well and this easily. Highly recommended. (Experience level: I've worked in IT for decades, but the only networks I've done house-sized. I've never worked with a network in a large 3-story office building.)

Did I receive a dud?? EDIT

Product looks nice and seems to work for everyone else, but I seem to get extremely poor performance with the digital toner. The video shows you being able to detect the cable by just walking by the room that it comes out in. With cat5, I can get a signal about 1 foot away from the cable, and with cat6, I have to be TOUCHING the wire. This is not the analog toner I'm speaking of, that feature seems to work well. However the digital toner seems to be advertised to be able to pick up a signal from at least several feet. My mileage is much less. Makes a good portion of this unit's functionality useless. I will probably try to return this for another and if the replacement does the same, I will definitely be returning for a refund. I don't have experience with other toners, so I cannot comment on comparative performance. If I'm using it wrong, please let me know. 1. Plugged the toner into cat6 keystone jack with included wire. 2. Turned both toner and probe to the image of the probe with the radio waves coming out (the larger waves on the probe) 3. Walk around with probe at max volume. Get nothing until I am TOUCHING the actual wire. This is a wire within a bundle of about 30 cat6 cables. I will amend this review if the replacement works better. ---- EDIT ---- I received a replacement from amazon overnighted and i am pleased to say that the replacement works much better. The probe will now pick up the digital tone from a couple feet away. Everything else works great. So lesson is, if your probe seems to be lacking in performance, do yourself a favor and exchange it!

Superior toner tool for ethernet networks

If you have been using analog toners to try and find ethernet cables, then you know how hard that can be. Often ethernet cable will resist emitting the tone signals, until you touch a conductor with your probe. This tool solves that problem! If you are within 6 inches of the wire, you will start picking up a signal, and it will be easy to find the wire quickly. This tool cuts the job down to a quick task. Normally with analog test sets, I get nearly 0 signal, even when I have the correct wire in hand, if I run the probe along the correct wire, touching it with the probe, the analog signal comes and goes, showing how hard it is to use analog tools for this task. But with this tool, you can use the "digital" mode, and you can even trace the wire through the wall... The difference is like night and day. Something that works! Other digital/RF type probes probably do the same thing, so I don't know that this is the best tool, but it is a wold better than analog sets, and will make your life a LOT easier!

Performed flawlessly the first time!

I've been an IT guy for 30+ years. I can do some basic wiring (Cat-5 punchdowns, crimps, etc), but most of my daily tasks involve connecting things to ports that are already wired for me. However, from time to time a situation occurs where I have to trace a wire. I'm looking at one end of a wire, and WAAAAAYYY down on a different floor the other end is somewhere in that un-labeled bundle of 200+ identical-looking Cat-5 cables, all nicely and tightly tied together. Sure, I could use a Cat-5 cable tester and one-by-one, plug that baby into port after port through the roughly 250 ports on the patch panels (of course disconnecting each potentially "live" station one at a time) trying to hunt down where that cable ends up or... Fluke to the rescue. In 30 years, I've never needed a tone tool. Until that day last month when a ceiling-mounted wireless access point was offline, and I needed to find out where it was connected at the other end. Of course, the cable wasn't labeled--no, that would have been too easy. What could and likely would (with a plug-in cable tester) have been HOURS of agonizing, repetitive plug-and-unplug hunting for the correct port took me less than 5 minutes to isolate the one cable and its panel jack. 288 ports down to "the one" in 5 minutes. Boom. At my billable rate, this tool paid for itself the first time I used it. Even for a first-timer like me, it performed flawlessly. I probably won't use it again for another year or two because the need arises so rarely. But my tool kit will never be without one again.

Just buy it!

Just buy it! This tester will pay for itself in no time at all. You will save a ton of time and frustration locating unlabeled and mislabeled wires with this toner/probe set. It's quick and accurate. There is no need to shutdown the switch to find your wire. I have used it many times.

Great tool for data cable tracing

Hi, This is the only one that I can truly say that it works on live data cable . Other fox & hound should work fine on non live data but it will not do once the cable is patched in a switch . The tone just faded away even with the Fluke pro 3000 ( analog ) , which is very good on telephone wire tracing. In my telecom tool kit, I always carry both the pro 3000 for analog and the intellitone 200 for digital/Cat5 tracing chore. The analog function in the intellitone 200 is very weak while the digital is great but slow . The wiring mapping is there, but it is so basic so I don't use it much since there are may other tools that can do a much better job . The old Microscanner or the great Linkrunner AT 200 are two of my favorite for wire mapping/fault finding thingy . If you have a good budget, just go with the Linkrunner AT200 ,add the digital probe and you can breeze thru most of the wiring problem instead of spending hours if the IDFs in question are nothing but a snake pit , spaghetti mess.

Best Toner I have ever used. The extra features really help in the real word.

I have been using a toner for almost 20 years. I got this one a while ago. I choose it because a coworker had one. I read the directions once and I was sold. Then I got one. It has a few major features that make this toner work better than any other toner I have ever used. Read the directions and learn all of the features. It is worth the price in my opinion. It can help you troubleshoot. I use this device in major hospitals, schools, and Government buildings. It is a must have as an IT tech. It fits really well in a traditional tonner bag. Let me describe exactly what I like. It has a traditional analog tonner setting. It has the alligator clips you need. It has the multiple different tones that change when the leads are shorted out!!!! It has a digital toner setting that can be used when the wires are shorted or when it is plugged into a switch!!! It tells you when it is plugged into a switch!! It can be used to test the RJ45 ends/patch cables. It is a simple cable tester and it works great to verify a digital tone. This tester is used in my tool bag. It can do more than two other tools that I have combined. This Fluke item is worth the cost. The extra features really help in the real word.

It is time top update your old tools..

It was time for some updated tools, my old Toner and prob are about 15-years old. Although they still work great they lack the features of these new tools from Fluke. It was a great update, the tools worked as expected, the wire mapping is great, I've used these tools several times since I ordered them and having that mapping function built in is really nice. There was a small problem with the lanyard connection on the toner when it came, it was broken and I wasn't able to attach the lanyard, not a big deal for functionality but it is nice to use that lanyard when you have your hands full. When I contacted the seller they took care of it right away. A very nice change from a lot of customer support out there these days. I would buy from this seller again and of course any Fluke product, you can't go wrong with these tools. They are such a time saver the cost is well worth the time savings. If you have some old tools....it is time to update, you'll be happy to did.

why did I wait

Saved me a bunch of headaches already, should have purchased one years ago. Was always relying on our facilities team to track down cables, no more waiting for them. Tone works well, and seem pretty sensitive when going through network racks trying to find the missing end. Seems pretty well built and will hopefully last. Purchased the case from fluke as well.

If you ever work with network wiring, you need this.

I have been using fluke network tools for years. This is one of my favorite tools, and I always make sure that I have it on me when working on a site. I also have some more advanced tools from fluke that will analyze network cabling with greater detail, but this is the one I use most often. I have never had a problem tracking down un-labled network runs with the toner function, and the fact that I can plug this into a live network with the "Service" mode without any risk of causing issues is also a huge plus because I can make sure that the cable is dark before broadcasting toning signals through it. After a cable is found, I will typically verify my find by running an actual cable test which makes sure that I really have the correct cable and also lets me know that the cable is terminated properly and that there is no breaks in the individual wire pairs. The broadcasting portion of this kit is very light weight, and I have never had any issue with hanging the unit by the wire that I'm testing and leaving it there while I go track down the other end, there is not always a place to set your testing gear on a table when doing this kind of work. If you work in IT, and ever have to work with buiding wiring, GET THIS TOOL.

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