The one I used to use was called a LanRover. I guess you can't get them
anymore. It was intended for ethernet cables, but with the right
adapter, you could use it on phone lines too. I would use it plus a
conventional test probe from a phone line set like yours.
It looked like this:
Test Um LanRover TP500 for sale online | eBay
bp
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On 6/5/2024 6:45 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Maybe I’m missing a procedural step, like do you connect the other
side of the tone generator to ground or something? Mine looks like this:
A blue telephone with a case and wires Description automatically
generated with medium confidence
I had another one for years but it had an accident, looked similar, I
think the brand was Progressive.
*From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
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My tone tracer can isolate individual wires. Does yours have that option?
bp
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On 6/5/2024 12:24 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Anybody remember your POTS troubleshooting skills?
I’m trying to get an alarm system to work from a VoIP ATA over
about 1000 feet of convoluted wiring at a farm, a combination of
overhead and buried. I get tone on my tone tracer (Tempo brand)
but 0 VDC on a buttset or voltmeter. It’s too far for my Fluke
cable tester which is meant for data cables.
I suspect one wire in the pair is open, but I don’t know how to
check this with just a tone tracer.
The alarm system just calls and plays a recorded voice
announcement, so the VoIP part shouldn’t be tricky at all, not
like FAX machines or alarms that use modems. But it can’t even
seize the line and call out.
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