Buy Fluke Networks MT-8200-50A IntelliTone 100 KitFluke Networks MT-8200-50A IntelliTone 100 Kit Product Description:
- Digital cable-sensing toner and probe for identifying cables in bundled voice, data, and video installations
- Safely and effectively traces cables hidden in floors, ceilings, walls, and elsewhere--even on active networks
- Decisively rejects noise and false signals while correctly isolating coaxial and bare wires
- Diagnoses and troubleshoots telecom/data services; visual and audible signal strength indicators
- Toner measures 2.94 x 5.54 x 1.2 inches (W x H x D); probe measures 8.73 x 1.88 x 1.26 inches
Product Description
The IntelliTone Pro Toner and Probe Series from Fluke Networks is the first toner and probe to offer digital and analog signaling all in one tool. That means its equipped with the most powerful cable location technologies for any work environment. Use digital mode to trace and locate data cabling safely and effectively on active networks. Use analog mode to isolate individual wire pairs, and trace voice, audio, and video cabling.
The IntelliTone Pro Toner and Probe Series from Fluke Networks gives you superior vision for locating cables hidden in floors, ceilings, walls, and in bundles. Its breakthrough digital technology makes it the first tool to tone and trace safely and effectively on active networks.
- Finds the cables the others cant
- IntelliTone digital signal processing rejects noise and false signals
- SmartTone analog signal precisely isolates individual wire pairs
- Tones safely and clearly on active networks
- Diagnoses essential cable information with polarity, continuity, and talk battery
- Identifies and diagnoses POTS with Line 1 service and polarity
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Great first toner, but plan on upgrading if you're a pro
By R. McDowall
I do low voltage work as a side project and bought this because I needed something but didn't want to drop the big $$ on a high-end toner or risk an eBay disaster.That being said, this does the job. In basic scenarios where you're not dealing with big bundles of wire then it's pretty easy to find the cable you're looking for, but I've also run into situations where it identified more than one cable with the same intensity on the probe. At that point it's trial and error and that kind of sucks.If you're looking for wire behind drywall, this probably won't help. In the case of a single layer of 5/8" drywall, if your wire isn't within an inch of it then you won't find it. Either the transmitter isn't powerful enough or the probe isn't sensitive enough. Maybe my expectations here were unrealistic.But at the end of the day this doesn't cost that much and I certainly can't say it doesn't deliver value.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.It's a bit of an art form...
By Steven Roberts
This runs circles around a $25 cheapie I bought a few years ago, but don't expect miracles. Cable tracing involves all sorts of messy analog things like RF and crosstalk, and it takes some time to understand what this is telling you. In recent experience, I've been fooled by letting my leg brush against the other end of a tangle of cable in my boat, coupling to other cables or parasitic elements, and plain irrational yet repeatable information that I can't explain. I have not used it for RJ-45 network cable, just random wires and coax. The latter is particularly tricky, since its whole purpose is shielding a signal...One of the tricks with this is to switch back and forth between analog and digital modes while changing the coupling from the transmitter through as many configurations as you have available. One recent win finally happened when I was looking for two runs of foil-shielded 3-pair stuff: the best information was revealed when I used the clip leads to impose the signal onto both shields, then slowly sweep in analog mode until the signal abruptly disappeared. Turned out that a previous owner had cut the cables in question above a ceiling panel... right where the IntelliTone said they were. The hard part in this case was simply believing it!I'm giving it 4 instead of 5, because like another reviewer I feel there should be at least the option of more transmit power or greater sensitivity (definitely not all the time, though - sometimes it's too much and you really need it to be subtle!). But I have not had the luxury of comparing this to other high-end tracer products, so take that comment with a grain of salt. As long as you expect a bit of a learning curve and understand that there are a lot of messy variables, this will give you useful information. I am happy about the purchase, and it has paid for itself.... even though the process is never quite as turnkey as I wish it would be.As to the cheapies... no comparison at all. The old one is in the junk box and this is in the instrument drawer on my boat along with a few other favorite Fluke products.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Great Toner and Probe for CAT5e, Kludgy for CAT6
By Andrew Perkins
I've had a chance to use this at our schools to trace down mislabeled wires, and it works great. Connecting the toner to the one side and then going into the cavernous cellar, I was able to track down the wires quickly and easily. We're using CAT5e, but after reading the manual (of course I read it after I'd used it - I AM a guy, after all), I was glad I wasn't trying to ring out CAT6 to their fullest. In order to test the shielding on CAT6, you have to remove the battery, set the probe to a specific setting, wait 30 seconds, then reattach the wire. Not something you want to do in a dark cellar by flashlight. Hoping they integrate testing shielding on the next one and keep the price down. That being said, the toner and the probe will shut themselves off after an hour or two of inactivity, saving some battery life if you forget to switch it off. I've written a full review at [...] if you want to see some of the nitty gritty.
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