Fluke TS 100 PRO, User Manual

Page 1: ...TS 100 PRO Cable Fault Finder PN 3850759 October 2011 Rev 3 5 2015 2011 2012 2015 Fluke Corporation All product names are trademarks of their respective companies Users Guide ...

Page 2: ...ion to refund of the purchase price free of charge repair or replacement of a defective product which is returned to a Fluke Networks authorized service center within the warranty period To obtain warranty service contact your nearest Fluke Networks authorized service center to obtain return authorization information then send the product to that service center with a description of the difficulty...

Page 3: ...ic Power Down 6 Testing Cables 6 SmartTone Positive Identification System 8 How to Select the Modes of Operation 8 Normal Test Mode 9 Deadzone Test Mode 9 Bridge Tap Filter Test Mode 9 VOP Mode 9 Setup Mode 9 Velocity of Propagation VOP 10 Applications 10 Multi Wire Environment 12 Conduit 12 Testing a Wire Pair in a Conduit 12 Testing a Single Wire in a Conduit 12 Inventory Management 12 Time Doma...

Page 4: ...er Users Guide ii VOP Variations 15 Maximum Length 17 Frequently Asked Questions 17 If Something Seems Wrong with the Tester 19 Maintenance 19 If the Tester Gets Wet 19 How to Clean the Tester 20 Accessories 20 Specifications 20 ...

Page 5: ...ccurate to 5 feet 2 meters for cables longer than 10 feet 3 meters and shorter than 200 feet 60 meters Accurate to 3 5 feet 2 meters for cables longer than 200 feet 60 meters Bright 0 4 inch 1 016 centimeters LED display Up to 4 readings per second Audible indication of shorted wires and external voltage greater than 90 volts AC or 100 volts DC Automatic adjustments Tone injection with the SmartTo...

Page 6: ... VOLTAGE LED is on immediately disconnect the tester from the cable Do not use the tester to test cables that may have hazardous voltages present When the tester indicates the presence of high AC or DC voltages carefully disconnect immediately to prevent any personal injury Be careful when you make connections to cables Do not touch voltages 30 volts AC RMS 42 volts AC peak or 60 volts DC Do not c...

Page 7: ... is white for the two cords that come out of the test clips and black for the single cord that comes out of the Y shaped splitter Verify the continuity of the test leads To prevent unreliable test results replace the battery as soon as LO bAtt shows on the display Before you remove the battery door disconnect the test leads from the tester Use only four AA batteries correctly installed to supply p...

Page 8: ...Do not touch the BNC connector with your hand The BRIDGE TAP LED is on when the tester detects a bridge tap The four digit LED display shows the distance to the bridge tap or the length of the bridge tap The BT LENGTH LED is on when the four digit LED display shows the length of the bridge tap The battery compartment is on the back of the tester the label on the battery cover shows common values o...

Page 9: ...g batteries Do not let the terminals short together Dispose of batteries properly to ensure terminals cannot short Disposal may be restricted by local laws Note To extend battery life remove the batteries if you will not use the tester for a long period To install the batteries See Figure 2 1 Use a number 2 Phillips screwdriver to loosen the screw on the battery door Note The screw does not come o...

Page 10: ...lead clips to a pair of wires at one end of the cable you are testing The tester shows the distance to the nearest fault it finds Table 1 describes the tester s display and beeper indications Note Length measurements do not include the length of the test leads Table 1 LED Display and Beeper Indications Test Condition Status LEDs That Are On Display Beeper Incorrect test leads are attached The disp...

Page 11: ...V dc VOLTAGE Alternates between the measured voltage and HIAC or HIdC Staggered if 90 V AC or 100 V DC Low battery Battery voltage is 4 5 V DC LO alternates with bAtt 4 times then the display shows a measurement as usual This sequence occurs every 2 minutes Off The self test failed 8888 Off The tester cannot measure the cable because of excessive noise crosstalk terminations or anomalies on the ca...

Page 12: ...e use your tone probe to find the wire pair by probing for the pair with the loudest tone 3 Short the wire pair together then release the short If the tones do not change then you have not found the correct pair If the tones change then you have found the correct pair Note The tone is not audible on the tester s beeper GOD03 EPS Figure 3 SmartTone Positive Identification System How to Select the M...

Page 13: ...Tap Filter Test Mode Bridge tap filter test mode skips the first bridge tap on a cable to locate the second bridge tap on the cable The first bridge tap could be located anywhere on the cable To see past the first bridge tap activate the bridge tap filter To enter the bridge tap filter test mode from normal test mode press Z twice The red BT FILTER LED will be lit To exit bridge tap filter test mo...

Page 14: ... you can use the tester to determine the VOP for a known length of cable To set the VOP to a known value 1 Turn the tester on while holding down Y or Z In this mode the display shows the VOP setting then it shows the calculated cable length if a cable is connected 2 When the VOP setting shows press Y or Z to change setting The tester automatically saves the setting 3 To exit the VOP adjustment mod...

Page 15: ...11 Applications GOD05 EPS Figure 4 Testing for Lengths Shorts Opens and Terminations ...

Page 16: ... at the separation For example if the wires separate after exiting the conduit the tester indicates an open at the end of the conduit Testing a Single Wire in a Conduit You can test a single wire by clipping one test lead to the wire and the other to the conduit The tester shows the length up to a fault or to the point where the wire separates from the conduit by at least 1 foot 30 cm For example ...

Page 17: ...ation Wire 58 1000 ft 300 m BICC General cross connect 24 AWG twisted pair on original spool 66 2500 ft 770 m Berk Tek CAT5 Orange White 68 2500 ft 770 m Superior Essex Cobra CAT5 CMR Orange White 72 2500 ft 770 m Superior Essex Cobra CAT5 CMP Orange White 82 1000 ft 300 m CommScope 5726 RG6 CATV Coax 81 1000 ft 300 m CommScope 2275V RG6 CATV Coax 79 1000 ft 300 m CommScope 5571 RG59 TV Coax 67 50...

Page 18: ... changes in impedance If the impedance change is large enough such as that caused by a break in one of the wires of the pair the TS100 PRO will detect the impedance change and will display the length of the wire up to the impedance change So the TS100 PRO can measure the length of a pair of un terminated wires because the open circuit at the far end causes a very large impedance change The TS100 P...

Page 19: ...er foot is 0 9835 about a billion feet per second 0 2998 about 300 million meters per second VOP Variations This characteristic speed of the signal for a particular cable is not normally a tightly controlled part of the cable manufacturing process and can vary widely from one manufacturer to another as well as from one box of cable to the next As with all TDR based cable measurement tools the TS10...

Page 20: ...ers Guide GOD04 eps Figure 5 TDR Waveforms Pulse from the tester Time Bridge tap Time Time Time Reflections from the beginning and end of a bridge tap Connection Open Reflection from connection Reflection from open Pulse from the tester ...

Page 21: ...ead first an invalid reading may be displayed until the full connection is made with both leads The tester s TDR technology requires both leads be connected to the wire pair or cable in order to determine its length While using only one of the leads is useful in tracing cable position with the injected tone both leads are required to make valid length measurements Q What does the low battery indic...

Page 22: ...the cable A If the cable has more than two conductors and a short exists at the far end between one of the conductors you are connected to and a conductor you are not connected to the displayed length will be the sum of the lengths of the conductors joined by the short The TS100 PRO can only correctly test the two conductors that are connected to the tester See Applications on page 10 for multi co...

Page 23: ...mage Please observe correct polarity when inserting the batteries Maintenance Warning To avoid possible fire electric shock or personal injury Do not open the case You cannot repair or replace parts in the case If you open the case you can cause damage to the circuits in the tester Use only service centers that are approved by Fluke Networks Before you do any maintenance procedure disconnect the t...

Page 24: ...or clips LEAD ALIG 100 Test leads with angled bed of nails LEAD ABN 100 TS100 PRO pouch with belt clip CASE TS 100 Maximum Length 8 000 feet 2 438 meters on certain cable types 4 000 feet 1 220 meters on most cable types and 500 feet 152 meters on cables with high loss The tester shows Err if the cable is too long to be correctly measured Representative Maximum Cable Length 8 000 feet 2 438 meters...

Page 25: ...with 1500 Vpk transient Voltage Measurements Range 0 volts AC to 115 volts AC 0 volts DC to 150 volts DC Accuracy AC 1 2 volts AC 45 Hz to 65 Hz DC 1 2 volts DC High Voltage Detection AC voltage detected to 115 volts DC voltage detected to 150 volts AC voltage 90 volts or DC voltage 100 volts causes high voltage warnings to show on the display Tone Injection Approximately 1 kHz at an amplitude of ...

Page 26: ...auges such as 19 awg performance will increase and TS100 PRO will be able to find shorter length bridge taps On smaller wire gauges such as 26 awg performance will decrease and bridge tap length should be greater than 10 of distance to bridge tap to be detected Bridge tap detection may also vary based all specific cable characteristics When testing into a DSLAM or certain CPE Customer Premise Equi...