Platinum Tools Cable Prowler TCB300, Cable Prowler TCB400, Cable Prowler TCB360K1 Quick Start Manual

Cable Prowler

™

Quick Start Guide

Full Color Cable Testing & Report Management

TCB300
TCB400
TCB360K1

CAT 3/5e/6/6a
Coax
Telephone Cable

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Cable Prowler Quick Start Guide

Network Cable Test Coax Cable Test Telephone Cable Test

Test

On/Off

Direction cursors to

move in LCD display

Enter

Back

Micro USB Port

RJ45 jack

F-connector Jack

Soft keys perform the

function on the display

above each button.

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How to Perform a Cable Test

• Power on the Cable Prowler.

• Connect a network, coax, or telephone cable to the appropriate connector

on the top of the Cable Prowler.

(Warning! Do not plug an RJ11 cable directly into the Cable Prowler! A
standard RJ11 cable will damage the Cable Prowler’s RJ45 jack. Use
the included RJ adapter patch cable.)

• Press the enter button to display the cable test menu. The Cable Prowler

will automatically perform a test upon entering the cable test menu.

• To test coax or telephone cable, press the coax or telephone soft key.

• If a remote is NOT being used (one ended test), the Cable Prowler will test

the length of each pair, opens, shorts, or split pairs. Performing a one ended
test will not verify connectivity on the opposite end of the cable.

• If a remote is being used, connect the remote to the opposite end of the

cable.

• To calibrate the VOP, connect a known length of cable to the Cable Prowler

and press the right arrow button to highlight a VoP digit, then press the up/
down buttons to increase or decrease the value.

• While adjusting the VOP, press the test button every so often until the length

of the cable is displayed.

• Press the green test button or the loop mode soft key to

perform additional tests.

• To save a cable test, press the save icon.

• Use the arrow buttons and the enter button to name the cable test le.

• Press the save icon to save the cable test le.