VG 224 and Toner/Probe

[DOUGLAS EVANS]

A client of ours mentioned that a Cisco tech told them not to use a toner/probe to trace analog telephone lines that were connected to a Cisco VG224.

Is this correct and what if so what would the reason be?

Thankyou

DJE

[Rob Huffman · Accepted solution]

Hi Douglas,

We've been working with VG248's and 224's for some time now

and on many occasions have used a Tone generator and Probe

to locate lines without issue. I'm not sure where the Tech came

up with this info....I just did a thorough search of Bugs/Caveats

and install/troubleshooting docs without finding any such reference.

Cheers!

Rob

[paolo bevilacqua · Accepted solution]

Agree with Rob (rated), do not believe such a strange recommendation.

[DOUGLAS EVANS]

Thanks guys,  yeah I thought it was strange,  so thought I'd better check it out.

[chuck47172]

I know this is a 10 year old thread, however I saw it thought I should mention that I would be cautious.
I've heard reports from field techs that a toner can bleed over to other ports a cause a disruption. If a critical phone like a hospital code phone is on an emergency call from a patient room (analog phone), this could be serious. This applies to VG 3xx as well. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.