User Manual
CableSHARK P3 User Guide 
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Accuracy:  ±2dB 
Return Loss Test (Plot with cursor and zoom) 
Range:  0 to 60 dB 
Resolution:  0.1 dB 
Accuracy:  +/- 1 dB from 0 to 40 dB 
Horizontal scale:  17 kHz to 2.2 MHz 
Vertical scale:      0 to 60 dB 
RFL 
Resistive Fault Location. Detects faults such as shorts, grounds, and battery crosses. 
Displays total loop resistance, resistance to fault & resistance from fault to strap and 
equivalent distances. 
Fault detection:    0 to 20 MΩ, resolution 3 significant digits 
Loop resistance:  7 kΩ maximum 
Wire gauges:      0.4, 0.5, 0.6 or 0.8 mm (19, 22, 24, 26 AWG) 
Cable temperature range:    -40ºF to +140ºF (-40ºC to +60ºC) 
Multiple cable sections:      5 (includes gauge and temperature setting) 
Fault location:     Total resistance, near-end to fault resistance, fault to strap resistance (4 significant 
digits) 
Total length, distance to fault, distance from fault to strap (1 ft (3 m) resolution 
Accuracy:         0.1% ±1 LSB for loop resistance of 0 to 99.99Ω 
0.2% ±1 LSB for loop resistance of 100Ω - 999.99Ω 
1% ± 1LSB for loop resistance of 1kΩ – 7kΩ 
Ground Resistance 
Detects CO voice switch line cards with constant voltage source, constant current source or grounded 
balanced source. 
Range:  0 to 500 Ω 
Resolution:  1 Ω 
Accuracy:  ±3 Ω ±1% of reading 










