The invention discloses a cable force detecting method and a cable 
force sensor using the same. A 
linear relationship between induction 
voltage and steel cable force is decided, the induction 
voltage is generated by a magnetic-electric sensing unit in the cable 
force sensor along with the change of the 
magnetic field, and the magnetic-electric sensing unit with 
magnetostriction performance is utilized to replace a detecting coil of a 
magnetic flux senor as a detecting unit to detect the induction 
voltage of the cable 
force sensor in 
axial deformation of a steel cable. The cable force detecting method has the advantages of reducing 
magnetic flux leakage of the detecting unit and 
magnetic flux leakage between the detecting unit and an 
excitation coil and improving the measurement accuracy of the sensor. In addition, the magnetic-electric sensing unit with the 
magnetostriction performance can directly respond the induction voltage through change of the internal 
magnetic field of a coil framework, and a method of responding the induction voltage through the change of the magnetic flux and then transmitting the induction voltage through the detecting unit to obtain response voltage is avoided. Thus, the 
response time is short, and the testing speed is high. Furthermore, the cable force sensor is simple in manufacturing procedure, and the 
signal to 
noise ratio of the sensor is improved.