Volume 3, Issue 4

Hands-free butt-in test set

April 1, 1995

UTS-3 butt-in test sets allow technicians to work with both hands free. These waterproof sets adapt to background noise, and the loudspeaker and microphone are positioned toward...

Cable

Cable analyzer

April 1, 1995

Version 3.0 of the Wirescope 100 is a portable 100-megahertz local area network cable analyzer. It tests for the propagation delay limits required by the 100-megabit-per-second...

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Tester accuracy an important concern for link performance certification

April 1, 1995

Testing Category 5 cable for near-end crosstalk has led to accuracy issues that TIA`s TSB-67 should resolve.

Fiber Optic

Adapt your dissimilar connectors

April 1, 1995

Fiber-optic hybrid adapters are mechanical termination devices that enable alignment of two dissimilar connectors. Installers can reterminate dissimilar connectors with standard...

Cable

Remote test coordinator

April 1, 1995

The 2-Way Injector is a handheld remote test coordinator. It measures near-end crosstalk and attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio on the scanner and injector ends of the installed network...

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Cabling Installation

Workmanship in Category 5 installations

April 1, 1995

It has been stated over and over again that workmanship during installation affects the performance of high-performance data cabling, especially Category 5 cabling. But, it has...

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Surface-mount boxes

April 1, 1995

Series SM Category 5 surface-mount boxes are offered in 2-port and 6-port designs. Category 5, fiber, token-ring, 10Base-T and coaxial components can be ordered preassembled or...

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Micro splicer

April 1, 1995

The X76 fusion splicer incorporates three-dimensional profile alignments and on-site loss calculation. Two cameras allow simultaneous viewing of the X and Y axes, as well as accurate...

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Cable identification markers

April 1, 1995

These cable markers are made of ultraviolet-resistant material that is molded to snap around the cable. The color background is orange. They can be used above or below ground,...

Cabling Installation

Structured cabling systems switch from technology to business issues

April 1, 1995

From the standpoint of the end user and the cabling contractor, structured cabling systems are in transition. Although they are not yet completely resolved, many of the technological...

Fiber

Optical-cable brochure

April 1, 1995

This eight-page optical-cable brochure offers product selection information on tight-buffered fiber-optic cables. It describes options available for fiber buffering inside the...