Volume 3, Issue 7

Spirally cut cable wrap

July 1, 1995

Heli-tube spirally cut cable wrap is offered in six materials: polyethylene, UV-resistant polyethylene, fire-resistant polyethylene, nylon, UV-resistant nylon and corrosion-resistant...

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The Emerging Handheld LAN Tester Standard

July 1, 1995

The Telecommunications Industry Association task group that is working on the definition of a transmission channel and its parameters is close to producing a standard, to be known...

Cabling Installation

Category 5 plenum cable still in short supply

July 1, 1995

There has been, and continues to be, a shortage of fluorinated ethylene propylene, which is used to insulate the paired conductors in Category 5 plenum cable. Manufacturers and...

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Premises fiber-optic certification and testing

July 1, 1995

Testing a newly installed optical-fiber cable plant is crucial to ensuring the overall integrity and long-term performance of a network.

Connectivity

Coaxial-cable connectors-smaller, less expensive and easier to install

July 1, 1995

Coaxial-cable connectors may seem like dinosaurs--large, heavy and bulky--but they are in no danger of becoming extinct. In addition to serving the large installed base of Ethernet...

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Connectivity

Tools and test equipment catalog

July 1, 1995

Support for data and telecommunications equipment and systems is given in this 72-page catalog. Sections include descriptions of connectors and connector kits, soldering equipment...

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Micro splicer

July 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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High-density modular 110 jack

July 1, 1995

HD5 high-density Category 5 jacks adhere to the EIA/TIA Category 5 component specifications. Features include a 110 wire termination that is integral to the jack housing, snap...

Fiber

Fiber modem

July 1, 1995

T1/E1, TC1620 fiber-optic modems help eliminate line jitter by using an elastic buffer to re-adjust the incoming signal to the proper timing. Based on field-programmable gate ...

Connectivity

ATM delivers voice, video and data to the desktop

July 1, 1995

Structured cabling system architecture on an ATM backbone provides bandwidth to support a buildingwide network.

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Fiber-optic LAN testing systems

July 1, 1995

Photodyne 2XT optical mini-source and 3XT optical mini-meter offer power measurement capabilities for attenuation testing, link conformance testing and fiber identification. Each...