This 100-page catalog features the company`s line of cabling products for high-speed data, telephone and video networks. The catalog highlights a network cabling system that provides...
You need to install a large number of cables to various locations in a facility. Time is a factor and it is imperative that the installation be completed quickly, without compromising...
Defects found after fiber-optic cable is installed are expensive, time-consuming to find and labor-intensive to fix. How can you begin your test documentation to ensure that the...
One of the biggest problems facing an installation contractor is the cable pull itself. When pulling to a telecommunications closet or computer room, technicians pull extra cable...
Anyone who has worked in a telecommunications closet knows that it can be hot, dirty and dimly lit. These conditions may not only be unpleasant for the installer but they can ...
Q: We have set up our 10Base-T network with our station wire on 66E blocks and our concentrators on 110 blocks, running crossconnect wire to each station that needs connection...
An optical-fiber identifier, also known as a live fiber detector or optical-fiber detector, is a non-intrusive tool that detects optical transmissions, or the lack thereof, in...
Job demand for photonics technicians is estimated to more than double, from today`s base of 345,000 to 743,000 by the year 2000. And in fact, this growth may be underestimated...
Regarding the "Firestopping fiber-optic cable penetrations" article [by Dan Silver of 3M, November 1995, page 56], I question the use of polyethylene innerduct inside a building...
About this time every year I sit down and take stock. I guess it has been that way with people for centuries. (January is named for the Roman god Janus, who had two faces--one...
In "Ask Donna," November 1995, page 67, Hardinger presents a problem where connections were blown or destroyed by lightning hits even though they were protected by an uninterruptible...
In reading your article, "Fiber-optic patch cords must provide high-quality interconnection" (November 1995, page 22), we were disappointed that Adirondack Wire and Cable was ...
The New England Fiberoptic Council (Westborough, MA) has launched a program linking the home pages of its corporate members to its own home page on the Internet. The council?s...
Pan-shrink thin-wall heat-shrink tubing enables users to identify ground wires in equipment. The tubing`s yellow/green stripes, composed of a co-extruded polyolefin material, ...
Model 904 PC Comscope is a portable protocol analyzer that acts as an interface with a host PC to access its resources. The unit connects to a PC`s serial port and uses it to ...
The M.O.R.E. wall-mount distribution closure integrates splicing and patching in one unit. The unit`s applications include local area networks, cable TV, headends and utility ...
Model BA1700K BNC adapter assortment kit contains 10 adapters, including extra ones of the most popular types. These adapters can be used in gender matching applications and for...
The All-LAN interconnection system achieves data transmission rates of 300 MHz and higher over shielded twisted-pair copper cable for high-speed local area network applications...
The T310 32-kV surge generator and DC source provides high-energy capacitive discharges for locating faults on power cables. The device also eliminates the need for a separate...
A cabinet and case catalog features standard electronic enclosures, which can be shipped already assembled from stock. The catalog provides users with a design guide for ordering...
Right-angle boots for fiber-optic cable assemblies increase the reliability of fiber-optic systems by ensuring that a cable`s minimum bend radius is not violated. Two halves of...
The Sure system continuously monitors the integrity of copper and fiber-optic cables in telecommunications transmission lines and distribution networks. This cable monitoring ...
Fiberdrop preterminated wall-mounted cabinet organizes fiber cable for installation. The cabinet ensures that each termination is reliable and free from operator error, which ...
The Walkerduct Infloor Raceway System is a wire management system for concrete construction that allows multiple duct combinations and configurations for flexibility and cost ...
CMS Pro, a Windows-based cable management system for the Lantek Pro Series of cable testers, maintains and manipulates databases of cable installation information. In addition...
When it comes to joining two optical fibers, conventional wisdom says that there are two ways to do it, and only one of those ways is lasting. However, as is often the case with...
SuperMIX DSX multiple interface crossconnect system allows technicians to patch, monitor and crossconnect E1 circuits. The system`s configurable backplanes accommodate any type...
Now that the Telecommunications Industry Association TR41.8.l working group on telecommunications cabling has successfully published standard TIA/EIA-568-A, numerous issues that...
The Sectorguard product line protects against transient surges at the wall outlet and protects against system degradation and data corruption. The products serve workstations,...
The 535B TDR locates complex faults and identifies line activity such as taps or branches, load coils and transformers, capacitor networks, splices, water saturation and crosstalk...
