Pass & Seymour/Legrand (Syracuse, NY), a producer of electrical wiring devices, has agreed to purchase the outstanding shares of Ortronics (Pawcatuck, CT), a manufacturer of premises...
For some installations, budget constraints force end-users to place only a rack for cable management in the telecommunications closet (TC), which can become quite messy as a result...
The use of square-tube pedestal posts in certain underfloor applications does not take advantage of the adaptability of Flextray from GS Metals Corp. (Pinckneyville, IL), because...
When you are prewiring during new construction, hauling a ladder to each outlet location so you can push the cable down to the outlet box can be time-consuming.
Inconsistent placement of communications outlets is common in cabling installation projects. Outlets are often installed at different heights than electrical outlets, and frequently...
Q: I am wondering about installing connectors on some of the newer brands of Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair cable on the market. Some of the ones I`ve seen have their individual...
Q: I am trying to find out whether the current tia/eia-568a standard recommends providing any slack loops in an installation of 4-pair Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (utp)...
Q: I am a certified technician and bicsi member, and I am interested in becoming a registered communications distribution designer (rcdd). Having neither the time nor the money...
The editorial mission statement of Cabling Installation & Maintenance identifies technology, standards, and products as the three keys to the cabling industry, so when we on the...
If a single guiding principle for the engineering and design of cabling systems exists, it must be "open systems." This principle is so important that the Telecommunications Industry...
Q: All the cabling contractors we use appear to have only cursory knowledge of the cabling standards of the Tele-communications Industry Association (tia--Arlington, VA). We have...
In January, PennWell (Nashua, NH) published the premier issue of Cable Foreman, a monthly magazine focusing on the outside physical infrastructure between telecommunications companies...
Transition Networks, a designer of media, rate, and transport technologies, has introduced a media converter that supports Gigabit Ethernet speeds. The company`s singlemode-to...
Communications-product manufacturer Andrew Corp. has appointed Debra Buck Huttenburg group president of Antenna Systems. In her new position, she will manage the worldwide sales...
Lauded as the world`s first, the Seymour Park Primary School in Trafford, Greater Manchester, UK, connected 12 computers to the Internet by power line. The 12 computers operate...
Over the last few years the cabling industry has seen the introduction of new optical test units that integrate a number of features found previously in distinct pieces of equipment...
The IP64 cases and a series of instrument cases have been added to the veronex line of small enclosures. Available in four plan sizes and nine heights, the IP64 cases feature ...
There`s a famous saying in Puerto Rico: "En casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo," which translates: "In the house of a blacksmith, the knives are made of wood." Glenn International...
The Volition fiber-optic cabling system, 3M`s first full-system solution for the premises network market, includes 16 newly patented or patent-pending technologies.
RFD-1652-2 adapters feature performance with low vswr. These 7/16 din male-to-female right-angle adapters are made of machined brass with beryllium copper female contacts and ...
Self-extinguishing and UL flame-resistant, Powr-Tie cable ties are constructed of type 6/6 nylon to provide greater tensile strength and extra resistance to cyclic shock, fatigue...
Designed with a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (vcsel) source, the transceiver increases the throughput of systems and subsystems in the backbone. The vcsel-based multimode...
The Molex Xpress Termination Kit from Molex Fiber Optics eliminates the need for curing ovens during field termination of fiber-optic cables. The kit includes 12 connectors, rubber...
