Volume 6, Issue 6

Digital multimeters close the safety loop

June 1, 1998

If you`re looking for a small, fast, and inexpensive testing device to measure capacitance, continuity, current, resistance, and voltage, then you`re in luck. Manufacturers are...

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Essentials of campus telecommunications design

June 1, 1998

A telecommunications consultant can be described as a collaborator who assembles diverse technical knowledge about planning, design, and hardware and composes it into an artistic...

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Using digital multimeters safely

June 1, 1998

Of all the features to consider when purchasing a digital multimeter (dmm), safety is certainly at the top of the list. When selecting a dmm, be cognizant of the application or...

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Frontier takes premises cabling underground

June 1, 1998

When in doubt, trench. That`s the plan that Frontier Corp. (Rochester, NY) followed as an economical alternative to raised-floor access for premises cable and cabling equipment...

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Coaxial cable finds niches outside campus networks

June 1, 1998

"Each of the past several years has been predicted by some to be the year of coaxial cable`s death," says Fred Galle, marketing manager with cable manufacturer CommScope (Claremont...

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Todays ups --- not just "a battery in a box"

June 1, 1998

In a typical business environment, computers, workstations, servers, and other components form a virtual corporate mainframe connecting one or more networks with data and programs...

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`Trends in cabling identification and management

June 1, 1998

Systematic, lasting cabling-system identification is no doubt a critical part of a professionally installed network. Even without tia/eia-606 guidelines steering the industry ...

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Ribbon splicing cuts large jobs down to size

June 1, 1998

Large splicing jobs are a way of life in the traditional outside-plant environment. However, customer-owned premises cabling and fiber-optic backbone cabling provide new challenges...

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"Fibertown" approach improves cable management

June 1, 1998

Maybe it is not necessary to explain to cabling managers how worrisome it was to manage the installation of new cables in the computer-room facilities at Freddie Mac (McLean, ...

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Adding structure to structured cabling environments

June 1, 1998

Since the ansi/tia/eia-568a Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard was approved, much emphasis has been placed on ensuring that the physical cabling plant is ...

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Fiber, copper cables bring intelligence to CyberBuildings

June 1, 1998

If James Bond lived in Manhattan, he would probably reside in The Grand Millenium on the Upper West Side and forgo some of his high-tech toys. For beneath the building`s posh ...