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Testing News & Products
Ideal Industries Networks names director of engineering
(Feb 3, 2012)
Mark Barmettler brings more than 25 years' engineering and research experience to the position, including an engineering director role at Megger.
AFL simplifies fiber installer tasks with 'inspection-ready' Noyes M210 OTDR
(Feb 2, 2012)
OTDR is designed for testing and troubleshooting of singlemode and multimode optical fibers in enterprise, transportation, campus and military communication networks.
TDR measures length, finds faults on live cables
(Jan 10, 2012)
The Snap Shot time domain reflectometer from T3 Innovation can be used on energized data lines, live coaxial systems and electrical cable runs.
AFL receives ISO recertifications
(Jan 5, 2012)
ISO 9000:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications were affirmed after third-party recertification audits and annual surveillance.
Cabling certifier tests to 1600 MHz
(Dec 6, 2011)
The WireXpert from Psiber Data Systems conducts Cat 6A tests in 8 seconds and Cat 7/7A tests in 14 second.
High power optical fiber identifier warns on installer safety hazards
(Dec 2, 2011)
AFL has introduced the Noyes OFI-400HP, an optical fiber identifier designed to simplify installation, maintenance, rerouting, and restoration tasks in high power optical networks.
Fluke sells 50,000th DTX
(Nov 30, 2011)
Company says its testers have certified more than a billion copper links and 250 million fiber links.
Tester provides vision into dark coaxial cabling networks
(Nov 10, 2011)
Tool can map runs through splitters using up to four coaxial RF remotes.
Cable fault finder detects multiple bridge taps
(Nov 3, 2011)
The TS100 Pro from Fluke Networks detects and removes bridge taps to 3,200 feet.
Toner tests up to 8 cables at once
(Oct 21, 2011)
The Pocket Toner from Fluke Networks is available in three models to test voice, data and video lines.
The Cabling Blog
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
CWA likes what it hears from President Obama during State of the Union
On Tuesday, January 24, as President Barack Obama wrapped up his State of the Union address, the Communications Workers of America issued a statement praising the president "for his focus on creating an America that is built to last with an economy that...
FOA says, 'We have your standard right here ... on one page'
In its January 2012 online newsletter, The Fiber Optic Association stated that it is starting a program "to make standards more accessible to the world of users, contractors, designers and installers." Specifically, the association is creating one-page...
Video demonstrates how to test patch cords for standard compliance
In a five-minute video posted to YouTube, Adrian Young, senior technical support engineer with Fluke Networks, demonstrates the procedures for using the company's Category 5e, 6 and 6A patch-cord adapters with the DTX-1800 CableAnalyzer.In the video Young...
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CI&M Editorial Guide: Structured Cabling Systems for Healthcare Environments
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An Overview of Macrobending and Microbending of Optical Fibers
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Designing a Reliable Cabling Infrastructure for Healthcare Facilities
Hospitals and other medical facilities face daunting new IT challenges as every facet of care increasingly relies on networked electronics. Berk-Tek and Legrand ... Sponsored By:
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Structured Cabling Verification to Vendor Specifications: Marketing Hype or Better for Your Network?
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RoHS/WEEE Overview and Recommendations
The increasing global awareness of the impact that products and the manufacturing processes used to make them has on the ecology has prompted efforts to control ... Sponsored By:
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Field Testing Installed Optical Fiber Cabling
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Encircled Flux ? The New Standard in Multimode Testing Accuracy
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Fiber Best Practice: Fiber Plant Characterization and Troubleshooting (Tier 2 Certification)
The Fiber Best Practice Series was designed by Fluke Networks to educate about important optical fiber best practices, including: Fiber inspection and ... Sponsored By:
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Fiber Best Practice: Loss-Length (Tier 1) Fiber Certification
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