Volume 5, Issue 6

Training for Telecommunications Designers: Arent the Standards Enough?

June 1, 1997

The Telecommunications Industry Associa-tion/Electronic Industries Association`s (tia/eia--Arlington, VA) premises distribution standards, such as the commercial building telecommunicat...

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Cable-pull software

June 1, 1997

Pull-Planner 2000 software uses commonly accepted pulling equations to estimate cable-pulling tension and sidewall pressure around bends. This PC-based program approaches a pull...

Fiber

Lubricants facilitate cable pulls

June 1, 1997

On the surface, pulling cable appears to be a simple task--attach the pulling grip, place the cable in the conduit, and begin pulling. But it`s what you can`t see in the conduit...

Cabling Installation

Future-proof networks with extended-performance cable

June 1, 1997

Lack of foresight when you are purchasing cable can design technological limits into a building and cramp the performance of high-tech equipment.

Cabling Installation

Development of shielded-cable standards continues

June 1, 1997

Ned Sigmon, associate director of development engineering of amp Inc. (Harrisburg, PA) and chairman of the screened 100-ohm cabling task group of the TR-41.8.1 committee of the...

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Power stripping tool

June 1, 1997

Billed as a low-cost, effective alternative to bench strippers, the rfa-4015 "Porta-Strip" has interchangeable cutter heads. An abs carrying case and ac/dc power supply are included...

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Modular OTDR

June 1, 1997

One-button testing lets the operator of the cma4000 otdr conduct automated tests, including optical return loss, dual-wavelength, filename, storage, and print. Most tests can ...

IP Security & AV

Zone-cabling termination cabinet

June 1, 1997

To provide a consolidation/termination/distribution point located close to the workstations in an office environment, zctc 1024 is mounted into the ceiling tile grid system. This...

Cabling Installation

Cable trays are finding more low-voltage use

June 1, 1997

Having been around for decades, cable trays have experienced evolutionary growth over their long history. Not a particularly glamorous product to many, in these high-tech times...

Connectivity

Escon-compatible cable assembly

June 1, 1997

An Escon-compatible fiber-optic cable assembly and connector works with ibm`s S/390 processors and Escon interface and meets intermateability details defined in the ibm Enterprise...

Cabling Installation

LANscape solutions brochure

June 1, 1997

The lanscape Fiber Cabling Solutions for Premises Networks brochure (literature code cpc-122) reviews the lanscape program, which includes fiber- optic products and services to...