Cabling Installation & Maintenance articles from January 2004

Cabling Installation & Maintenance archives from January 2004

A digital revolution? Not really.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... For more than 10 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine has been a source of useful and timely information that, thanks to those at the United States Postal Service, has traveled through rain, snow, sleet, and hail to reach your...

Part of 2005 NEC to remain "status quo".(Ask Donna)
January 1, 2004... In my September column, I predicted that "limited combustible" cable--by some other, yet-to-be-determined name would be a listing in the NEC 2005 and that CMP would be in a very precarious position by publication of NEC 2008. Recently, this...

Bringing a campus cabling plant up to standard: with the pride and spirit of the righting Irish, Notre Dame's infrastructure team embarks on an upgrade.(design)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2004... Renowned for its academic reputation, the University of Notre Dame was founded in 1842 and today is organized into four undergraduate colleges, 10 major research institutes, more than 40 centers and special programs, and a prestigious library...

Counterfeit cable abounds: beware of bad connections: you can be held liable if bogus products don't measure up to end user's requirements.(installation)
January 1, 2004... The floodgates are open for counterfeit cabling products. And as overseas manufacturers move the bogus cable through distributors in North America and Canada, contractors can be held liable if they install products that aren't up to performance...

Data center breakthrough remedies expansion crisis: a planned upgrade was bumped to high-priority status after an unexpected failure.(technology)
January 1, 2004... Last Thanksgiving, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston did not have much to be thankful for. "Our entire network went down," says Sandra Denekamp, manager of telecommunications for. BIDMC, a founding member of the CareGroup...

Premises cabling decisions can increase network security; choices of media, connectivity, and personnel all factor into your network's level of security.(security)
January 1, 2004... In recent years, we have seen the networks of some of our most respected and powerful agencies and banks breached, often by company insiders. Information technology and network decision-makers are tuning in to this important buzz, as security...

Ethernet connectors face off on the factory floor: several harsh-environment connectors survive and perform outside the office.(product update)
January 1, 2004... When Ethernet first found its way onto the factory floor 10 years ago, it was primarily used for gathering production data, such as the number of widgets produced per hour and amount of downtime in a day. Today, Ethernet is becoming a...

Modular fiber network tester.(BICSI Winter Conference New Product Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The N38900A modular network tester is a portable, lightweight tool for installation and maintenance of optical-fiber networks. Snap-on measurement modules include OTDR and OSA test engines, and a 1x12 optical switch module. A video microscope...

Home cabling powering system.(BICSI Winter Conference New Product Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The FlexPoint UPS powering system for customer premise equipment provides power for fiber-to-the-home, cable telephony, video and data services. The system includes Power-Ring, an electrical utility meter base extender providing a gap between...

Singlemode fiber connectors.(BICSI Winter New Product Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The singlemode version of the company's LightCrimp Plus fiber connector features a new fiber-splice technology designed for precision alignment of cabled fiber to the factory-polished stubbed ferrule. This design, says the company, lets you...

Flange-mount enclosures for circuit breakers.(BICSI Winter New Product Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Premier Series flange-mount disconnect enclosures are available in 30 single-door, wall-mount models that house industry leading operating mechanisms for disconnect switches and circuit breakers. Features include padlock-able door handle and...

Versatile fiber testing platform.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... LANscape Solutions Model 500 optical multitester is an optical-fiber testing platform featuring test and measurement options for OTDR (60 to 80% of range in 15 to 30 seconds), connector inspection, chromatic and polarization mode dispersion,...

Tight-buffered, fire-rated fiber.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Draka Comteq USA now offers OFNP-rated optical-fiber cable with up to 144 fiber in addition to OFNR-rated cables with up to 156 fibers. According to the company, the tightly buffered cables offer greater flexibility than loose-tube design, and...

125-km GbitE converters.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... A new line of media converters is designed to transmit Gigabit Ethernet signals up to 125 km over singlemode optical-fiber cable. These extended reach converters, which the company says give users the ability to stretch their GbitE fiber links...

Modular optical-fiber connectivity system.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The Systimax InstaPATCH system is a high-density, factory-terminated and tested modular fiber connectivity solution designed to let you quickly connect Systimax components together. Industry standard 12-fiber multi-fiber push on (MPO)...

Transceiver goes out on the edge.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The 10+ Gigabit Multi-Rate EPX6100 transceiver, a test module housed inside the EPX platform, is designed as a flexible tool for system manufacturers who are developing next-gen SONET/SDH 0systems for more efficient use of band width in metro...

Small-form-factor pluggable transceivers.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... A line of Gigabit Ethernet products that use small-form-factor pluggable transceivers have an LC receptacle designed to support singlemode or multimode fiber, or as single wavelengths (or channels) for the CWDM options. These SFP optics require...

High-visibility portable cord.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Yellow high-visibility Carolprene 600 V rubber cord is designed for portable cord applications requiring 105[degrees]C ratings. The cord's oil- and water-resistant jackets, says the manufacturer, meet all commercial and industrial applications....

10-Gbit Ethernet to go, please.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The 10-Gigabit Ethernet EasyLAN cabling solution is a complete pre-assembled backbone system with a choice of rack or wall-mount hardware. A pulling grip option is available that provides easier installation and protection to connectors during...

Tabletop faceplates.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Three new faceplates for the company's deQuorum Worksurface Portal install in conference tables, workstations and other surfaces to provide access to power, voice and data without "pop-up" components or lids that must remain open during use....

Cat 6 cable for 10-Gbit Ethernet.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Krone says it has demonstrated the first augmented Category 6 cable to have the necessary characteristics for enabling 10-Gigabit Ethernet over UTP to the full 100 meters required for structured cabling systems. The new augmented Cat 6 cable...

Portable power analyzer.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The PA-9Plus portable power quality analyzer records power quality and power flow information simultaneously. Recorded information can be viewed via a built-in graphics display, downloaded to a computer using the serial interface and optional...

Far East-friendly.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The LANTEK 1.3 firmware/software suite includes simplified Chinese language support to help ease integration of the company's line of cable certifiers into the fast-growing Chinese networking market. LANTEK cable certifiers are designed for...

Data center, medical network whiter papers.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Data Center Solutions and IP Enhanced Medical Networks are new white papers from The Siemon Company. The data center document discusses trends and provides a planning guide that addresses various infrastructures and components--including the...

Identifying your connections.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The single-port classic faceplate with station ID accepts all of the manufacturer's modular connectors and inserts, and is designed to fit any standard single-gang NEMA electrical box or proprietary mounting and junction box. This ID faceplate...

Category 5e 50-pair backbone cable.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... The company's family of data-grade backbone cables has been expanded toinclude what it claims is the industry's first Category 5e 50-pair cable approved for use in riser- and plenum-rated applications. The cable features two bonded 25-pair legs...

Advanced fiber media converters.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... Four new modules have been added to the iConverter line of managed media converters. The GX/X is a Gigabit Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet fiber converter that uses switch-repeater technology that can be used in network extension by cascading...

Angled punch-down patch panels.(BICSI Winter New Products Showcase)
January 1, 2004... DP6 Plus and DP5e angled punch-down patch panels are specifically designed to meet the latest TIA/EIA specifications for Category 6 and 5e. The devices facilitate proper bend radius of each cable as it is routed directly into a vertical...