Cabling Installation & Maintenance articles from June 2003

Cabling Installation & Maintenance archives from June 2003

On plenum, polymers, and knockoffs. (Editorial).(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... Three interesting pieces of information related primarily to unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable recently came across my radar screen, and I'd like to share them with you. First, in a presentation at the BICSI Spring Conference held last...

Communications cabling: a new market. (Perspective).
June 1, 2003... The days of mystery behind termination of copper and fiber are gone, and that's downright disconcerting to this industry veteran. Today, I can pick up a consumer do-it-yourself magazine and get a good definition of Category 5e cable. I can...

Is some Cat 5e cable good enough to be called Category 6? (Ask Donna).
June 1, 2003... Q: I had a question at a seminar that a prominent distributor and a prominent cabling-system vendor would not (could not) answer. I have a customer with an embedded base of Category 5e cabling verified to 400 MHz. If I installed matched...

But you can't buy a Cat 5e tester. (To the Editor).
June 1, 2003... I read with interest your recent editorial, "Getting testy about testing" (April 2003, page 7). You have fallen into an assumption that many do, and you may modify your perspective after reading what I have to say. Your premise is based on...

Multi-pair copper: bridging the bandwidth gap: new technology involves aggregating the bandwidth of several copper pairs in the local loop. (Design).
June 1, 2003... Ask businesses if they would like more bandwidth for their network, and if they would rather get it sooner than later, and close to 90% of them would likely answer an enthusiastic "yes" to both questions. That's because only 10% of U.S....

Boiling down the 606-A labeling standard: the ultimate labeling solution includes several essential elements. (Installation).
June 1, 2003... The new TIA/EIA-606-A standard is nearly 70 pages and 17,000 words in length. The standard is filled with requirements stating that certain elements "shall be labeled" and "shall be identified." Within this article is a simplified explanation...

A shift of security to IT brings new challenges, ideas. (Technology).(information technology)
June 1, 2003... New digital video equipment allows for increased flexibility and manipulation of information, requiring security systems to run over LANs and WANs. Our government's heightened focus on security has been a wake-up call for both private and...

Redundant cabling among recommendations for disaster recovery strategies. (Industry Spotlight).(includes related article)
June 1, 2003... Make the investment in a disaster preparedness and recovery system. Maintain it, and consider using the highest category of copper cable possible in the horizontal network. That is the advice of experts who are looking at the state of end...

Up-close and personal: Cat 6 return-on-investment. (Product Update).(category 6 telecommunications cabling standard, includes related article)
June 1, 2003... To make profitable, long-term business decisions, you'll need to consider three things: Where have we been? Where are we going? How will we get there? In June 2002, the TR-42.7 Copper Cabling Systems Committee of the Telecommunications...

Tight-space cable puller. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... Rated for continuous pulls to up to 2,000 pounds, the Mini Brutus Pulling system uses a standard rigid or mini-Collins pipe threader as its power drive unit, and can pull up to 18 feet per minute. A multi-position adjustable arm extends more...

Fire-retardant video/security cable. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... Designed to meet the strictest regulations for flame spread and smoke generation in plenum installations, the RG59/U coax for video security systems from Coleman Cable (www.colemancable.com) features DuPont Teflon FEP fluoropolymer resin for...

Handheld visible fault-finder. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... The handheld Visible Fault-finder Kit provides installers and troubleshooters with a dual laser visible light source to locate excessive bends, kinks, and breaks in optical-fiber cables. It is also suited for optimizing splices and MT-RJ...

Protect cables in raised-floor installations. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... The Cablemat system is designed specifically for carrying communication cables (Category 5e- and 6-approved) under a raised access floor. Constructed from twin-wall polypropylene sheets, the Cablemat decking is 10-mm thick and takes a load...

Splice panel eases air-blown fiber installation. (New Product).
June 1, 2003... The ABF (air-blown fiber) splice panel is a two-drawer modular device designed to accommodate up to 96 drawer. The tubes can be pre-installed at the factory and linked to micro-duct previously installed in the field. The manufacturer says the...

Fiber link cassette, cable. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... A plug-and-play optical-fiber link system features durable metal cassettes that fit into all of the manufacturer's fiber patch panels, as well as enclosures that accept FSP Series adapter panels. The compact housing contains factory-polished...

A five-in-one enclosure. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... The Max-IT modular enclosure lets you accommodate evolving equipment, power, cabling, and cooling requirements. The 8-post, fully-welded frame is designed to house densely packed equipment and a broad range of servers. A "sidecar" for...

A UPS that conditions. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... The OmniGuard Rackmount UPS is designed to ensure that enterprise systems receive stable and dean power, and protects servers, storage and networking from damaging power fluctuations by cleaning and conditioning utility power with...

10-Gbit structured cabling. (New Product).
June 1, 2003... The 10G ip structured cabling system features 10-Gbit/sec XGLO fiber products; TERA, a copper cabling system designed to deliver 1.2 GHz of useable band width; and 10G 6, a proprietary Category 6e system designed for linear performance and...

Cable built for high-resolution video and audio. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... The R5+2PR contains five color-coded, high-resolution, 26-AWG minicoax cables for video, plus two 22-AWG pairs for simultaneous audio transmission. Each minicoax cable is individually shielded with a 100% tinned copper wrap shell, as well as an...

Body-building boosts singlemode connector. (New Products).
June 1, 2003... Singlemode LC connector plug kits are available in simplex and duplex for 900-[micro]m buffered cable and 1.6 to 2.0-mm, 2.4-mm, and 3.0-mm jacketed optical-fiber cable. The company says it has improved the original design of the LC connector...