Latest Cabling/Wiring Products.

Greater bandwidth

OUT-PERFORM 300 MEGAHERTZ products. Southwire Company has added Category 5 enhanced cable to its CyberLAN voice and data communications line. CyberLAN-5E cable is third-party verified to currently proposed ANSI/ TIA/EIA specifications that add performance parameters

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Feeling unwound?

TIGHT, BUFFERED indoor/outdoor cable is part of the General Phonetics line of high-data, craft-friendly products. New materials and dry water-blocking technology allow the cable to meet the Bellcore GR-20 temperature cycling and water migration requirements for I/O performance. GPAdvantage I/0 cabling is available with up to 24 fibers and all fiber types including single-mode, 50/125-micron, 62.5/125-micron FDDI grade, and high-bandwidth fiber for Gigabit Ethernet applications. GPAdvantage claims that this cable's riser rating allows it to be routed to many areas within a building, while its design makes it easy to terminate.--General Photonics

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Multimedia rackmount

SIMPLIFY INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE for UTP, SCTP, fiber, and coax while reducing cost. Hubbell Premise Wiring's cross-connect system may be enhanced with convenient adapters for Category 5, S-video, ST (fiber), SF (coax), and BNC (10Base-2).

Hubbell's Ultra High Density (UHD) multimedia panel features front and rear labeling, a front patch-cord organizer, a rear cable-management tray, and a rear jack holder. Five locations are provided for visible and accessible labels. The UHD system is available in 16, 32, and 48 port sizes, in shielded and unshielded formats.--Hubbell, Inc.

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What's your angle?

PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MOUNTING DEPTH for data/communications inserts. Wiremold Company has produced an angled adapter for installing connectivity inserts in surface raceways. The Interlink Activate Angled Raceway Adapter effectively moves the connection out of the raceway while still providing physical protection to sensitive components. While allowing for depth important to coaxial-type connections and maintaining the cable fill ratio of the raceway, the adapter's design helps to ensure the required bend radius for Category 5 and fiber optic cabling.

The Angled Raceway Adapter is compatible with a broad range of snap-in inserts for UTP, fiber optic, audio, and video cabling. It accepts two 2A-size inserts, supporting multimedia capability at a single point of use.--Wiremold Co.

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Splice and dice

FIBER OPTIC SPLICE CLOSURES provide protection in aerial, underground, and pedestal applications. Tyton Hellermann is a supplier of closures in Europe to CATV and telecommunications companies. Its Cable Tyte closures offer compact solutions, accommodate a wide variety of fiber counts, and are designed for easy installation without the need for special tools. Cablelok is a non-heatshrink system used for watertight, environmental sealing of cable entering Tyton Hellermann fiber closures.

Cable Tyte designs include a curved splice tray, and weather-resistant, thermoplastic shells offer protection and durability. Cablelok seals are made from an external grade of flexible, neoprene rubber, and sealing is accomplished without heat or tools.--Tyton Hellermann

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Gigabit Ethernet

GUARANTEED LINK LENGTHS handle Gigabit Ethernet transmission while offering full compatibility with existing installed FDDI-grade cable. Mohawk/CDT has released fiber optic cable for use with gigabit networks. These cables are manufactured with Corning InfiniCor fiber to ensure quality. AdvanceLite cable has third-party verified performance to TIA/EIA-568-A. When used for collapsed or longer backbones, AdvanceLite 300 provides for a 300-meter cable length as defined by TIA/EIA TSB-72. AdvanceLite 600 has a 600-meter length, meeting the requirements of ISO 11801 and IEEE 802.3/z.--Mohawk/CDT

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Automated prep

CREATE FAST, EFFICIENT cable connections for Andrew's standard and RingFlare connectors. EASIAX PLUS is a line of automated cable preparation tools for 7/8-, 1-1/4-, and 1-5/8-inch HELIAX coaxial cable. These tools attach to an electric drill to cut the cable jacket, outer conductor, and foam core to give reliable connections in 10 seconds or less. The tools are made from aluminum for ease of handling, light weight, and resistance to corrosion.--Andrew Corp.

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Secure CO-to-CPE test

REMOTE TEST SET from IC Engineering allows security-protected remote access to central office switches and customer premise equipment. The RTS-2 Remote Test Set is an 8-port unit that maintains any existing connection between the CO lines and the CPE lines until accessed. Either loop- or ground-start lines may be utilized.

The RTS-2 generates test tones that are activated upon command. Individual ports can be configured for responder behavior, so that the device answers and provides a 1,000 Hz tone without access codes.

The first CO line connected to the RTS-2 is used for access. Once accessed with a correct test code, test calls can be placed through any of the remaining ports. An accessor can disconnect from the test call on the outgoing port while remaining in test mode, ready to place a new call on the same or different outgoing port. Many other capabilities.--IC Engineering

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DSV testing

GREENLEE has expanded its instruments line to include a series of tracing, testing, and verification products for data, signal, and voice (DSV) applications. The DSV Multi-Network Cable Tester is designed for verification of cable integrity and wiring configuration for coax or twisted-pair cables. Among other products recently released by Greenlee are a coax tester for quick verification of opens or shorts, a modular adapter for in-line testing of data lines, a polarity tester for use with tone generators and test devices, and a DSV universal test set for troubleshooting communications circuits.--Greenlee Textron, Inc.

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Optical fiber

HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER is designed for next-generation data communication systems. SpecTran Communication Fiber Technologies has produced GigaGuide optical fiber, a fully standards-compliant fiber intended for use in Gigabit Ethernet systems. GigaGuide has a 62.5 micron core and is compatible with Fast Ethernet, FDDI, and 155 Mbps ATM standards. Optical performance has been developed for LED and next-generation laser sources, including conventional edge-emitting and vertical cavity surface-emitting laser sources.--SpecTran Communication Fiber Technologies, Inc.

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Get loose

SIMPLIFY SYSTEM DESIGN and reduce cost to the installer and the customer. Siecor's FREEDM optical fiber cable is fully compliant with current standards for cable and wiring. The FREEDM cable offers the environmental, moisture, and sunlight resistance of an outdoor cable combined with the flame retardancy of an indoor, riser-rated cable. With loose-tube indoor/ outdoor cable, costly conduit or a building entrance transition splicing can now be avoided when the indoor routing distance is more than 50 feet. Siecor's cable even allows routing from the building entrance directly up a riser shaft to an intermediate cross-connect or horizontal closet because it is riser-rated.--Siecor Corp.

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Duplex fiber connector

PANDUIT'S OPTI-JACK has been chosen by Sprint to provide fiber optic connectivity to Sprint's new corporate campus construction project. The OPTI-JACK connector is a small form factor, RJ-45 style duplex fiber device chosen for fiber-to-desk runs. With nearly 200,000 fiber optic cabling runs in the campus network, Panduit's deployment is among the largest fiber-to-desk commercial installations.--Panduit Corp.

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To the MAC

ADAPT YOUR OFFICE furniture systems to new technologies. DRG, furniture designers and manufacturers, and Siemon Company, developer of communications cable, have partnered to offer a system with advanced cable management capabilities. MACsys provides a consolidation point for zoned cabling between the work area outlet and the telecom closet. Interconnection brackets are available in a variety of sizes and can accommodate copper, fiber, or coaxial cable in compliance with TIA/EIA-TSB75 and ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A industry standards. MACsys combines features such as Siemon's "reactance balancing," simplicity of installation, color coding, and "plug-and-play" modularity to provide high-transmission performance with ease of maintenance.--Design Resource Group International, Inc. and Siemon Co.

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Media converters

EXTEND NETWORK DISTANCES by up to 28,000 meters by using single-mode fiber. Omnitron Systems, a provider of LAN and AS/400 network connectivity products, has manufactured a line of media converters that enable 100Base Fast Ethernet connection between several fiber options and unshielded twisted pair (UTP). The FlexPoint 100 FX/TX converters function in either full- or half-duplex mode to increase data rates to 200 Mbps. The mode is switch-selectable, allowing manual control of the variable duplex operation. When set at auto negotiation, the converter auto-senses the capacity of the connected device on the UTP port and adapts to the highest available bandwidth. Available in SC or ST type connector, the FlexPoint 100 FX/TX extends network distances up to 28,000 meters, compared with the industry standard of 20,000 meters. The product ships in single-mode and multimode fiber models. Networks deploying multimode fiber can increase distances up to 2,000 meters.--Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc.

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