Many thanks to everybody who attended the ELEX show in Harrogate last week. OPENXTRA had a stand and we enjoyed meeting you all.
Denis and Annie did heroic stand duty ably assisted by Steve from JDSU.
One of the big hits at the show was the cable tester demonstrator box (as demonstrated by Denis above) with various [...]
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We expect two main trends to continue to drive business throughout 2008:
Convergence — a lot of people not normally associated with computers and communications are being drawn in, most notably electricians working in the building industry. With things getting sticky in the housing market, it is likely that a lot of electricians will be looking [...]
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JDSU were kind enough to invite myself and Denis to a Test-Um product training day at the JDSU offices in Basingstoke. Michael, the Test-Um trainer, is extremely knowledgeable about cable testing in general (as an ex-installer himself) and about the whole Test-Um range in particular.
One heads up. The Test-Um name is going to start disappearing [...]
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We are pleased to announce the availability of the OWL single mode fibre optic cable testers. The shop now has a dedicated Fibre cable testers section.
The OWL products provide great features for an unbeatable price, starting at just £230. Features include:
Germanium photodetector
2.5mm Universal Adaptor Port
Multimode and Singlemode ready
NIST Traceable at all wavelengths
Separate zero reference for [...]
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You might assume that because the technology involved in manufacturing optical fibre cable is more complex than copper, installation of fibre networks would inevitably be more expensive than using copper. However, with the advent of CAT6 cabling means that copper is getting faster — but at a cost.
There are environments where copper is at a [...]
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I’m often asked how to track live network cables. I have a confession: I don’t know how to do it! There, honesty is always the best policy!
More and more companies have systems that are in operation 24/7, that cannot in any circumstances be switched off. Sometimes the data centre cabling is poorly documented. So, how [...]
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If you are involved in installing data, voice or video cabling then you won’t be disappointed by Data, Voice, and Video Cabling by Jim Hayes and Paul Rosenberg.
Jim Hayes, as we’ve recommended before, also has a couple of online tutorials available. Well worth a look!
The book gives a nice overview of the various technologies involved [...]
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To complement OPENXTRA’s range of Test-Um and Psiber cable and network test tools we are really pleased to add Agilent FrameScope, FrameScope Pro and WireScope Pro. These tools are top-notch fast professional tools for CAT6/7 copper and fibre (prefer the english spelling) installation and certification. What’s best about this range is that once you have [...]
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OPENXTRA has now added the Brother range of professional label printers to our product portfolio. Brother label printers are PC compatible and produce professional cable labels which can include barcodes, logos and images if desired. You can find our range at Brother Printers And if you are a Test-Um Validator user , the Validator [...]
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Some of you may have spotted a few minor tweaks to the product categorisation recently. Both the cable tracker and telephone tester categories have been split off from the cable tester category.
Why? Neither the cable trackers nor telephone testers are cable testers in the sense most people reading this understand the term. So, why you [...]
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