Latest cabling/wiring products - News Briefs

Communications News, August, 1999

CRIMP

SOFTWARE UPGRADE documents and manages anything connected to the network within one user-friendly application. Cablesoft manufactures a product called CRIMP (which stands for connectivity, routing, and infrastructure management program). CRIMP manages structured cabling systems, LANs, WANs, routers, and hubs. Key features of the product are cabling infrastructure management, disaster planning, E-911 telecom compliance, fault-desk management, IT service billing and cross charging, change management, remote reconfiguration, test management, and warranty monitoring.--Cablesoft, Inc.

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L'il tugger

REMOVE TIME AND EFFORT from wire and cable pulls done by hand. Greenlee Textron's L'il Tugger cable puller takes much of the physical strain out of long, difficult wire pulls. The L'il Tugger produces a pulling speed of up to 60 feet a minute (18 meters per minute) in even small-diameter conduit with minimal effort. The potential for operator injury associated with long runs is reduced. L'il Tugger pays for itself by reducing job costs to a fraction of what's required when pulls are done by hand. Its simple four-piece assembly weighs just 20 lbs. and can be set up in minutes. Greenlee Textron has designed its product to fit into small boxes mounted at different heights. L'il Tugger can be easily moved from one pull to another without disassembly. --Greenlee Textron

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Labeling guide

PANDUIT CORP. offers a free full-color guide to proper labeling for conformance with the TIA/EIA-606 standard. Following the TIA/EIA-606 standard for proper identification simplifies maintenance and allows faster moves, adds, and changes. Panduit's 40-page reference includes a broad range of labels, markers, and accessories to ease compliance. The TIA/EIA-606 standard affects the labeling and administration of telecom cables, connectors, hub facilities, patch panels, conduits, and pathways. Panduit's guide describes laser, ink-jet, thermal-transfer, and dot-matrix labels and presents useful printers and software.--Panduit Corp.

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Toolless jack

FAST TERMINATION Improves efficiency and performance. AMP's NETCONNECT Toolless Jack offers an easy alternate termination method to traditional 110-style punchdowns. The toolless jack provides simplicity of installation, as well as consistently high-performance levels from jack to jack. The toolless jack, an integral part of the AMP NETCONNECT Enhanced CAT 5 and Quantum cabling systems, is available in both Category 5e and Category 6 performance levels, for both UTP and FTP/S-FTP (shielded cables).

Key features of the toolless jack are its slim profile, termination with common pliers, simplified assembly, 8-position jacks, and increased density at the outlet when used with new modular outlets, duplex mounting strap, and FLEX-MODE faceplates.--AMP, Inc.

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To the max

PATCH CABLES meet the TIA/EIA 568A draft requirements for Category 5e, also known as Enhanced CAT 5. Quabbin Wire & Cable, a manufacturer of low-temperature thermoplastic cables, has produced the DataMax 5400 series of ETL-verified Category 5e cables. Both DataMax 5400 patch and 9449 horizontal cables meet proposed enhanced CAT 5 requirements. Quabbin's shielded and unshielded cables meet or exceed current industry standards for computer, data transmission, instrumentation, and other electronic applications.--Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc.

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