Data Center

3 mistakes some electricians made installing data cables at our jobsite

The following Youtube video from HSM IT Services (Edmonton, AB) notes how “electricians are often contracted to run data cable (Cat5e, Cat6) while installing electrical wire. Many times, they do a bad job and we have to clean up the mess,” observes the Canadian structured cabling installer firm. Why exactly do they say this? “Several […]

Test and Measurements

II-VI offers pluggable OTDR

II‐VI Inc. (NASDAQ:IIVI) has introduced a pluggable optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) for embedded network monitoring of carrier and data center networks, particularly within the context of software-defined networking (SDN). The second-generation device, designed to be plugged into XFP ports, is in the sampling stage, with general availability slated for the third quarter of this […]

Copper Cabling

Is 100W 4PPoE just a subtle blowtorch for RJ45 panels?

1.) What effect will 100W 4-pair PoE have on RJ45 connectivity? As put forth by a recent technology white paper from Panduit: “The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) document, TSB-184, Guidelines for Supporting Power Delivery Over Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling provides guidance for installing cables that run PoE with currents up to 600 mA on two pairs. […]

Optical Cable

Tarluz Loose Tube Type Air Blowing Cable

Tarluz offers loose tube type air-blowing cable, the fibers are positioned in a PBT loose tube, the tube filled with water resistant filling compound, The loose tubes are stranded around a central plastic central strength member. The cable is completed with an outer sheath. Fiber Count Configuration Fillers Outer Diameter (mm) Cable Weight kg/km Tensile […]