PRODUCTS UPDATE
SERVICES AND SOFTWARE Pre-staging service
Transmode, a supplier of packet-optical networking solutions, has announced the launch of its pre-staging service, designed to help service providers deploy networks quickly and more efficiently.
The company says the service reduces on-site time, simplifies logistics and ensures quality by building, patching and configuring chassis in a controlled environment prior to shipping to site. Transmode has previously custom-built networks remotely for some clients but the company is now offering the new pre-staging service to all customers. Dan Rydberg, the company’s vice president for operations and customer service, said: ‘We are seeing a trend that more and more of our customers asking to deploy their network equipment using a pre-staging service. The service will help our customers reduce network deployment time and speed up time to revenue.’
www.transmode.com/en
TEST AND MEASUREMENT Fibre visualiser
Anritsu has launched its new Fibre Visualizer tool. The company says that, as a function on the MT9083 series of optical time-domain reflectometers (OTDR), the Fibre Visualizer provides a new level of insight into optical fibre cables, connections and splices. This enables installers to more quickly and
reliably check the quality of an optical fibre installation, using automated processing on the test equipment rather than requiring expert analysis of an image or trace. Designed to simplify the fibre testing process,
the Fibre Visualizer automatically selects the correct testing parameters for the fibre under test. This ensures correct instrument setup prior to testing, for fast, effective and accurate measurements. Once testing is complete, an
Optical Test Kit
SWITCHES AND ROUTERS Ultra-broadband power dividers
Pasternack Enterprises, a manufacturer and supplier of RF and microwave products, has introduced a line of ultra-broadband power dividers capable of 50 GHz. These millimetre-wave power dividers (also
referred to as RF power splitters) are ideal for use in radar systems, electronic warfare equipment, fibre optic systems, 10G Ethernet and any application that requires high frequency, multi- octave performance. Pasternack is offering three configurations of
broadband power dividers, including two with 2.92mm connectors, one of which is a low VSWR version. Both 2.92mm power dividers are capable of frequencies ranging from 10 GHz to 40 GHz and are rated to 10 Watts maximum input power. The third option is a 2.4mm power divider capable of 10 GHz to 50 GHz and also has a power rating of 10 Watts. All three high frequency power dividers are
Wilkinson two-way designs using a compact package that offers low insertion loss and phase stability across their broad operating range. ‘Our new power dividers are an essential addition to help meet the broadband requirements of the growing millimetre wave industry,’ said Gerry Camacho, VP of technical marketing.
www.pasternack.com
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Following the success of its RF test kit, Livingston has introduced a flexible optical test kit. The company, based in Teddington, UK, specialises in sourcing test equipment. Through these kits Livingston’s clients will be able to specify a variety of different optical test products to put together a simple all- encompassing, cost-optimised rental package that suits their needs, with all the benefits of a one-stop-shop approach. The optical test kit
easy-to-use graphical summary of the complete fibre is presented.
This view clearly shows all of the issues and
failure points of the fibre under test in a self- explanatory graphical image, Anritsu says, making it simple and easy to test a fibre and process the results.
www.anritsu.com
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offers an array of different optical analysers, optical power meters, dispersion analysers and optical sources, as well various fusion splicers and fibre microscopes. The kit’s adaptability means that Livingston
can respond to the growing use within the industry of passive optical network (PON) architectures, which require a different set of instruments, as conventional loss testers and OTDRs don’t have pass/fail functionality built-in.
www.livingston.co.uk
Focis Pro automatic ModBox-1550nm-12Gbps-DPSK
The NEW DPSK reference transmitter from Photline Technologies is now available from Laser
Components. The ModBox-1550nm-DPSK makes Photline Technologies ModBoxes the most comprehensive range of high data- rate reference optical transmitters for test in laboratory and production, says the company. It is an optical modulation unit that generates high-performance DPSK optical data streams. The equipment incorporates a modulation stage based on a high data rate LiNbO3
Mach-Zehnder modulator, coupled with a high-performance RF driver and a robust automatic bias control circuitry. It can also receive an internal laser source (DFB, ITLA), and a receiver stage based on a delay line interferometer and balanced detector.
www.lasercomponents.com/uk
fibre inspection
Fujikura Europe (FEL) has introduced a family of Focis Pro automatic fibre inspection solutions. Aimed at providing network personnel with an automated solution for analysis and documentation of fibre connector cleanliness and integrity, the Focis Pro eliminates the subjective aspect of fibre inspection. Designed for all inspection tasks, Focis Pro is a powerful, easy-to-use alternative to existing inspection solutions. The optical resolution and detection specifications exceed current international standards, and software-based applications are upgradeable making Focis Pro solutions truly future-proof, the company says. ‘With the substantial growth in data traffic and associated higher data rates, the demand for exceptional performance of network systems is becoming more and more crucial,’ said Ian Tweedle, test equipment sales manager.
www.fujikura.co.uk
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