World’s first cost-effective solution for everyday performance testing of copper AND fibre cable

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Issue Date: 7th February 2007

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Ideal Industries has launched its new SIGNALTEK™-FO cable performance tester, the world’s first everyday qualifier for both copper and fibre networks. For the first time datacomm installers, electrical contractors and IT/network managers can use one qualifier to check that installed fibre and copper cabling can support voice, video and data applications.

SIGNALTEK™-FO offers all of the popular features of Ideal Industries’ existing SIGNALTEK™ qualifier - such as Gigabit Ethernet qualification and active link testing - with the added benefit of fibre optic qualification.

Traditional power meter/light source kits typically only measure the attenuation of fibre optic links. As Gigabit Ethernet becomes the standard for backbone and zone fibre optic cabling, attenuation testing alone may not be enough to guarantee error-free performance. SIGNALTEK™-FO’s Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT) adds assurance that fibre optic links can support high-speed data in line with IEEE 802.3ab standards.

In addition to fibre optic cables, SIGNALTEK™-FO can test other cable types including twisted pair data, coax, telephone, security alarm and audio cables.
SIGNALTEK™-FO can also be configured to run for several minutes or even hours at a time to stress test the link for dropped packets. This monitoring mode allows SIGNALTEK™-FO to be used in place of traditional monitoring tools that can cost thousands of pounds.

Unlike a certification tester, SIGNALTEK™-FO does not certify installations to EIA/TIA or ISO/IEC fibre optic standards, or copper standards such as Cat5e/Class D or Cat 6/Class E, so it cannot be used to validate a manufacturer’s warranty. Instead it provides a simple pass/fail test to qualify a network’s ability to run certain applications such as Gigabit Ethernet by testing to the appropriate IEEE standard.

Tony Kumeta, Ideal Industries’ European General Manager, said:
“SIGNALTEK™-FO is the perfect, cost-effective solution for contractors working on smaller copper and fibre installations where certification is not required or demanded by the customer.

“As fibre in networks becomes more prevalent it is also an invaluable tool for IT or network managers looking to prove that their own constantly changing network is functioning optimally after moves, adds and changes, or prior to a cabling upgrade.”

Ideal Industries’ SIGNALTEK™-FO starts from only £1,375.00 excl. VAT (€1,995.00). There are three kits available with a variety of SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) fibre optic module options. All kits come with a carrying case, fibre optic cable accessory kit, a CD-rom user manual and training DVD. For more information please visit www.idealindustries.co.uk, email Ideal_UK@idealindustries.com or call 01925 444446.

For further information contact:

IDEAL Industries ( UK ) Ltd.
Mrs. Kathrine Jensen
225 Europa Boulevard, Gemini Business Park, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 7TN, England
Tel : +44-1925-444446 Fax: +44-1925-445501
email: kathrine.jensen@idealindustries.com
Web: www.idealindustries.com

IDEAL Industries GmbH
Mrs. Dagmar Hampel
Gutenbergstr. 10, 85737 Ismaning, GERMANY
Tel : +49-89-99686-261 Fax : +9-89-99686-111
email: dagmar.hampel@idealindustries.com
Web: www.idealindustries.com

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