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February 2023 Newsletter
| CommScope Technical Family Webinar |
Please join us for the next CommScope Technical Family webinar, “Power Up! Best Practices for Power Over Datacom Infrastructure” on March 16th.
Remote powering of devices on the network has become common place in the market. The way a solution is engineered has raised questions around Standards vs Codes and industry best practices.
In this webinar, we will discuss the non-AC power platforms, which include PoE, DC and Digital Power. There will be a focus on the benefits of commonly used platforms, risk mitigation, best design practices for installation, and how Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) view these systems.
Register for this webinar here.
| Solution and Product Updates |
Pre-term Fiber Quick Turn Program
The CommScope Quick-Turn Fiber program provides 10 business day lead time for a customer’s urgent delivery needs in North America and Europe. The Quick-Turn Fiber program is designed to support the needs of customers who have immediate requirements for fiber jumpers, MPO arrays and trunks. This is a service provided to address last minute pre-term fiber requirements, as well as fiber pre-term assemblies required to accommodate moves, adds, and changes.
To learn more about the Quick-Turn program for North America, click here.
To learn more about the Quick-Turn program for Europe, click here.
Universal NAR Faceplate
CommScope is pleased to announce in the North America region, a new line of universal flush mounted faceplates. The universal opening design allows CommScope M series, SL series and KJ series (with an adapter) jacks to be installed in the same port. Fewer material IDs means easier management of stock and lead times.
Design Features:
- Universal opening: Used both with M and SL series modular information jacks. Also used with KJ series jacks with an adapter.
- Material is UL 94 V-0 compliant
- 7 colors options
- Label and no label options
- 1/2/4/6 ports available
- Icon snap in
imVision® Partner Certification
In case you missed the latest imVision webinar on January 19th, click here to watch the recording.
Here are the key points about the PartnerPro ImVision Specialist re-certification program:
- The certification period for the GL5555 imVision Specialist is 1 year
- In order to obtain recertification:
(1) complete at least two of the four imVision quarterly webinars live or via replay and pass the exam.
(2) pass the assessment at the end of the webinar and
(3) register for the GL5555R Recertification process
- Once those three steps are completed, a new certificate will be issued to the imVision specialist and recertification for that year is complete.
- For those imVision specialists who go the extra distance and successfully complete ALL imVision webinars whether live or online, they will be eligible to receive the Advanced imVision Support Specialist badge
Grounding and Bonding Standards
In November 2022, the CommScope Technical Family webinar discussed the Grounding and Bonding Standards. If you missed the presentation, it was recorded in 11 different languages and can be found by clicking here.
We discussed the assessment and then the different options like local bonding, mesh bonding and how the local regulations including safety shall be met according to the International Standardization Organization (ISO) document ISO/IEC 30129, the installation standard IEC 14763-x and the governing structured cabling standards IEC IS 11801 series.
We also showed the difference between safety and Bonding for IT Networks and what happens from an EMC perspective, with the different MICE environments.
The last topic was the separation between power and data cables in order to be compliant to IEC 14763-2 and most of the local laws. In addition to the webinar please use the following supporting documents or ask your local CommScope system engineer.
In today’s world of high-speed communication, it is critical to build and deploy networks at rapid speeds. For the Hyperscale, Cloud, MTDC and Enterprise business that needs to support mass amounts of data: a quick and efficient solution in building out the networks is utilizing rollable ribbon fiber. Rollable ribbon fiber is flexible, collapsible, and easily controlled during mass fusion splicing. Rollable ribbon fiber also reduces the overall diameter of the fiber cable, enabling twice the density a customer can safely pack into a standard conduit compared to traditional loose tube fiber. The CommScope rollable ribbon fiber cable is sturdy with a Telcordia GR-20 crush rating.
| Technical Assistance Center (TAC) |
Global TAC Footprint
CommScope's Global TAC is available anywhere and anytime to answer your technical questions. To date, 90 different countries utilize TAC services every day.
For example, our TAC agents supported an education vertical project requesting cross-reference for more than 150 different products, and a completed bill of material with equivalent CommScope part numbers was sent 24 hours later.
CommScope TAC agents are ready to assist you!
Contact:
Where are you located? Contact a TAC agent in your region (24x7):
North America: tac.americas@commscope.com
Europe, Middle East and Africa: tac.emea@commscope.com
Central America, Latin-America, Caribbean: tac.cala@commscope.com
Asia-Pacific: tac.apac@commscope.com
Prefer to Chat?
Take advantage of live interaction with a TAC agent using our online live chat tool. Available in all regions during typical business hours.
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