LinkWare™ PC Cable Test Management Software

LinkWare cable certification software makes it easy to use a variety of testers on one job and it makes you look good in the process. With Linkware Software, your job reports have the professional look that reflects the quality of your work. And it's simple -- you can create various types of reports, from basic text to detailed summary reports to full color graphical reports. Add your company logo for a professional look, then print the test results on paper or email your report in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

Create professional custom reports, quickly and easily

LinkWare Software prints professional, graphical reports with color graphs depicting the measured test parameters. You can choose which parameters to print and the order in which graphs appear.

Gain extensive data management capabilities for OptiFiber Pro OTDR,

Together with the OptiFiber Pro OTDR, LinkWare brings together all the critical information you need in one printed report that you can give to your customer. It integrates bi-directional loss/length certification results, OTDR analysis trace, EventMap™ link diagram, power meter measurements and fiber endface images from both ends of the link in one report showing your customers a comprehensive view of the fiber plant. No other fiber test solution documents the fiber infrastructure so completely and easily. And LinkWare emulates OptiFiber Pro so you can study and analyze traces in the office.

Report formats include:

• Graphical Format: For twisted-pair cabling, color graphics depict all of the measured test parameters. The worst pair is identified in the text column with worst margin and worst value numbers.
• Text Format: Test reports that contain the numeric summary of all tests. (I.e. worst case margin and worst case value data for each wire pair or wire pair combination).
• Summary Format: Report that provides a one-line summary of each cabling link tested. This summary contains the cabling link ID, the date and time it was tested, the Pass or Fail outcome, and the headroom figure.

Until now, cable identification, certification and management have not been integrated. Through alliances with cable management software (CMS) and labeling companies, Fluke Networks has developed integrated documentation solutions.

Fluke Networks' LinkWare™ software together with DTX CableAnalyzer Series, OptiFiber Pro OTDR and DTX-CLT CertiFiber achieves compatibility with CMS and labeling software programs, making it easier to maintain a comprehensive cable management system while adhering to the revised TIA/EIA-606A standard.

DTX CableAnalyzer and OptiFiber Pro OTDR
These models have enhanced documentation capabilities. The same multimedia card used to transfer test results is used to download custom cable IDs. Those cable IDs can come from CMS and/or labeling software.

Up until now, creating cable IDs in testers has been a time-consuming manual process. Whether it's having to struggle with awkward, limited keypad interfaces, or the very simple setup of starting and ending IDs, you have had to rely on your tester to generate the full set. These schemes are error-prone and may not match the installation's ID set. With the enhanced documentation capabilities interface for cable ID lists, test records can be merged with the CMS database records and be made to match the printed labels.

LinkWare Software
On completion of testing, test records are uploaded to Fluke Networks' LinkWare for review and reporting. CMS applications rely on LinkWare software for its specialized formatting, presentation, graphing, and printing of test results, making it a CMS module. Benefits of an Integrated Approach

• Integration of documentation yields significant benefits including:
• Simplified preparation for installation
• Time-savings in the office by eliminating cable ID errors in the field
• Professional results efficiently delivered
• Readily-accessible cabling performance information
• Improved management of moves, adds, and changes
• Maximized business uptime for improved profitability

Labeling Software and Labels
PAN-MARK™ for Windows® Labeling Software

• Import data from most electronic databases such as Excel™ and Access™
• All label formats for Panduit thermal transfer, ink jet, laser and dot-matrix labels
• 21 resident bar code symbologies
• Date, time, series, graphic and data import fields

 
LabelMark software, compliant with the new ANSI/TIA/EIA 606A Standard, easily formats cable, faceplate and closet labels, guiding users through label creation, editing and printing. LabelMark also downloads information from spreadsheets and cable management software. It includes all Brady labels designed for telecommunications applications and has templates to format 110 block and patch panel labels.
 
Labacus 4300 labeling software has an intuitive and user-friendly interface backed up by comprehensive context-sensitive help. Following wizard prompts, users can rapidly, accurately and neatly generate required required labeling. In addition to label building and printing, Labacus 4300 enables downloading of cable IDs into the DSP-4300. A 'freeware' version may be downloaded.

Documentation Integration Partners
docIT cable management software provides fully 606A - compliant documentation for all components of the physical layer including horizontal cables, cross-connects, termination hardware, assets and users. docIT combines with Microsoft Visio to provide a powerful, reliable and easy-to-use relational blueprint of an infrastructure's ever-changing network and telecommunications system.

Planet provides the next-generation Infrastructure Relationship Management (IRM) software solution. This Product Suite will help global corporations to more cost efficiently plan, visualize, track, modify, add, remove and change, the telecommunication network/infrastructure for premises, datacenter and outside plant, and wide area network circuits throughout their entire lifecycle.

The CLEAR Edge is a Web Centric cable and change management software solution that administers and controls the physical network infrastructure. Our software provides accurate and timely information on the mission-critical assets, connectivity and the inevitable Moves, Adds and Changes that occur to our customers' corporate communications networks.