IFSEC INDIA 2015
Finally to round off a busy year from 10-12 December OSD will be at IFSEC India, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. We hope to see you at Stand C306. Visit here for additional information on the exhibition.
OSD News
Serial Data Communications
We all know that the world is going to IP for almost all communications. Despite this trend, it is a fact of life that a great deal of industrial communications still employ serial protocols such as RS232, RS422 and various … Continue reading
Testing the Capabilities of your Ethernet Network – Part II
Before we go in to details of tests that should be performed on a L2 switch, let us look at its internal workings. Figure 1 below shows the data paths inside a multiport Gigabit layer 2 switch with major functional … Continue reading
Testing the Capabilities of your Ethernet Network – Part I
Ethernet networks have seen a phenomenal growth due to their ability to satisfy five critical requirements: performance (response time, bandwidth and scalability), resilience, ruggedness, economy, and interoperability. Due to this rapid growth, selecting optimal yet cost effective infrastructure components for … Continue reading
Mode Conditioning Patchcords (MCPs)
In Tech note “Fiber Types and Using Them Effectively”, the purpose of Mode Conditioning Patchcords (MCP) is explained, i.e. it was originally intended to enable 1000BaseLx type Gigabit Ethernet equipment designed and optimised for operation over singlemode fiber to work … Continue reading
Angled Physical Contact (APC) Connectors
In Tech Note “Selection of Optical Connectors”, we discuss the reasons for the common use of three popular connectors: ST, FC and SC. Because the focus of the discussion was on the use and misuse of Standards in connector selection, … Continue reading