The explosive growth in the installation of IP-enabled devices for both residential and commercial customers continues with no end in sight. From smart thermostats to “connected” exercise bikes, just about everything in a home or business is getting hooked up for monitoring and control

Regardless what type of connectors (LC, SC or ST) and what size fiber (50, 62.5 or 9 micron) there are three ways to test the functionality of a new or existing fiber link.

One of the many beautiful things about fiber optic technology is that most cable types and sizes have been standardized since the late 1980s

At an ADI Expo recently, Len Friedman, Hikvision executive and long-time industry guy, told me he is disappointed with the aging process. Well, me too.

There is an art form that unfortunately is vanishing from our culture: the stubborn fortitude that causes people to attempt to fix just about anything around the house or office.

Fiber optic communications provide a wealth of advantages for installation company professionals who are trained and equipped to install, terminate and test fiber links.

While you may not have heard of 2N products, they have been big in Europe for years. Recently, the company was purchased by Axis Communications, which has brought this line of intercom, door station and access control products to the North American market.

I was born when cars had fins, gasoline was 20 cents a gallon and the milkman filled your suburban front porch box with dairy products on a regular basis.

Our industry needs to focus on providing usable high technology products and services for our end users.

It appears that the “battle” between UTP cabled and Wi-Fi IP connectivity options has been won by wireless. Wi-Fi is now built-in to smart devices, laptops, IP cameras and other technologies used by our industry.