A big part of Suttle’s website design was expanding their support resources. Here are just a few of the new resources at your fingertips:

• Additional, More Organized FAQs
• An Archive of All Previous Training Tips
• Glossary of Industry Terms and Abbreviations
• An Online Version or Suttle’s Distilled USOC Guide
• Links to Industry Web Resources
• More Organized Literature Area with Tech Docs and Label Templates

Come visit us at www.suttleonline.com and see for yourself how Suttle can help you today.

Suttle’s July Webinar with OSP Magazine has been recorded and is now available on-line and on-demand.

This webinar will walk participants through how fiber networks are typically deployed to Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). Best practices and examples will be described as it pertains to major design considerations including types of PON ONTs deployed at an MDU, optimal ONT location, power and maintenance considerations, and how the fiber interfaces the wiring at the living unit.

For more information visit: http://www.ospmag.com/events/web/suttle.

A cleaner and more effective way to filter a connecting block is to use a SAM-DSL module. To implement you would bring your unfiltered line in through your DSL module, resulting in your line being filtered to the connecting block. The connecting block then passes that filtered line onto your telephone or PBX. This solution allows your connecting block to be free of micro filters dangling from the clips creating a cleaner equipment room and saving on installation time.

When installing coax cable externally it is very important to ensure the cable is weatherproofed. This is critical because any moisture entering the coax cable will produce a large increase in the level of loss. If any moisture passes into the dielectric material it will cause impairment to the performance of the dielectric, and also increase the level of loss. It is extremely important to seal the end of the cable if it’s used externally with the proper connector to ensure that no moisture enters the connector and in turn the cable. It is also important to ensure that the outer jacket of the cable remains intact and is not damaged during installation in any way.

A single cable layout is pretty straightforward but there are several things to keep in mind when you design a system.

1. Better to use a separate amplifier and splitter then having a module that combines both. This will allow you to pick up the best parts and measure how each performs.
2. Always use top quality parts from your vendor for the CATV industry. This is not the place to cut corners to save money.
3. The gain in the amp will need to be equal to the loss in the splitter plus the loss of the longest cable run. Your goal is to provide a signal between 0 and +10dB at every wall jack.
4. Use attenuators on the splitter outputs for short cable runs that result in a signal over +15dB at the outlet.

Other Simple Tips:

• Keep those outputs terminated! Use self-terminating caps everywhere you can, especially on unused splitter ports.
• Make sure F connectors are screwed on TIGHT.
• Make sure braid is 60% and up for best coverage.