ANTEC Introduces LightMap Fiber Management Software
Integrated Software Provides Headend to Node Solution In One Module
ATLANTA, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ANTEC Network Technologies, the manufacturing division of ANTEC Corporation (Nasdaq:ANTC), will introduce the LightMap Fiber Software Administration System at the SCTE Show in Orlando, Florida on June 3, 1997.
LightMap provides broadband network operators with a complete software system to track the fiber, circuit and hardware in their growing fiber networks. Designed with a simple-to-use, point and click graphics system, users can build, display and print true-to-life replicas of their fiber cable paths. The system spans inside and outside plant to provide a complete headend to node solution on one module. Furthermore, LightMap displays important system elements and fiber routes on land based maps, allowing operators to quickly locate elements in their network.
``User simplicity was paramount in designing LightMap,'' said George Steenton, Fiber Product Line Manager of ANTEC's Network, Transport, Power, Interconnection & Passives Group. ``The LightMap system, with a Windows NT operating system and a Geographical Interface System, provides familiar operating procedures and easy feature upgrades.''
Additional advantages of LightMap include:
Creates and tracks all fiber management equipment, regardless of vendor; Equipment libraries are user defined to ease plant creation; Provides standard or custom-made reports on splicing, fiber routes and equipment inventory; ``Opti-Trace'' fiber and circuit tracking allows users to search the fiber/circuit path when troubleshooting, activating elements or reviewing locations; Open database technology allows existing data to be imported into the system in its original format; Users at the headend can develop floor plans and rack facial drawings; track available rack space; and identify the equipment installed, its location, status, signal destination and mode of service.
``LightMap software complements ANTEC's full line of fiber management hardware and fiber apparatus,'' said Dave Stehlin, President of Network Transport, Power, Interconnection & Passives. ``It was developed in response to ANTEC's customers who needed a system to help them manage their valuable assets and compete in a changing marketplace.''
ANTEC's booth #1174 at the SCTE Show will feature a hands-on demonstration of the LightMap Software System.
ANTEC Corporation (http://www.antec.com), headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., is an international communications technology company, serving the broadband information transport industries. ANTEC specializes in the manufacture, materials management, product development and distribution of products for hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks as well as the design and engineering of these networks. ANTEC Network Technologies, the manufacturing division of ANTEC Corp., is headquartered in Atlanta and has sales offices and manufacturing facilities located throughout the world. ANTEC Network Technologies specializes in the design, engineering and manufacturing of headend to home, broadband HFC networks. |
