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Omantel Approvals

Metrodata's partner in Oman has recently supplied units to Omantel for the testing and approval of Metrodata's FC1100 E1 short haul singlemode fibre modem. The FC1100 transports E1 over a fibre link with distances up to 30km. The FC1200 will extend this even further reaching distances up to 70km.

One unit is used at each end of the fibre link and provides a robust 2Mbps link between sites.

Metrodata approved for GSA (US General Services Administration) Contract

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Metrodata has now successfully became a supplier of 11 key products under the GSA Contract:

LH1000 Ethernet over HSSI Extender

LV2000 Ethernet over LVDS Extender

BC1000 HSSI DTE to LVDS DCE Converter

BC1100 HSSI DCE to LVDS DTE Converter

FC3000 E3 / DS3 Multimode Fibre Modem

FC3100 E3 / DS3 Short Haul singlemode Fibre Modem

FC3200 E3 / DS3 Long Haul singlemode Fibre Modem

WC X.21 Ethernet over EIA530 / X.21 Extender

WC3445 Ethernet over E3 / DS3 Extender

ATM Switching DSU ATM rate and interface adapters, including 80-10-056 multimode OC-3 to DS3, and 80-10-057 short haul singlemode OC-3 to DS3

These are available under the GSA Contract (via its US partner Engenuity) which will be available for purchase via the GSA Advantage web site

FIMO-2000: Serial to Fiber

Increasing Metrodata's Fibre products even further a new Serial to Fibre (MM and SM) converter has been developed to allow faster serial data transfer over a fibre network. The FIMO-2000 supports EIA530, V.35, V.36, X.21 and RS232 interfaces offering data rates from Nx64kbps up to 8.192Mbps over Multimode or Singlemode fibre, which is typically four times as fast a standard serial converters. The FIMO-2000 is offered with both universal AC mains and DC (-48VDC) power supply options.

FIMO-2000 Product Page

MetroRack

Metrodata have just launched a new centralised management chassis to optimise your rack space, reduce interfacing costs and provide a single unit to house multiple interface I/O modules.

MetroRack: Centralised Management Chassis

The MetroRack has 12 available slots to mix and match multiple cards from Metrodata's range of I/O modules. These include Interface conversion, Fibre conversion and LAN extension. One additional slot (13th) is available for the SNMP Management Module or another I/O module.

Redundant AC powers supplies offer resilience whilst a DC PSU option adds a greater level of MTBF.

The MetroRack has SNMP management capability and can be accessed via systems using MIB-2 and traps, or Telnet.

MetroRack Product Flyer

MetroRack Product Page

FIMO-232: RS232 to Fibre

New enhanced RS232 to Fibre Converter from Metrodata

There are many RS232 interface devices such as terminals, printers, computers, video displays and ticketing machines that can be easily connected over the increasing use of Fibre links. Metrodata now offers an enhanced converter with features providing the benefits of supporting RS232 asynchronous data rates up to 256kbps and covering distances up to 70km (using singlemode fibre).

Often converters only offer 19.2kbps, 38.4kbps or up to 115.2kbps and operate as a DCE whereas the Metrodata FIMO-232 increases the asynchronous data rate up to the higher rate of 256kbps and has a cross over function supporting DCE to DTE, DCE to DCE and DTE to DTE configurations. The FIMO-232 is a standalone unit with one used at each end of the Fibre link.

FIMO-232 Product Information