ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR COM ES TO A CLOSE Customer Stories 6 Industrial IT Giant Sets KRONE As Benchmark 8 Digital Communications Leader Chooses KRONE For Advanced System 12 Twister Loom
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TWISTER LOOMING AT PARKES
Trang 2As another exciting year in the IT&T industry comes to a close KRONE Australia has again continued to maintain our position as market leader, keeping abreast of changing technologies
In a move that I am sure will only help strengthen this position, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Milne
to the position of Business Development Manager, Communications Division
Rob’s wealth of experience in the IT&T industry will be an invaluable addition to KRONE’s sales and marketing endeavours
Our commitment to excellence and participation in the international standards setting process continues to guarantee full-compliance of KRONE products On page 3, Peter Meijer, our Technical Training Manager and Industry Liaison, reports on the new Power over Ethernet standard and technology
KRONE’s reputation for quality is industry-renown In this issue, we review the unique manufacturing techniques that have been perfected and patented, providing fault-free functionality and long-term reliability for our customers
We pride ourselves on being at the forefront
of technology, continually developing new products to suit your needs On pages 10 and 11
we take a look at our latest releases, including a
new range of Category 6 ‘punchdown’ jacks, shuttered surface mount boxes and industrial connectors Information on KRONE’s entire range can be found in the new 2004/2005 catalogue, now available from your local sales excecutive or distributor
Also in this issue, we take a closer look at KRONE product in action with several customer stories on recent industry installations These include global IT giant ABB, ViaSat Inc, NSW Agriculture and a rather unique installation at a famous Australian landmark
On a final note, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for a successful 2004 and thank you for your ongoing support
Craig Jones CEO KRONE Australia
KRONE cement s posit ion as market leader.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
COM ES TO A CLOSE
Customer Stories
6 Industrial IT Giant Sets KRONE
As Benchmark
8 Digital Communications Leader
Chooses KRONE For Advanced
System
12 Twister Looming At Parkes
14 NSW Agriculture Pilot Project
Takes Flight
Business Articles
4 Your Network Is Only As Strong
As Its Weakest Link
KRONE New s
3 Management Update
16 A Successful Community Partnership
Industry New s
3 KRONE Confirms Power over Ethernet Compliance
Product New s
10 New Releases: Hot Off the Press!
16 KRONE Product Catalogue 2004/2005 Now Available
Website: www.krone.com.au Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au
Editor: Joanna Parsons Art Direction: Nora Collins
Front cover image:
The CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope © CSIRO.
Copyright © 2001 KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
CONTENTS
Trang 3Rob M ilne
With another successful year coming to a
close, KRONE Australia is looking ahead to
2004 with a new-look management team for its
Communications Division
Rob Milne is KRONE Australia’s new Business
Development Manager, Communications
Division In this role, Rob will be responsible for
the AccessNET, Marketing, Export and IT
Departments
A familiar face at KRONE, Rob has most
recently been in charge of IT operations,
including the successful implementation of a
national VoIP system as well as the rollout of ERP
systems to the regional subsidiaries of Hong
Kong, Singapore, India and China
Rob joined KRONE in 1997 from a leading IT reseller and network systems integrator where
he held several positions in product management, sales and pre/post sales support
During this time, Rob was responsible for product sales and marketing of Digital Equipment Corp server and networking products taking them to number one Australian reseller at the time
Already well-known in his role as National Sales Manager - PremisNET, Trevor Kleinert, will now add KRONE’s fibre optic products to his portfolio
With proven industry and sales management experience, Trevor will be in charge of developing this growing part of the business p
KRONE can immediately announce that our
PremisNET® and TrueNet™solutions are fully
compliant
We have been able to stay ahead of the game
due to our commitment to being fully involved in
the international standards setting process
KRONE is a member of the ISO/IEC, CENELEC
and TIA working groups that specified the
structured cabling channel and component
requirements which support the 802.3af
standard We were therefore able to ensure that
all KRONE products were fully compliant as the
IEEE and cabling standards progressed
Known variously as 802.3af, DTE Power (Data
Terminal Equipment) and Power over Ethernet
(PoE), the new standard covers the distribution
of low voltage power through the structured
cabling system to devices such as IP telephones,
wireless access points, security cameras and door
entry/access control systems and a whole host of
new applications yet to be implemented
The ratified standard clears up the confusion
over a number of proprietary implementations
Until now PoE has been a niche product with
different pin-outs and voltages ranging from 6v
to 48v - making it a bit of a minefield The new standards define the pinouts, and harmonise the power requirements for all systems
As KRONE has always designed products for currents and voltages well in excess of those specified, our PremisNET and TrueNet systems, comprising cables, jacks, patch panels, patch cords and couplers, are naturally all compliant
PoE is said to be the next big thing in structured cabling With the power injected at the active equipment it can do away with thousands of wall transformers and kilometres
of messy power extension leads
For Voice over IP (VoIP) deployment, PoE does away with the need for a mains power socket next to each and every telephone And the telephones no longer need to go dead if there is
an electrical outage, as DTE power can be backed up by the central communications room UPS system
KRONE IEEE 802.3af compatible PremisNET and TrueNet system components are available now in all KRONE distribution outlets p
KRONE CONFIRM S COM PLIANCE
WITH POWER OVER ETHERNET STANDARD
The IEEE 802.3af st andard f or DTE pow er over st ruct ured cabling w as rat if ied
on 12t h June, 2003.
By Peter M eijer JP BE
M Sc, RCDD, Technical Training M anager and Industry Liaison, KRONE Australia
Trevor Kleinert
M ANAGEM ENT UPDATE
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Trang 4We live in an age where high-quality technical products are increasingly being copied in order to gain entry into the market
One cannot warn strongly enough against such cheap copies Cabling systems of “ doubtful”
origin represent an incalculable risk of interrupting your network or even completely shutting it down
Maximum reliability can only be guaranteed by technically perfect, continually optimised, tried and proven connection systems
More than 20 years ago, Telecom, (now Telstra) began installing KRONE modules throughout its network This practice continues today and there isn’t a phone or Internet connection made in Australia that does not pass through a KRONE product
Vital communications networks utilising KRONE products are safeguarded by unique manufacturing techniques that only KRONE has perfected and patented
LSA-PLUS® CONTACT PRINCIPLE
The patented LSA-PLUS Contact Principle has become the standard cable connection method
in more than 140 countries around the world
In excess of 10 billion connections have been made in telecommunications networks from Antarctica to Alaska
SOM ETIM ES COPIED - NEVER EQUALLED
Over the years we have seen companies try to copy the KRONE methodology While this is flattering, we are yet to test a competitive module that complies with KRONE’s strict quality control procedures
M ECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS
The pictures below clearly show how positioning contacts at 45º to the axis of the wire allows more copper to remain in place, which strengthens this potential point of weakness
SILVER PLATING
The KRONE Series 2™and HIGHBAND®modules are plated with five microns of silver - which is up
to five times more plating than most competitors The reason KRONE has always used silver (in place of cheaper tin) is because of its superior electrical and environmental properties
Silver has 6.9 times the electrical conductivity properties of tin
To the end user this means a faster, more reliable transfer of data Silver is an extremely hard material, which is necessary in ensuring that when the insulation is ‘displaced’ on termination the plating remains intact, and is resistant to wear This is why we can guarantee
a reliable contact even after 200 re-terminations
SUPERIOR PLASTICS
KRONE uses only the best plastics in the production of modules, all of which are rated UL94V0 for flame retardancy This means the modules will self-extinguish and not continue to burn and give off toxic gases as other similar products may do This safety rating is not a legal requirement in Australia, however it is only prudent for buyers to beware of cheaper copies
It ’s not every day you inst all a t elecommunicat ions net w ork Theref ore, it has
t o sat isf y at least t w o crit eria: f ault -f ree f unct ionalit y and long-t erm reliabilit y
YOUR NETWORK IS ONLY AS STRONG
KRONE LSA PLUS cont act 45º cont act angle
Ot her insulat ion displacement cont act 90º angle
Silver-plat ed cont act
t ags at 45º angles
across t he axis of t he
w ire, make a solid
gas-t ight connect ion
Unique axial and t orsial rest oring f orces maint ain a durable connect ion.
Insulat ion clamping
ribs hold t he w ire
securely, and isolat e
t he cont act area
f rom vibrat ion and
mechanical st ress. 3
3
Trang 5All KRONE plastics are toughened to allow for
extremes in temperature (-40º to +80º), enabling
the modules to be used in all types of climatic
zones without affecting the functionality of the
product In addition, our plastics are
PVC-resistant You should beware of products not
using PVC-resistant material - they are prone to
crack and weaken when terminated because
most wires use PVC insulation
PROFIL M OUNTING
Only KRONE can provide the versatile,
easy-to-use, patented PROFIL®mounting system The use
of stainless steel rods ensures corrosion resistance for unrivalled years of service Be aware that alternative materials, such as plated metals, cause problems with electrical resistance and are not capable of earthing to allow overvoltage protection
The KRONE PROFIL system allows the modules
to be placed in situ and swung out for easy termination, reducing installation time There are also no sharp edges on the frame to injure the installer or end user
STANDARDS COM PLIANT
All of KRONE’s modules comply with local and International standards In addition, our modules are tested for ACA compliance by third party test houses and are also UL (Underwriters Laboratories) listed
AUSTRALIAN M ADE
KRONE Australia manufactures more than 90 per cent of the products we sell in this country Our manufacturing facility on the NSW Central Coast
is certified to ISO 9001 for quality management ensuring all products leaving the factory meet stringent Australian and
International standards We are also accredited to ISO
14001 for our Environmental Management System
To service this market, KRONE has an extensive distribution network covering all parts of Australia with KRONE sales offices in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Our Toll Free Technical Support line 1800 801 298 answers inquiries from anywhere in Australia
Buying Australian made product eliminates all
of these concerns and helps boost our local economy
HIGH-PERFORM ANCE CAT 5E AND CAT
6 SOLUTIONS
KRONE can offer an extensive range of connection hardware to suit the individual needs
of your network Be it POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) or high-speed data networks, the choice
is yours
Call us, Toll Free on 1800 801 298 and we’ll help you make the right decision p
This image demostrates the effects of a pow er surge,
w hen products are made of low quality,
non-flame-retardant plastic.
THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOUR “KRONE
COM PATIBLE M DF”!
The damage you see here is:
Not the result of an earth quake,
nor the result of being hit by a hammer
but the effects of accelerated aging!
AS ITS WEAKEST LINK
Trang 6Leading power and automation technology group ABB, has recently moved its Victorian operations to Notting Hill (20 minutes from the Melbourne CBD), as part of a plan to centralise operations in this state Commenting on the move, Laurie Mason, Vice President Information Systems for ABB said “ We wanted a state-of-the-art communications infrastructure that could
be used as a template for ABB sites around the world We have installed a Cisco VoIP network running all of our IP based and Microsoft applications as well as our various ERP systems
The convergence of all these applications has meant that network performance and availability was our number one priority We chose a KRONE TrueNet™solution because of the zero bit error guarantee Whilst people accept some retransmission, or failed packets, in their data network, you simply cannot afford this when your telephones are IP based Poor voice quality
is every network manager’s nightmare.”
ABB chose to use the new KRONE HIGHBAND 25 Patch-By-Exception solution at the cross-connect “ We were looking to cable for the
future and the HIGHBAND 25 solution provided the benefits we needed Features like improved cable management, ease-of-use and the immaculate presentation of the frames convinced us that this was the way to go The performance we are now getting from our network is extremely high with no down-time” , said Mr Mason
The site was cabled using seven 900 pair verticals and nearly seven hundred KM8 outlets
“ While the installation was completed over a three-month period, this has to be tempered by the knowledge that the actual building completion program had a lot to do with the scheduling” said Mr Mason
Being a Patch-By-Exception site, ABB simply have a contractor come in each fortnight to remove the patch cords and hard-wire any of the permanent changes These changes are minimal
as ABB have taken a “ most ports active”
approach to their cabling Simply put, computers and telephones can be moved to almost any outlet, plugged in, and they will connect to the network Another advantage over an RJ45 cross-connect is that unauthorised changes are made more difficult As most Network Managers know, end-users re-patching “ because they can”
is a nightmare and this has been completely eradicated in the Notting Hill site
There are 250 employees located at the Notting Hill site in two buildings connected by a fibre backbone ABB is planning to connect a further six sites throughout Melbourne and regional Victoria “ Having one integrated (VoIP) wide area network improves efficiencies and cuts costs” , said Mr Mason “ We have already achieved significant savings through reducing the number of printers and faxes required from more than 60, down to eight The VoIP telephone solution using Cisco has allowed centralisation of the switchboard for Victoria and
25, implement ing a st at e-of -t he-art communicat ions inf rast ruct ure as a t emplat e f or sit es globally.
INDUSTRIAL IT GIANT SETS KRONE
AS BENCHM ARK
By Peter Katsianis, Sales
Engineer Vic/ Tas,
KRONE Australia
“ We w ere looking t o cable f or t he
f ut ure and t he HIGHBAND 25 solut ion provided t he benef it s w e
needed ”
Damien Nugent, ABB and Bill Wassink, BNC Installations inspect the system.
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we have designed an effective fail-over solution interstate for business continuity purposes.”
Upon completion
of the project, ABB’s executive committee member Mr Gary Steel (from the parent company in Zurich) toured the Melbourne site and was very impressed with what had been achieved It now looks likely that an IP converged network utilising HIGHBAND 25
Patch-By-Exception methodology could become the global ABB
ABOUT ABB
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 133,000 people
ABB’s operations are organised into two core divisions, Power Technologies and Automation Technologies
The Power Technologies division serves industrial and commercial customers, as well as electric, gas and water utilities, with a broad range of products, services and solutions for power transmission and distribution The portfolio includes transformers, switchgear, breakers, capacitors and cables, as well as high- and medium-voltage applications
The Automation Technologies division serves the automotive, building, chemicals, consumer, electronics, life sciences, manufacturing, marine, metals, minerals, paper, petroleum, transportation, telecommunications, turbocharging and utility industries Key technologies include control products, drives, enterprise software, instrumentation, low-voltage products, motors, robots and turbochargers
ABB also supplies a comprehensive range of products, systems and services to the oil and gas industries, from the development of onshore and offshore exploration technologies to the design and supply of production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants ABB is a leading presence in many of the upstream and downstream markets
The new installation at ABB's Notting
Hill site.
Trang 8When ViaSat Inc., a high tech firm in Carlsbad, California, set out to build a new corporate campus, the company decided to seriously upgrade its data communications system The previous headquarters had four buildings on a campus split in two by Carlsbad’s commuter airport To handle voice and data communications, they had a T-1 line with a wireless bridge across the airport
According to Brent Barker, ViaSat network administrator, “ Our internal network had grown
in spurts over the course of 13 or 14 years and included a mix of coaxial and twisted pair cabling The LAN infrastructure was not designed to a master plan and changes were not well documented, making maintenance and
troubleshooting both time-consuming and difficult In the new facility, we wanted a state-of-the-art, high-performance, low maintenance system that would handle current needs and future growth.”
ViaSat Inc is a designer and producer of advanced digital communications products, including satellite networks and wireless signal processing equipment for commercial and government markets The company’s other products include information security devices and tactical communication radios In addition to its corporate headquarters in Carlsbad, California, ViaSat has a branch office in Boston, Massachusetts, and recently acquired the Satellite Networking Business of Scientific-Atlanta Inc ViaSat combined the acquired businesses with its own StarWire broadband on-demand to form the ViaSat Satellite Networks division, headquartered in Norcross, Georgia
FIRST TO DEPLOY THE KRONE TRUENET SYSTEM
Construction on ViaSat’s new corporate campus was completed in October 1999, with the
communications network installed concurrently with construction
The campus is comprised of three two-story
b u i l d i n g s
h o u s i n g corporate and
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e offices, manufacturing and assembly facilities, several research and testing laboratories, and the company’s mission-critical Network Operations Centre (NOC)
The LAN infrastructure includes a fibre optic backbone that connects the floors of each building and links the three buildings together
For its horizontal cabling infrastructure, ViaSat selected the KRONE TrueNet C5eT™ System, a revolutionary structured cabling system designed
to support 100Base-T standards to the desktop and optimised for Gigabit Ethernet
A separate TrueNet C5eT intra-lab network was installed to link laboratories within each of
New Campus LAN
DIGITAL COM M UNICATIONS LEADER
“ w e w ant ed a st at e-of -t he-art , high-perf ormance, low maint enance syst em
t hat w ould handle current needs and
f ut ure grow t h.”
By Glen Johnston,
M anager M arketing and
Product Development,
KRONE Australia
ViaSat Corporate Headquarters, Carlsbad California.
Trang 9the buildings ViaSat has the distinction of being
the first in the nation to implement the KRONE
TrueNet System Assisting ViaSat in the design,
specification and installation of the TrueNet
System was Teldata Enterprise Networks, a
leading designer/installer of communications
systems throughout Southern and Northern
California and nationwide
AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH AND
SELECTION PROCESS
In their efforts to source the most advanced
system to meet the network requirements,
ViaSat and Teldata invited proposals from several
leading vendors and took the time to evaluate
each by visiting vendor and customer reference
sites From these visits, Barker recalls two
structured cabling systems that utilised KRONE
Ultim8™ Blocks “ One was a new facility, the
other was three years old,” he says “ Yet both
looked exactly the same
They were so beautifully planned and installed
that you could not tell which one was older That
was the kind of well-documented, easy to
manage system we wanted.”
Further exploring KRONE solutions, the
selection team discovered the TrueNet Structured
Cabling System, the only system specifically
designed to prevent bandwidth loss in LANs for
maximum data throughput The TrueNet
Structured Cabling System consists of an
integrated system of impedance matched
horizontal cable, patch cords, terminal blocks,
jacks and patch panels - all precisely tuned to
protect network efficiency and performance
Comparing TrueNet with competitive systems,
Barker says the results were conclusive “ We
selected TrueNet primarily because of
the product quality and performance In addition,
the KRONE
Ultim8 Blocks are easier to install and manage than the punchdown blocks offered in some other structured cabling systems Equally persuasive, however, was the competitive pricing and KRONE’s five year certification of zero bit error rate performance That really sealed the deal,” he said
OVER 500,000 FEET OF TRUENET CABLING
According to Mike DeJesus, Teldata’s sales engineer for the ViaSat network installation, the chief installation challenge was space “ Even though this was a new construction, there was not a lot of room for the cabling infrastructure,”
he notes “ Because of ductwork and other obstacles, we had to apply some creative routing
to overcome space constraints.”
Overall, DeJesus estimates the installation of the corporate and intra-lab networks took over 500,000 feet of TrueNet C5eT cabling and over ninety 96-pair (24-port) KRONE Ultim8 Field Assembly Kits, each containing 12 Ultim8 Blocks plus wire managers, label holder and mounting bracket Network hardware includes 3Com Corebuilder 9000 and other components
ViaSat’s network installation involved over
2600 drops In each of the buildings, the telecom closets are stacked, with the Building Distributor (BD) on the first floor and the Floor Distributor (FD) on the second The intra-lab network has its own feeds from the MDF and IDF, terminating in each lab in a rack enclosure
with TrueNet C5eT patch panels This separate network employs KRONE 48-port C5eT Enhanced Patch Panels
“ We select ed TrueNet primarily because of t he product qualit y and perf ormance In addit ion,
t he KRONE Ult im8 Blocks are easier t o inst all and manage t han t he punchdow n blocks off ered in some ot her st ruct ured cabling syst ems.”
CHOOSES KRONE FOR ADVANCED SYSTEM
Trang 10SHUTTERED SURFACE M OUNT BOXES
The shuttered surface mount boxes have been designed to satisfy customer demand as more and more new premises are being equipped with shuttered workstation outlets
The shutters protect the RJ45 contacts from being damaged when not in use Each port comes equipped with an individual spring loaded
‘two stage’ shutter Two stage shutters are becoming more popular as they require an action to lift the shutter then another action to insert the patch cord
Note: Some competitor products consist of shutters that recess directly into the jack These
types of shutters do not protect the
contacts and can be easily damaged
by something other than a patch cord being pushed into it
These new surface mount boxes suit both the Category 6 KM8 jack and a modified version of the Keystone Right Angle jacks The boxes come unloaded in 1 port, 2 port, 4 port and 6 port versions The clear shutter is ideal for outlet colour coding Excellent labelling facilities are also included and each surface box is equipped with a magnet for easy mounting on to metal areas such as filing cabinets
HIGHBAND®FLUSH M OUNT CATEGORY
6 JACK
The HIGHBAND Flush Mount Category 6 outlets clip directly into Clipsal/HPM faceplates
The HIGHBAND Flush Mount Jack has also been designed for use with the popular KRONE termination tool The IDC area on each jack has the new
‘pair separator’ feature that helps
to decrease installation time whilst helping to maintain consistent transmission performance by reducing the amount of ‘untwist’
The jacks all exceed Category 6 TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 component
compliance and are available in a variety of colours These jacks also suit the KRONE spring loaded shutter
HIGHBAND CATEGORY 6 PATCH PANELS
As with the Flush Mount outlet the HIGHBAND Patch Panels have been designed for use with the popular KRONE termination tool These patch panels come factory loaded and each IDC area also has the user-friendly pair separator feature
HIGHBAND patch panels are available in 16,
24 and 32 port configurations All ports exceed Category 6 TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 component compliance The black patch panels come supplied with Masterminder as standard Note: For Category 6 installations KRONE recommends that the ‘5 Ring Patch Cord Minder’ be used
HIGHBAND CATEGORY 6 PATCH CORDS
KRONE’s new Category 6 RJ45 patch cords have
a smaller overmould to help minimise the bend radius Each cord has the unique KRONE ‘shark fin’ latch protection to prevent patch cords from getting snagged
All cords are guaranteed to provide Category
6 TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 component compliance and are available in a range of colours and TrueNet™lengths
The patch cords come supplied two per bag
as standard
PREM IS NET®
IP67 INDUSTRIAL RJ45 CONNECTIVITY
As Ethernet to the factory floor is now a reality
so is the need for more robust connectors that can cope with the rigorous factory floor environment
KRONE is pleased to provide its valuable customers with this range of IP67 connectors
NEW RELEASES
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Int roducing t he lat est addit ions t o t he KRONE product range
By Daniel Jackson,
Product M anager,
KRONE Australia