Garland PreTerm Tight Buffer Cables

Garland PreTerm Tight Buffer cables

Garland is proud to announce the expansion of its fibre range with the introduction of pre-terminated tight buffer cables. Installers can eliminate the need to perform connector terminations on-site, making their next installation easy and reducing their outlay of specialist termination and test equipment. Garland Terminated Tight Buffer (GTTB) cables are built with staggered connectors…

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Media Converters

How to use Media Converters

Media converters are used to convert signals from 1 medium (copper) to another (fibre) and vice-versa. Whilst their function is well understood, their actual application in the real world is not.
A pair of media converters and a suitable length of duplex fibre optic cable can convert the copper signal with its 90m limit to an optical fibre signal that can go much longer distances. Depending on what type of fibre is used, the link can go up to 500m with multimode or up to several kilometres with Single mode.

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