WW: Colo Vending Machine

Leonardo Rizzi leo at deepreflect.net
Sat Feb 18 08:29:43 UTC 2012


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On 02/17/2012 11:15 PM, Pierre-Yves Maunier wrote:
> 2012/2/17 Jay Ashworth<jra at baylink.com>
>
>> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a
>> vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't
>> let vendor specificity scare you off.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -- jra
>>
>>
> 1 - As previously said : LC/SC couplers + patchcords
> 2 - fibre/connectors cleaning kit
> 3 - SC/LC optical attenuators
> 4 - Laser pen that can send visible red beam in blink/continuous mode
> 5 - as said previously too : USB-RS232 adaptator
> 6 - plastic cable clamps (don't know the exact english term for that but I
> mean this -->
> http://www.hellopro.fr/images/produit-2/9/3/8/serre-cables-261839.jpg)
> 7 - compressed air can to clean dust
> 8 - CAT5 tester
>
> A good this to be able to borrow from the noc (because a bit problematic to
> put then in a vending machine) :
>
> - an Optical Power Meter
> - a live fiber detection device (to be able to detect presence of light and
> the direction of the light in a fibre without disconnecting it) we use
> these at work and they're awesome :
> http://www.exfo.com/en/Products/Field-Network-Testing/Optical/Signal-Detection/LFD-300BTG-300B-FiberFinder/
> - a plunger (not sure about the english translation for this one too :-) )
>
>

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