To find our customers were demanding additional information about newness on fiber optics technology, was a fact for us to determine launching IRIS Magazine at the beginning of year 2000. With this new number we start a reedition of IRIS, trying to spread and promote the use of technology in fiber optics, working in the development of future networks, unifying communication systems, interconnecting data transmission systems, either voice, video and so, to make information reachable, with its contents, game usage, etc. to all society.

We do hope this new edition of IRIS, with monthly periodicity, will be of your interest and we continue receiveing your comments and feedback, so all Fiberopt staff, could offer and introduce latest innovations and improvements in fiber optics within our market.

> Ingress Protection : The standard (IP)

 Any equipment which has been designed to work in an hostile enviroment, must comply with some standards which ensure its strongness, protection and allow for user to know how far they can go by its usage. In order to know if an equipment,  cover box, splicing closure or distribution box is the right one for such application, is it compulsory to review its mechanical specifications, generally defined as IP degrees/ ingress, either NEMA or IEC.  Probably youv'e  read many of these specifications and you perfectly know that IP 69 means high strongness, but ... does it mean this is the right protection your system needs ?  . We herein expose a brief description of the IP Ingress Protection meaning.

IP (Ingress Protection). The classification system IP provides a good way to identify the degree of protection against solid bodies (like dust) and liquids (like water) that the equipment must be compliant with. This system is well recognized in most countries and it's even included in several standards, including IEC 60529. The IP Numbers are often shown as three digits, XYZ, eventhought the third one which is refered to protection against technical impacts is generally missed out.

> MDS TelCom Distribution System ©
The MDS TelCom© System (Modular Distribution System) , developed and build up by Fiberopt, is a high density termination and distribution system for fiber optics cabling. 

With either two versions available,  Slim MDS and MDS TelCom, it offers a compact system as a wall-mounted system or as a modular chassis, supporting following capacities : 

- 144  terminations with FC, SC and E2000 connectors

- 128  terminations with ST, FC connectors

- 128  terminations with DSC connectors

 The MDS systems includes reservation tray TubLoose, cable or jumpers for the right arranging of all fibers within, its easy and quick identification and easy manipulation in high density fiber enviroment. The MDS is specifically designed to concentrate in an only 3U chassis up to 144 terminations, building the right solution for distribution network center as per carriers, service providers, MAN / WAN infraestructures and either DPC's. .

> GBIC / SFP modules for network devices

The GBIC (Gigabit Basic Interface Card) modules, or SFP (Small Factor Pluggable) are optical devices which are inserted within either network swithces or routers to convert electrical signal to optical one. The usage of these modules introduces a new advantage in current network systems as they allow customizing optical converter in order to meet different requirements : lenght, technology needed - Ethernet, ATM, CDWDM,... 

Additionaly, just for being independent optical modules from network device, it allows to make a better maintenance and prevention tasks on the existing network devices. 

Fiberopt includes in its portfolio different GBIC modules,  in either common formats as SFF / SFP for technologies as Gigabit Ethernet (SX, LX, SLX or LH), ATM and DWDM, compatibles with main vendors of network equipment.

The GBIC modules form Fiberopt, with their high quality and low cost, represent an alternative to bear in mind with your customer needs and projects.  Consult for models and pricing !.