Network Manager Telecom
Demo: Productivity tools
Network Manager Telecom productivity tools feature.
See how the custom productivity tools help designers create new designs quickly and efficiently in just a few clicks using IQGeo’s fiber network management software.
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Network Manager provides a suite of custom productivity tools that help designers create new designs quickly and efficiently. One of the tools is StrandLayout, which allows designers to create poles and area lines in just a few clicks. Here in the tool you can specify a default set of attributes like pole type, pole height, and you can also specify the pole naming convention and the maximum spacing that's allowed to create a new design. between poles. As you start clicking on the map, the tool automatically creates a pole with your default attributes, and as you move the mouse, you can see visual feedback of the distance. As you create more poles in the area, moving the mouse displays a red highlight that indicates you've exceeded the maximum allowable pole spacing. In this example, the maximum is set to 130 feet. You can also use the Google satellite view if you want to capture some realistic data. Switching back to Google map mode, you can clearly see all of the poles and aerial lines that you've created. You can now select the restart option and use an existing pole to create designs for the other streets. As a next step, you can put in a fiber cable along this path. Pick a 48 count cable and start from the origin pole and connect to the endpoint. If you do a quick preview, you'll see the cable path. Now save the cable. With this, you've created poles, area lines, and also put in a fiber cable. As more customers sign up in this location, you can use the Connect Customer dialog to make quick customer connections. Here in the tool, you can define the wallbox and drop cable naming conventions and specify the feeder fiber you want to start with. Choosing a pole as a start connection point, you can now begin connecting all of the addresses in this location. As you come to the first customer, you see on the left side that the tool has automatically put in a splitter and connected the input fiber. You also see a drop cable on the outbound port. When creating more connections, the tool automatically places the associated drop cables. Now that you have all four customers connected, you see that the four-way splitter is full. When you connect the fifth customer, the tool automatically adds a new splitter, using the next fiber and placing a new drop cable to the fifth customer. Network Manager productivity tools are easy to use and can be quickly configured to match your specific business requirements, accelerating your overall network design process. Visit our website to learn more about how IQgeo is helping network operators to improve productivity and collaboration across their entire enterprise.



