Sep 1, 2001 12:00 PM

New Products

Antenna

The ASPM998 PCS yagi from Antenna Specialists is designed to meet the needs of high-volume, rapid deployment found in WLL, wireless fixed terminal and repeater installations. The antenna can be wall- or pole-mounted, allowing for linear, vertical or horizontal polarization. It covers 1.85GHz to 1.99GHz with a VSWR of 1.5:1 and is broadband for tuning-free field installation. The antenna is power rated to handle up to 10W. The gain is 9dBd nominal with a front-to-back ratio of >17dB and a sidelobe level of >10dB. E-plane beamwidth for the antenna is 42 degrees to 48 degrees, and H-plane beamwidth is 50 degrees to 60 degrees.
www.antenna.com or 440-349-8400

Management Solutions

APW offers a line of standard and custom thermal-management solutions from packaged fans and blowers to full-line air conditioners and heat exchangers for its integrated enclosure systems. The McLean brand of products solves cooling problems with custom designs and packaging concepts, using system controls that communicate by microprocessors. APW's McLean air conditioners include a temperature range of 40° to 131°. The units are energy efficient, environmentally safe, quiet and corrosion resistant. The McLean heat exchangers are also corrosion resistant and include temperature control with alarm capability.
www.apw.com or 763-232-8200

Power Cluster

MGE UPS Systems' Pulsar Esprit 1.4kVA power cluster is a new development in high-availability power protection. The Pulsar Esprit 1.4kVA model with external battery modules can back up two servers for more than 10 hours. The unit joins MGE's Pulsar Esprit series and enhances power availability with expandable battery modules. It also adds a suite of Internet-grade monitoring and communications features including Windows 2000 integration and XML Web-based management.
www.mgeups.com or 714-557-1636

Wireless Platform

VIPdesk launched its online personal-assistant platform, allowing enterprises to provide customers with wireless access to local city information and a live, personal assistant. With this expanded service, customers can review local city content and access live concierges through Web-enabled phones and PDAs using Palm operating systems. With VIPdesk's wireless application, an end user can contact a live concierge anytime and anywhere who can help him conduct personal and business tasks.

The company's network of concierges can do everything from simple tasks including making restaurant reservations or ordering theater tickets to more complex tasks such as planning a weekend getaway.
www.vipdesk.com or 703-299-9767

Transverter

Andrew's 3.5GHz-frequency-band version of the Ultraflex integrated transverter for broadband wireless systems is a 2-way transverter unit that can be used with commercially available modem platforms to bring high-speed data, voice and video applications into small businesses and homes. The unit combines a directive planar array antenna and a 2-way RF transverter into a compact unit. Connection to the UltraFlex is made through a single 75W RF connector interface. The unit includes a dc-power inserter and a mounting kit.
www.andrew.com or 800-255-1479

Billing Solution

OSG Billing Services' eBill in a Box takes advantage of a core set of template Internet screens that can be customized to meet a company's specific needs and provides a way to get invoices online. This option allows a wider range of companies to gain entrance into the EBPP arena while providing speed to market and the opportunity to test customer receptiveness.
www.osgbilling.com or 888-EASY BILL

Wireless Solution

Allied Telesyn has released wireless networking solutions, the AT-WL2411 access point transmitter and AT-WR2411 receiver. The advanced security and management features of the AT-WL2411 create a wireless network that performs like a wired network, but users can take their connectivity with them. A user of any portable computer or other mobile device with a PCMCIA type II slot can pop in an AT-WR2411 PC card and roam anywhere in the enterprise while maintaining a constant, secure network connection. An IP tunneling feature allows large wireless LANs to span multiple subnets. One AT-WR2411 can serve as an access point to multiple devices at any given time. Based on the 802.11b specification, the AT-WR2411 PC card offers a solution with full support for both 40-bit and 128-bit wired equivalent privacy security, with zero throughput degradation.
www.alliedtelesyn.com

Battery Analyzers

The Cadex 7400 is a programmable battery analyzer, reconditioner and charger. It features Quicktest, a program that tests battery health in three minutes. Sixteen service programs support routine and complex tasks. The 7400 services four batteries simultaneously and handles Li-Ion/Polymer, NiMH, NiCd and lead-acid chemistries. Four amperes per station reduces charge and discharge time for larger batteries. Cadex offers more than 700 custom-built battery adapters, and programmable smart cables support batteries when no adapter is on hand. A printer allows users to generate service reports and battery labels. Batteryshop software provides a PC interface to control and monitor the analyzer. The software automatically configures the analyzer by clicking on a selected battery from the database. Batteryshop supports up to 120 C7400 analyzers for simultaneous service of 480 batteries.
www.cadex.com or 800-565-5228

Battery Analyzers

Christie Battery Management Systems offers servicing for Marathon rechargeable batteries. Christie's Proease Universal 60 or the RF80-K deliver the efficiency and precision needed to maintain peak performance. The RF80-K charger/analyzer offers a range of features such as automatic operation, Reflex charging, Digiflex analysis, cell-voltage balance testing, and constant current and constant potential charging for NiCd and lead-acid batteries. Additional benefits include 1-hour charge/discharge for NiCd batteries and reconditioning capabilities. The Universal 60 offers digital current settings, self-calibration and 60A charge and discharge.
www.mptc.com or 254-776-0650