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Description

Locator™

Locate Return Path Ingress Anywhere, Anytime

Electroline's Locator software is a web-based application (accessible through Microsoft Internet Explorer) that offers an "anywhere/anytime" approach to ingress management. As part of the CLEARPath™ ingress management solution, Locator is the next level of software within this product family, that identifies the source of ingress and locates it within the cable network.

This user-friendly software allows multiple users to remotely monitor ingress in the return path via an Internet connection. Once logged on, the operator is able to check the performance of the return path via the Internet. Locator scans each individual fiber node within the cable network and reports any out-of-range events by displaying a top-level alarm condition for return path noise. It then provides a table of the nodes that contain an alarm and demonstrates the severity of the ingress that has been found. Notification of alarm conditions occurs via a pager or by email. Each node has its own set of alarm parameters based on the normal operating conditions of the node.

Locator gives cable operators the ability to identify troubled nodes and through the use of the CLEARPath modules (CPMs), it can locate the source of the ingress down to the smallest portion of the distribution plant. In addition, it can be a "quick fix" ingress solution by using the features of the CPMs to temporarily prevent the ingress from affecting other nodes.