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  • Trilithic 860 Quick Start Guide
    Trilithic 860 Quick Start Guide

    Follow the below steps to get the Trilithic 860 DSP/DSPi out of the box and to that tap in a matter of minutes. Trilithic has made the 860 extremely easy to use and navigate. [...]

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  • Troubleshooting -Modem Upstream
    Troubleshooting -Modem Upstream

    Troubleshooting – Modem Upstream This is less of a “How to get my modem upstream lower” article as we all know the less splits from the tap to the modem the [...]

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  • Troubleshooting Noise Part Two
    Troubleshooting Noise Part Two

    In the last article about Troubleshooting Noise we went over tracking noise and how it affected the return path. The return path is where we generally have our Modems Upstrea [...]

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  • Troubleshooting Noise
    Troubleshooting Noise

    Tracking Noise at the Premise. Troubleshooting Noise comes up often. Now more then ever noise mitigation is playing an important role in your everyday job. Noise plant wise i [...]

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  • BER Troubleshooting
    BER Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting BER- The basics. BER Troubleshooting? This comes up A LOT. Troubleshooting BER has a bit of mystic magic about it. Its a lot of numbers in an odd scientific n [...]

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  • Running Cable Drops
    Running Cable Drops

    Tips for Running Cable Drops quickly. This is a topic that came up in our forum by member Rombus. Running drops is just a step below wallfishing in the level of difficulty an [...]

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  • Wallfishing MDUs
    Wallfishing MDUs

    Wallfishing MDUs Wallfishing MDUs can be tricky but if you are aware of a few tricks you can negate the horrible routing along baseboards and through hallways and actually ma [...]

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  • Wallfishing Cable
    Wallfishing Cable

    Wallfishing- An introduction Wallfishing is one of the most dreaded tasks a CableTech can perform. ( It falls right ABOVE running a new mid-span or sub pole to pole drop..) b [...]

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  • Netflix looking to Partner up?
    Reed_Hastings

    Who wants to dance with Netflix?   What is the next move for Netflix? Is it too late for Netflix to even make a move? CableTechs might be universally known ( and this is [...]

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  • Cable TV Troubleshooting: Connectors
    Crimped_Braid

    Cable TV Troubleshooting starts with Connectors. When you call your local cable company with a Digital Tiling issue, or any issue really, the first question in the LOQ ( Line [...]

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Trilithic 860 Quick Start Guide

Mar29
2012
Written by Cabletool
Trilithic 860 Quick Start Guide Follow the below steps to get the Trilithic 860 DSP/DSPi out of the box and to that tap in a matter of minutes. Trilithic has made the 860 extremely easy to use and navigate. For various uses of Trilithic 860 functions please see the following Articles for a quick overview [...] Continue Reading…
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Troubleshooting -Modem Upstream

Mar27
2012
Written by Cabletool
Troubleshooting -Modem Upstream Troubleshooting – Modem Upstream This is less of a “How to get my modem upstream lower” article as we all know the less splits from the tap to the modem the lower the  modem upstream. Pretty basic stuff. What we are going to get into this time around is your [...] Continue Reading…
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Troubleshooting Noise Part Two

Mar25
2012
Written by Cabletool
Troubleshooting Noise Part Two In the last article about Troubleshooting Noise we went over tracking noise and how it affected the return path. The return path is where we generally have our Modems Upstream channels, Box Guide and Hits Data streams and VOD requests. We would do well to take care of all [...] Continue Reading…
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Troubleshooting Noise

Mar25
2012
Written by Cabletool
Troubleshooting Noise Tracking Noise at the Premise. Troubleshooting Noise comes up often. Now more then ever noise mitigation is playing an important role in your everyday job. Noise plant wise is a cumulative impairment. A little bit of noise here, a little bit of noise there and the “power” of the noise grows and [...] Continue Reading…
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BER Troubleshooting

Mar25
2012
Written by Cabletool
BER Troubleshooting Troubleshooting BER- The basics. BER Troubleshooting? This comes up A LOT. Troubleshooting BER has a bit of mystic magic about it. Its a lot of numbers in an odd scientific notation that baffles a lot of techs. Especially the new guys. First off lets start with breaking down the measurement [...] Continue Reading…
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Running Cable Drops

Mar25
2012
Written by Cabletool
Running Cable Drops Tips for Running Cable Drops quickly. This is a topic that came up in our forum by member Rombus. Running drops is just a step below wallfishing in the level of difficulty and tediousness. There are easy, straight forward drops and there are difficult drops through trees, hopping from pole to [...] Continue Reading…
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Wallfishing MDUs

Mar25
2012
Written by Cabletool
Wallfishing MDUs Wallfishing MDUs Wallfishing MDUs can be tricky but if you are aware of a few tricks you can negate the horrible routing along baseboards and through hallways and actually make it look as if the cable outlets were there pre-construction! These methods require no wall tacks or clips and will actually be quicker [...] Continue Reading… [...]
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Wallfishing Cable

Mar25
2012
Written by Cabletool
Wallfishing Cable Wallfishing- An introduction Wallfishing is one of the most dreaded tasks a CableTech can perform. ( It falls right ABOVE running a new mid-span or sub pole to pole drop..) but it shouldnt be. There are various reasons why Wallfishing is such a mystery. Ill list a few here- 1-Techs arent carpenters. [...] Continue Reading…
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Netflix looking to Partner up?

Mar20
2012
Written by Cabletool
Reed_Hastings Who wants to dance with Netflix?   What is the next move for Netflix? Is it too late for Netflix to even make a move? CableTechs might be universally known ( and this is a small universe ) as an Anti-Competitive Site. Im not out to change any perceptions that may [...] Continue Reading…
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Cable TV Troubleshooting: Connectors

Mar19
2012
Written by Cabletool
Crimped_Braid Cable TV Troubleshooting starts with Connectors. When you call your local cable company with a Digital Tiling issue, or any issue really, the first question in the LOQ ( Line of Questioning) is usually “can you tighten all of your connectors and see if the issue persists?” That seems obvious [...] Continue Reading…
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Cable Troubleshooting: RF Feedback

Mar15
2012
Written by Cabletool
Cable Troubleshooting Cable Troubleshooting     Thought I would pop this out onto the site while it is fresh. This is an issue that a tech in the field came across the other day while Cable Troubleshooting. The technician arrived for two customers in neighboring Townhomes. They both were complaining of tiling issues and One [...] Continue ReadingR [...]
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Verizons answer, Cables Heartache.

Feb16
2012
Written by Cabletool
LTE There has been an Article or two on CableTechs in the past few weeks surrounding innovation, earnings and direction. This doesn’t come without some controversy, some out of the box thinking and some foresight. Other solutions by competitive providers are going to cause issues however. This is our cross to bare- [...] Continue Readin [...]
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