[129157] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for Fiber Plant Management software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Francois Menard)
Sat Aug 28 00:53:34 2010
From: Francois Menard <francois@menards.ca>
In-Reply-To: <9B5D0FD163918D4A8913D243722B8F500296367FB7@WolfCreek.switchnet.nv>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:53:04 -0400
To: Jim Devane <jdevane@switchnap.com>
Cc: Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We use Fiberworks from Enghouse. Its built atop ArcObjects and all data =
is stored in an ARCGIS geodatabase, providing good flexibility to get =
the data brought up on ArcGIS Server (Web) for web-based editing.
The good thing about this system is that it can also be used for design =
of FTTH as well, and makes it possible to produce for-construction as =
well as as-built drawings (with cut sheets & etc.)
http://www.enghouse.com/amd/products/fiberworks.html
Our sister company (Xit telecom) which does OSP =
engineering/consulting/GIS can help implement this system.
Regards,
-=3DFrancois=3D-
--
Francois D. Menard
Director of technology
Xittel telecommunications inc.
1350 Royale #800
Trois-Rivieres, QC, G9A 4J4
Canada
Tel: +1 819 601-6633
Fax: +1 819 374-0395
fmenard@xittel.net
On 2010-08-27, at 5:31 PM, Jim Devane wrote:
> OSP Insight. Pricey but an excellent tool for OSP documentation.=20
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: khatfield@socllc.net [mailto:khatfield@socllc.net]=20
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:24 PM
> To: Jason Lixfeld; Jeff Saxe
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Looking for Fiber Plant Management software
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> Most of the ones I have seen (2 out of 3) were inhouse/home-grown =
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> I believe the other was provided by SA (Scientific Atlanta). I tried =
to do a quick search on it and it appears that product may now be =
provided by Cisco in partnership with SA.
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> Best of luck
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca>
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:13:35=20
> To: Jeff Saxe<JSaxe@briworks.com>
> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Looking for Fiber Plant Management software
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> I've got a client who uses AutoCAD. They use it exclusively and have =
a pretty big fibre network for someone who's not an ILEC, so I guess it =
works fairly well.
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> On 2010-08-27, at 11:39 AM, Jeff Saxe wrote:
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>> Good morning, NANOGers. My colleague at work wonders if anyone has =
suggestions for software to database all our fiber plant that we're =
constructing. We started out with paper, then Excel spreadsheets in a =
folder and on paper in a book, but clearly as our plant grows and we do =
more splicing this is not going to scale. We have started a MySQL =
database with a few tables, but wonder if someone has already invented =
this wheel.
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>> What do the "big boys" use? Homegrown solutions developed in-house =
and jealously guarded? Something standard? Expensive or cheap? Free =
open-source? He'd like to see...
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>> outside plan facilities: cables, fibers, splice points, poles; copper =
and fiber, preferably, but fiber is more important
>> "circuit" or "DLR" that knows what elements are involved in a circuit
>> GIS integration so that cables can be drawn on a map automagically
>> low cost, of course
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>> Thanks in advance, everyone.
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>> -- Jeff Saxe, Network Engineer
>> Blue Ridge InternetWorks, Charlottesville, VA
>> 434-817-0707 ext. 2024 / JSaxe@briworks.com
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