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What is the Twist Factor of a Slinky?

August 5, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

A Slinky is more than fun for a girl or a boy. It can be used to explain Fiber Manager's use of the Twist Factor in the calculation of strand…

Bringing Meter Status to the Desktop

July 3, 2014 By:

By integrating with existing meter data collection systems, SSP was able to bring real-time meter status to the desktop. Find out how, inside...

Two Worlds Collide, Rival Junctions

June 23, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

In this post we summarize the Fiber Manager™ model alteration required to incorporate a splitter within a splice case (or within a patch location rack).

Stop Downgrading to 10.2 When Installing New 10.2.1 Products

June 5, 2014 | By: SSP Innovations

Here we reveal a simple workaround to one of the more common time-wasters in the ArcFM™ community. Save yourself some valuable time!

What is the Difference Between an Inside Plant Cable and a Card?

June 2, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

Given Schneider Electric's support flexible data model, this post describes for Fiber Manager™ users the difference between an inside plant cable and a patch panel card.

ArcFM™ and Feeder Manager 2.0 – Release Preview

May 7, 2014 | By: SSP Innovations

Here we preview the next release of the ArcFM™ Solution.

Python Best Practices – Part 2

May 2, 2014 By: Jeff Buturff

Recently, SSP had a chance to write a rather complex python program for use by one of our outstanding clients. Due to the complexity of the processing involved, we learned…

Managing Colors for the “Little Lighty Things”

May 1, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

In this post we describe how to manage the colors of the symbology within the Schneider Electric Fiber Manager™ application.

A High-Level View of ArcGIS Image Extension for Server Implementation

April 28, 2014 | By: SSP Innovations

With the release of ArcGIS 10.X, the stand-alone ArcGIS Image Server product has been replaced with the ArcGIS Image Extension for Server. The ArcGIS Image Extension can be optionally licensed…

Python Best Practices – Part 1

April 7, 2014 By: Jeff Buturff

Recently, SSP had a chance to write a rather complex python program for use by one of our outstanding clients. Due to the complexity of the processing involved, we learned…

Utility Network Coloring Tool – New and Free!

April 4, 2014 By: John Coleman

Here we describe the results of our plot to develop a simple Add-in to automatically color layers on a map based on Feeder ID. The best part is, you can…

Fiber Splices – Another Way to Accommodate Length

April 1, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

This post explores how to represent length of a fiber cable in a sensible yet less-known manner. Click through to see how...