News | November 30, 2000

Microtest wins award for first residential cable tester

Microtest (Phoenix, AZ), a provider of network test equipment, won the "Coolest Networking Product 2000" award for the Microscanner Pro. The Home Automation and Networking Association (HANA) presented the HANA Wavelength award at the Electronic House Expo Fall 2000.

Electronic House attendees voted the Microscanner Pro as the winner after reviewing the newest concepts, prototypes and products at the networking show. Tim Shriver, Chairman, HANA Wavelength Committee said, "The first annual HANA Wavelength contest has shown that the home automation and networking industry has no shortage of cutting-edge companies such as Microtest."

The Microscanner Pro, the first product in the MicroTools line, is an all-in-one cable tester for network cable verification and troubleshooting for home networking professionals, datacom specialists and IT/network managers. The pocket size and durable tool features coaxial and twisted pair cable testing as well as trouble shooting for speaker wire, security networks and telephone cabling. It verifies continuity and wiremap; finds opens, shorts, crossed or split pairs and miswires; and measures length and distance to fault, using the most accurate means of measurement available today.

Microtest's purpose is to bring people and information together with innovative technology that simplifies evolving networks. Microtest is a provider in network test and measurement products such as OMNIScanner2, PentaScanner, CertiFiber, and OMNIFiber and network appliance and storage products such as FileZerver, DiscZerver, and LinuxZerver.

Microtest, Inc., Tel: 602-952-6400.

Edited by Paul O'Shea
Managing Editor, TestandMeasurement.com