Press Releases
31 May 2002
Circadiant Announces National Channel Partners for Award-Winning Optical Testing Systems at SUPERCOMM
TeraComm, Testech and Ward/Davis Communications Selected to Sell Optical Standards Testers.
Atlanta, GA - Circadiant Systems, Inc., the company making optical testing simple, today announced availability of its automated, consolidated and intelligent testing system optimized for 10 Gb/s networks. The A3306 10 Gb/s Optical Standards Tester is a compact system enabling optical equipment and component makers to significantly reduce their product development cycles and manufacturing costs while accelerating the time-to-market for their optical networking solutions.
By introducing a tri-rate testing platform that is optimized for 10 Gb/s networks, Circadiant has deployed a productivity tool enabling optical equipment and component vendors to test SONET/SDH, 10 gigabit Ethernet local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and OTN/FEC-based solutions. The A3306 10 Gb/s Optical Standards Tester, coupled with the A3303 2.5 Gb/s Tester, announced in September 2001, is the first automated, consolidated and intelligent optical testing system that performs the key tests made everyday by R&D and manufacturing organizations in a single box.
“As optical speeds increase and systems become more complex, test equipment must keep pace so products can continue to come to market in a timely fashion,” said Tom Hausken, director, Optical Communications Components, Strategies Unlimited. “Circadiant’s decision to, in effect, put multiple instruments into a single box to effectively test layers 1, 2 and 3 promises to simplify the overall control of test parameters while addressing the specific needs of 10 Gb/s networks.”
In the A3306 10 Gb/s Optical Standards Tester, Circadiant has incorporated a tri-rate system at 9.9, 10.3 and 10.7 Gb/s that analyzes and tests network elements at a variety of transmission speeds. The A3306 also allows users to control devices, including oscilloscopes and ovens, to make pass/fail measurements from its easy-to-use, customized interface. Circadiant has also carried over the functionality and consolidation features of the A3303 and combined the many instruments needed for effectively and efficiently testing layers 1, 2 and 3 including bit error rate testers (BERT), attenuators, power meters, an EDFA, couplers, splitters, protocol analyzers, optical filters and optical sources, enabling users to conduct tests with unprecedented ease, while decreasing their overall product development costs.
“Since launching our A3300 product family last year, we have gained significant traction in the industry and have received accolades from a number of established optical equipment and component makers,” said Dr. John French, president and CEO, Circadiant. “With the addition of the 10 Gb/s product to our product line, we are anticipating even greater penetration of our core market over the next several months.”
The A3306 10 Gb/s Optical Standards Tester is expected to become generally available in June 2002. Pricing for the 10 Gb/s unit starts at $168,000.
About OSTs
OSTs are an important new
class of test instrumentation. They have received
numerous awards as innovative test instruments
that reduce manufacturing test cycle times and
shorten a new product's time-to-market. Components
and instruments that measure layer 1, 2 and 3
that are commonly used to test optical communication
systems are consolidated into an OST. This enables
sophisticated algorithms and complex testing
procedures to be calibrated and automated by
Circadiant, instead of the user, and produces
a test instrument that is fast, accurate and
purpose-built for optical communication system
testing. Individual and group test results are
displayed on appropriate scales with statistical
confidence levels clearly shown to help users
understand the behavior of a Device Under Test.
An OST also allows the user to degrade test signals
to simulate worst-case operating conditions.
Degradation includes control over jitter, OSNR,
interfering source, extinction ratio and optical
power as well as the ability to inject errors
into the layer 2 and 3 protocol signals.
About Circadiant Systems, Inc.
Led by test industry veterans and staffed by a team of distinguished physicists
and engineers, Circadiant is a privately-held company based in Allentown, PA.
The company provides optical component developers, network equipment manufacturers,
and telecom service providers with award-winning test systems. Circadiant’s
Optical Standards Testers generate real-world optical test signals that greatly
improve network reliability and interoperability. Circadiant received venture
funding from EnerTech Capital, Intel Capital, PA Early Stage, and TL Ventures.
Media Contacts:
John French
Circadiant Systems, Inc.
610.871.0500 x101
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