Press Releases
24 January, 2008
Reference: Industry Update
CTP has relocated to a new Connecticut location.
Effective immediately, CTP has relocated. Our new address is:
CTP
27 Beaver Brook Rd
Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA
Ph (203) 648 4515
18 February, 2006
Reference: Technical Support
Notice of Discontinuation of support for original ConnTech 2000 Design.
Effective March 30th, 2006, CTP is discontinuing support for the original design of the ConnTech 2000 platform. This applies to all ConnTech 2000's beginning with serial number A001 and the accompanying host control Windows software, version 5.10. CTP is no longer able to supply technical support due to the obsolete nature of the S/W tools used in the development of the ConnTech 2000 hardware and software platforms. CTP will provide an upgrade service for these older units making them compliant with the current ConnTech2000 platform. The cost of the upgrade will be based on the serial number of the unit. We will request the serial numbers and revision levels from the original owners of the ConnTech 2000.
Firmware Features included with product upgrade
The new Firmware upgrade to the ConnTech 2000 allows the use of the latest version 5.12 operating software. The new Firmware will include the following new features:
For more information contact:
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Connecticut Technology Products |
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Charles Hickey CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
28 March, 2005
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with Yan Thai (HK) Co. Ltd.
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT. USA ) and Yan Thai (HK) Co. Ltd. ( Kowloon, Hong Kong) have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement whereby Yan Thai (HK) Co. Ltd. is the authorized exclusive distributor of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC ESCONTM test generator and analyzer and models FC 1, FC 2 Fibre Channel Link / BERT tester in Hong Kong. Yan Thai (HK) Co. Ltd. will now provide the distribution and support of the ConnTech 2000 to the Chinese market.
Yan Thai ( HK) Co. Ltd. Was founded in 1977. Its mission is to develop and market products that make use of testing instrumentation technology. The company is managed by dedicated entrepreneurs who have an in-depth knowledge of new technology trends. With their extensive networks by various worldwide best manufacturers, they provide the optimum solution of testing instruments that suit Manufacturing, R&D, Field Support and Quality Control Industries.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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Yan Thai (HK) Co. Ltd. |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Lewestse Kosasih Lewestse@yanthai.com Yan Thai (HK) Co. Ltd. fax + 852 2739-6557 |
Charles Hickey 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
01 February, 2005
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with SupporTech, Inc.
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT. USA ) and SupporTech Inc. ( Kyoungki-Do, Korea) have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement whereby SupporTech Inc. is the authorized exclusive distributor of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC ESCONTM test generator and analyzer and models FC 1, FC 2 Fibre Channel Link / BERT tester in Korea. SupporTech Inc. will now provide the distribution and support of the ConnTech 2000 to the Korean market.
SupporTech Inc. Established in April 2004 with a mission to be the
leading Supplier and full range service provider of Test and Measurement instruments
for the fibre optic and digital data comm. markets. SupporTech Inc has the
sales and customer service expertise to provide the technical support for
optical and digital transmission measurement equipment. Currently Supportech
Inc is the distributor for: Innocor ( Canada), Advantest Korea, Yokogawa Measuring
Instrument Korea and Nex1future.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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SupporTech Inc. |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Jung-Chul, Kim SupporTech Inc fax + 82-31-346-1474 |
Charles Hickey CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
21 October, 2004
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with I-Wave Corporation
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and I-Wave Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement whereby I-Wave is the authorized exclusive distributor of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC ESCON test generator and analyzer and models FC 1, FC 2 Fibre Channel Link / BERT tester in Japan. I-Wave Corporation will now provide the distribution and support of the ConnTech 2000 to the Japanese market.
I-Wave Corporation Established in Feb. 2000, is one of the leading companies to introduce advanced telecom, sensor, science and bio related products to the Japanese market.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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I-Wave Corporation |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Koichi Shimada
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Charles Hickey CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
30 April, 2004
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with Vicom Australia Pty Limited
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and Vicom Australia Pty Limited ( Melbourne, Au) have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement whereby Vicom is the authorized exclusive distributor of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC ESCONTM test generator and analyzer and models FC 1, FC 2 Fibre Channel Link / BERT tester in Australia , New Zealand, PNG and South West Pacific Islands. Vicom will now provide the distribution and support of the ConnTech 2000 to the Australia , New Zealand and South West Pacific Island markets.
Vicom Australia Pty Limited Established in 1974, Vicom initially concentrated efforts within the fields of RF and Avionics. Fuelled by significant growth in the radio communications industry, Vicom diversified during the 80's to address fibre optic and data communication technologies Today, Vicom is the largest independent and Australian owned provider of telecommunications test and measurement instrumentation, equipment service and NATA accredited calibration within the Australian, New Zealand and South West Pacific region.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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Vicom Australia Pty Limited |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Bruce Williams |
Charles Hickey CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
14 April, 2004
Reference: Industry Update
The ConnTech 2000 model FC2 is the third in a series of portable test equipment tools targeted for the Enterprise. The model FC2 is a Fiber Channel Link and BERT tester operating at the 2.125 Gbs rate that provides point to point physical layer testing of double rate Fiber Channel circuits supporting Storage Area Networks (SAN). Fiber Channel frame generation and primitive sequences can be created and transmitted onto circuits under test. User selected data patterns from drop down menus are placed within the frame's payload field that can be industry standard PRBS test patterns, fixed patterns or user defined 32 bit words. All you need to do is specify the data rate, frame size, and test patterns; the tester generates the patterns which can contain intentional errors and continuously monitors the link for LOL, LOF, CRC, 8B/10B bipolar code violations, minimum idles between frames, and bit errors. In addition, the generator mode provides unframed test patterns to be used for DJ and RJ jitter testing.
Time delay measurements can also be made on your circuits with a one-button command from the easy to use Windows based GUI interface. The ARM and Capture command allows the user to capture errors during BERT testing to show expected vs. actual received data captured by the ConnTech 2000 during the test. The ConnTech 2000 platform serial numbers A002- xxx and higher are ready to support model FC2.
Choose the approach that best serves your current needs model ESC
for ESCON or model FC1 or FC2 for Fiber Channel,
FICON and FICON Express knowing that the units you buy today
can be inexpensively upgraded tomorrow to address your future needs.
03 September, 2003
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with Latin Telecom LLC
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and Latin Telecom LLC (Buenos Aires, Argentina) have entered into a reseller agreement whereby Latin Telecom will be an authorized reseller of the ConnTech 2000 ESCON TM test generator and analyzer and Fiber Channel FC1 link and BERT tester in Latin America. Latin Telecom will provide sales and support for the ConnTech 2000 test sets from its main office in Buenos Aires along with its partners in several cities throughout Latin America.
Latin Telecom LLC was founded in 2002 by telecom engineers who are experts in the Latin American Telecom market. Latin Telecom has engineers in almost all Latin American countries to provide excellent support and service for the ConnTech 2000 product line and can help both Spanish and Portuguese speaking customers with ESCON and Fiber Channel testing.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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Latin Telecom LLC. |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Gustavo Brest |
Charles Hickey CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
21 August, 2003
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with DELO Instruments
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and DELO Instruments (Milan , Italy) have entered into a reseller agreement whereby DELO Instruments will be an authorized reseller of the ConnTech 2000 ESCON TM test generator and analyzer and Fiber Channel FC1 link and BERT tester in Italy. DELO Instruments will provide sales and support for the ConnTech 2000 test sets from its main office in Milan and branch office in Rome along with its partners in several cities throughout Italy.
DELO Instruments La DELO Instruments , fondata nel 1981, si occupa della commercializzazione della strumentazione elettronica prodotta da rinomate case estere. La DELO Instruments e' una Societa' in continua crescita e in questi anni si e' creata una immagine di serieta' e prestigio offrendo, oltre ai prodotti, anche un servizio di pre e post vendita, merito dello staff tecnico altamente selezionato. Il sistema di Qualità di DELO Instruments e' certificato ISO-9002. La DELO Instruments e' presente su tutto il territorio Italiano con sedi proprie e agenzie.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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DELO |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Arturo Caracciolo DELO Instruments
Ph.02.90722441 |
Charles Hickey (President, CTP) 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
21 August, 2003
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with RDT Equipment & Systems
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and RDT Equipment & Systems ( Tel Aviv , Israel) have entered into a reseller agreement whereby RDT has become an authorized reseller of the ConnTech 2000 ESCON TM test generator and analyzer and Fiber Channel FC1 link and BERT tester in Israel. RDT Equipment & Systems will provide sales and support for the ConnTech 2000 test sets from its main office in Tel Aviv.
RDT Equipment & Systems is a member of the RDT Group, one of the leading representatives in Israel providing sales and sales support to world leading equipment and systems manufacturers. RDT Equipment & Systems offers solutions to equipment manufacturers, service providers and end users with Test & Measurement equipment, Diagnostic systems, Production systems and tools and telecommunication and data communication equipment.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications
and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to
develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market.
The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com
environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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RDT Equipment & Systems |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Tsafrir Avivi RDT Equipment & Systems |
Charles Hickey (President, CTP) CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
21 April, 2003
Reference: Industry Update
ConnTech 2000 Fiber Channel Link/ BERT Tester
The ConnTech 2000 model FC1 is the second in a series of tools targeted for the Enterprise. The model FC1 is a Fiber Channel Link and BERT tester that provides point to point physical layer testing of single rate Fiber Channel circuits. Fiber Channel frame generation and primitive sequences can be created and transmitted onto circuits under test. User selected data patterns from drop down menus are placed within the frame's payload field that can be industry standard PRBS test patterns, fixed patterns or user defined 32 bit words. All you need to do is specify the data rate, frame size, and test patterns; the tester generates the patterns or intentional errors and the tester monitors the link for LOL, CRC, 8B/10B bipolar code violations, minimum idles between frames, and bit errors.
Time delay measurements can also be made on your circuits with a one button command from the easy to use Windows based GUI interface. The ConnTech 2000 platform serial numbers A002- xxx and higher are field upgradeable to support model FC1.
Choose the approach that best serves your current needs model ESC
for ESCON or model FC1 for Fiber Channel, knowing that
the units you buy today can be inexpensively upgraded tomorrow to address
your future needs.
25 July, 2002
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with Synchronous Communications Corp (Sync)
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and SYNC Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan) have entered into a new re-seller agreement whereby SYNC Corp. will be the authorized sales representative and distributor of the ConnTech 2000 ESCONTM test generator and analyzer in Taiwan. SYNC will now provide the distribution and sale of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC to the Taiwan markets.
Synchronous Communications Corp (Sync) was founded in April of 1990 by three telecommunication professionals for the purpose of introducing worldwide telecommunication testing instruments and equipment into Taiwan market. In order to provide our customers with a full range of services, we established field offices in Kaohsiung and Taichung city in 1992 and 1994. There are currently 70 employees and three sales departments in the company, namely Telecom Instruments, Network System and E-Commerce Departments who created annual turnover $14.5 million US dollars in 2000 & 16 million US dollars in 2001.
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market. The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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SYNC |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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William Liu Synchronous Communication Corp. |
Charles Hickey (President, CTP) CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
25 July, 2002
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement Update with Telescience Singapore LTD (Singapore)
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and Telescience Singapore LTD (Singapore) have entered into a new re-seller agreement whereby Telescience Singapore Ltd. will be the authorized distributor of the ConnTech 2000 ESCONTM test generator and analyzer in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Telescience Singapore Ltd. will now provide the distribution of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC to these Asian countries.
Telescience Singapore Ltd. Established in 1990 with a mission to be the leading supplier of products and system integrator services for the data communications and telecommunications market. Telescience became part of Singapore Computer Systems Ltd. The Singapore Computer Systems and Telescience Singapore have created a leading system integrator partnership for high value turnkey projects in the Info-Communications Technology Industry (ICT) with emphasis in the telecommunications sector
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market. The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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Telescience Singapore Ltd. |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Joel Chan (Sales Engineer) Telescience Singapore Ltd. |
Charles Hickey (President, CTP) CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
01 September, 2001
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with Gillaspy Associates
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and Gillaspy Associates (Camarillo, CA) have entered into an exclusive sales representative agreement whereby Gillaspy Associates will be the exclusive sales representative of the ConnTech 2000 ESCON TM test generator and analyzer and associated CTP products in California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Nebraska, Montana and Kansas.
Gillaspy Associates is a Manufacturers Sales Representative Organization that sells Fibre Channel, Infiniband, and Gigabit Ethernet Instrumentation, Transceivers, and Network Products. They sell Optical Network WDM Systems, Fibre Channel Training and Testing Services, Copper and Fibre Optic Cable Assemblies. Other companies represented:
Connecticut Technology Products LLC Established in 1996 is a telecommunications and data communications design and development company. Its mission is to develop innovative products and test tools for the communications market. The test tools are focused at bridging the gap between tele-com and data-com environments that provide powerful, yet easy to use tools for the craftsperson.
For more information contact:
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Gillaspy Associates |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Colorado, Utah, Idaho,
Wyoming, Montana, Kansas and Nebraska |
Charles Hickey (President, CTP) CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
16 April, 2001
Reference: Class I Laser module availability
Class I Laser module for ConnTech 2000
The ConnTech 2000 ESCON generator/ analyzer can now connect directly to signle-mode cables for test and analysis. Connecticut Technology Products has designed a line interface plug-in module that allows the present ConnTech 2000 to be upgraded from a multi-mode source to a single mode source. For applications where a direct connection to single mode cables is required. See the press release for more details.
07 August, 2000
Reference: Industry Update
Reseller agreement with CNT GmbH
Connecticut Technology Products, LLC (Woodbury, CT) and CNT GmbH ( Munchen, Germany) have entered into an exclusive reseller agreement whereby Inrange Technologies Gmbh will be the authorized distributor of the ConnTech 2000 ESCONTM test generator and analyzer in Europe. Inrange Technologies GmbH has been incorporating this test unit with their DWDM metropolitan network installations and will now provide the distribution of the ConnTech 2000 model ESC to the European market.
CNT GmbH provides scaleable network infrastructure solutions. With an eye towards the future of network convergence they provide solutions for managing enterprise network infrastructures across large-scale storage networking, data communications, and advanced telephony applications. Scalability, mission-critical reliability, and advanced management functionality characterize their offerings. They have over thirty years of experience in blending "data-center class" solutions with professional services and a truly global support organization. Additionally, they have a network of alliances that allows our customers access to complete solutions.
For more information contact:
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CNT GmbH |
Connecticut Technology Products |
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Marc Raabe (Account Manager) marc_raabe@cnt.com CNT GmbH |
Charles Hickey (President, CTP) (charlieh@c2p.com) CTP 27 Beaver Brook Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ph (203) 648 4515 |
30 April, 2000
Reference: DWDM installation testing
DWDM Application Note - ConnTech 2000
This application note has been formulated to address the process of DWDM installation testing and the use of the Conntech 2000-ESC in this process. application note was generated in response to inquiries from telecommunication carriers and communication support groups responsible for transporting ESCONÔ data over DWDM equipment. These service providers have been kindly informed by their customers they do not wish to be a test case when their ESCONÔ data is to be transported over metropolitan DWDM networks.
06 March, 2000
Reference: New feature the ConnTech 2000
BERT Testing added to the ConnTech 2000
13 August, 1998
Reference: News release for the ConnTech 2000
Pricing: $ 9,995 in stock
The pilot production of the ConnTech 2000 took place in December 1997 and is in production. Recent price break through now list under $10,000. Information for the release is ready now.
NEW PRODUCTS
Headline material:
How long can you allow your data center to be off line?
ESCONTM Tester and Analyzer
October, 1998
Reference: New feature the ConnTech 2000
Link Level Auto Initialization added to ConnTech 2000
The ConnTech 2000 now provides Link Level Auto Initialization functionality (Auto Initialize). All that you need to do is specify a node descriptor. The ConnTech 2000 will maintain the link in inactive (Idle) state indefinitely. The channel initialization process establishes the necessary conditions for elements of a channel path to be able to sustain both link-level and device-level communication. The Auto Initialize feature of the ConnTech 2000 establishes the necessary conditions for sustaining link-level communications.
Applications
Connecticut Technology Products
| 27 Beaver Brook Rd |
| Ridgefield, CT 06877 |
| phone | 203 648-4515 |
| mtkg@c2p.com | |
| web site | www.c2p.com |
| Editorial Contact: |
| Charles Hickey |