OSP Insight. Pricey but an excellent tool for OSP documentation.

-----Original Message----- From: khatfield@socllc.net [mailto:khatfield@socllc.net] 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

Most of the ones I have seen (2 out of 3) were inhouse/home-grown solutions.

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

CableProject USA offers a free trial and a YT demo video. I can't vouch for it, never having witnessed it in operation personally, but it looks interesting. [1]http://www.cableprojectusa.com/ Cable Management Software runs the full gamut, from simplistic to near-ERP in scope, while others (e.g., VPI) also perform autoconfiguration and coordinated, parametric link designs for specific types of hardware (WDM, Switches/Routers, ROADMs, etc.). One can spend anywhere from free to $29.99 to tens of thousands of dollars, so decide carefully what you need, know specifically what you're looking for, and most of all, caveat emptor. --- francois@menards.ca wrote: From: Francois Menard <francois@menards.ca> To: Jim Devane <jdevane@switchnap.com> Cc: Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Looking for Fiber Plant Management software Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:53:04 -0400 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, -=Francois=- -- 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: provided by Cisco in partnership with SA.

Best of luck -----Original Message----- From: Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:13:35 To: Jeff Saxe<JSaxe@briworks.com> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Looking for Fiber Plant Management software

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.

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

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"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

Thanks in advance, everyone.

-- Jeff Saxe, Network Engineer Blue Ridge InternetWorks, Charlottesville, VA 434-817-0707 ext. 2024 / JSaxe@briworks.com

References 1. http://www.cableprojectusa.com/