DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced the immediate availability of UNH-IOL Test Tools, a new line of unique testing tools and services that helps UNH-IOL member and non-member companies speed go-to-market time for multiple products simultaneously by pre-testing in-house. The UNH-IOL provides broad-based flexible testing services to cost effectively meet network interoperability requirements for the industry and launches the new UNH-IOL Test Tools line in response to customer demand for one-of-a-kind testing platforms, not otherwise available in the marketplace, developed specifically for use on customer premises.
Supplemental to the services offered through membership in the UNH-IOL’s consortia, the UNH-IOL Test Tool line serves as an additional resource to companies facing aggressive product launch timelines. By utilizing UNH-IOL Test Tools in their own laboratories, companies’ testing, quality assurance (QA) and development teams have the flexibility to perform testing in accordance with their own product development cycles. Furthermore, internal pre-testing allows companies to identify and resolve issues and improve products in advance of sending their products to the UNH-IOL for official testing or certification. Pre-testing with tools in the UNH-IOL Test Tool line helps companies receive passing reports during the first round of testing at the UNH-IOL, reducing the need for multiple rounds of testing and ultimately shortening product time to market.
Marc Sedam, Executive Director of the University of New Hampshire’s Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization (ORPC) says, “Licensing the UNH-IOL’s tools is a natural progression in enhancing the value of UNH-IOL to members through commercialization, expanding the reach of our capabilities into customer facilities. The result is an improved customer relationship which is what the UNH-IOL is all about.”
The UNH-IOL Test Tools line covers a large spectrum of the UNH-IOL’s collaborative testing programs, offering pre-testing tools in over 20 data networking and storage technologies. Examples include:
- UNH-IOL Intact – Tests networking protocols
- Auto-negotiation test tool for Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) – Tests the handshaking protocol of twisted pair Ethernet PHYs
- Clause 40 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) Test System – Tests electrical conformance for 1000BASE-T devices
- Twisted Pair-Physical Medium Dependent (TP-PMD) Test System – Tests electrical conformance of 100BASE-TX devices
- UNH-IOL Twisted Pair Cabling Passive Line tap – Designed to pickoff bi-directional signals on four pair category cable for observation on an oscilloscope with minimal loss and added crosstalk. Primary applications for line tap usage: 10GBASE-T, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-Tx, Energy Efficient Ethernet
For more information on the UNH-IOL Test Tools line and/or fee structure for member and non-member companies, please contact Erica Johnson, Director for the UNH-IOL, erica.johnson@iol.unh.edu or 1-603-862-0117.
About the UNH-IOL
Founded in 1988, the UNH-IOL provides independent, broad-based interoperability and standards conformance testing for data, telecommunications and storage networking products and technologies. Combining extensive staff experience, standards bodies participation and a 32,000+ square foot facility, the UNH-IOL helps companies efficiently and cost effectively deliver products to the market. For more information, visit http://www.iol.unh.edu/, or connect with the UNH-IOL on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UNHIOL, on Twitter at @UNH_IOL and on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/unh-interoperability-lab.