Copper/Fiber Cable Test Certification & Smart Building Network Verification
AEM Networks is the precision cable test division of AEM Holdings, a Singapore-based technology group company. The AEM Networks engineering team traces its lineage to Agilent Technologies, bringing with them over five decades of experience in designing cutting-edge field test solutions. This heritage is reflected in the exceptional RF measurement accuracy and engineering depth that defines every AEM Networks product. These test solutions provide not only copper and fiber certification of the underlying infrastructure cabling, but extend to testing various types of powering technologies, assurance of required link speeds, as well as network connectivity and operational details for both the wired and wireless network infrastructure. AEM Networks operates globally and is the only test and measurement provider to have developed purpose-built field test equipment specifically designed to address the full range of smart building technologies found in modern network infrastructures.
What They Do
AEM Networks specializes in precision cable test solutions that go far beyond traditional copper and fiber certification. Their tools are designed to support the entire lifecycle of network wiring and connectivity — from manufacturing and laboratory environments through to installation, commissioning, and ongoing network operations and troubleshooting. What makes AEM Networks stand apart is the breadth of testing capability within a single platform: their solutions certify copper and fiber cabling, test high-wattage Power over Ethernet (PoE), validate multi-gigabit Ethernet speeds, support Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) for IoT applications, and provide detailed wired and wireless network diagnostics — all in one field-ready instrument. AEM Networks’ flagship TestPro and Network Service Assistant (NSA) platforms are purpose-built for network installers, IT teams, and NetOps engineers who need a versatile, accurate, and easy-to-use test solution across enterprise, data center, healthcare, education, and industrial environments.
Key Use Cases
- Copper and fiber cable certification — certifying installed cabling to TIA and ISO standards for Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A, Cat8, and fiber links.
- Smart building commissioning — testing and verifying the full range of network technologies deployed in intelligent buildings, including PoE lighting, AV systems, and building automation.
- Multi-gigabit Ethernet verification — confirming that cabling infrastructure can support 2.5G, 5G, and 10G Ethernet before devices are connected.
- High-wattage PoE testing — measuring and validating PoE delivery up to 90W (802.3bt) to ensure safe and reliable powering of connected devices.
- Wireless network assessment — diagnosing Wi-Fi connectivity, signal quality, and network parameters alongside wired infrastructure testing.
- Data center fiber certification — dual-ended fiber testing with cloud-based result storage for traceability, audit trails, and lifecycle management.
- Network operations troubleshooting — provisioning and fault diagnosis on enterprise LANs and WLANs by NetOps teams in the field.
Products
5G testing
Ethernet testing
IPTV testing
Live fiber detection
Network synchronization
OTDR and iOLM
RF testing
Transport testing (SONET/SDH, OTN)
Copper/DSL testing
Fibre channel
Legacy DSN/PDH testing
Modular test platforms
Optical fiber multimeter
Power meters
Spectral testing
Variable attenuators
Dispersion analysis
Fiber inspection
Light sources
Network operations, automation, data insights
Optical loss test kits
Remote fiber testing and monitoring (RFTM)
Test function virtualization
xPON, WiFi and speed test
Multi-gigabit speed testing
Dedicated and virtualized blade servers and back-end storage devices deployed within the data center often require network connectivity at multi-gigabit speeds. Common examples include 2.5, 5 and 10 Gbps Ethernet over twisted pair cabling and 10, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet over fiber. Finally, many data centers include 16, 32 and 128 Gbps for Fibre Channel. Depending on specific needs, IT operations staff must be able to properly verify or certify that cabling deployed inside a data center can meet these levels of data transport performance.
Fibre Channel Testing
The only place that Fiber Channel (FC) is found in the enterprise is inside the data center. This transport technology provides for lossless delivery of data using uniform blocks of data as opposed to variable-sized frames as found in Ethernet. This makes it ideal for transporting of data to and from storage area networks (SANs). Test tools that certify that fiber optic cabling can operate at specific FC speeds may be of use for those managing a SAN.
Fiber Inspection
Because of the critical nature of applications, data and servers housed within a data center, any time a server or storage device is added or moved, the cabling should be properly inspected and cleaned using specialized inspection equipment. Failing to do so can introduce dust and dirt on the connectors and micro-breaks in the patch cables that can cause data transport performance problems.
Automated Patch Cable Tracing
Existing cables may already be connected to a data center switch. The problem, of course, is that there can be dozens to hundreds of switches depending on the size of a data center. Knowing precisely which switch the cable is connected to can be a time consuming process to physically trace. A more efficient method is to use a network test tool that can be used to identify the switch vendor, model and switch name in a matter of seconds.
VLAN Visibility
Data center switches are commonly configured with multiple layer 2 VLANs, each of which are designated by application or data transport use. However, sometimes a server or storage device may be inadvertently attached to the wrong VLAN. Test tools can be used to connect to a data center switch configured for a specific VLAN. This traffic can then be monitored on the tool to identify what devices are connected to the VLAN. This makes identifying incorrectly configured VLAN interfaces a quick and painless process.
Traffic Simulation
To verify that an application server can perform optimally on a network prior to putting it into production, traffic simulation and generation tools can be used that mimic the amount of bandwidth an application or database is expected to produce. This feature found in many enterprisegrade multifunction test tools allows administrators to transmit fixed-sized broadcast or unicast UDP packets and have the results calculated to prove overall network transport capability.
Power Over Ethernet
While networked servers and storage devices in a data center almost certainly use external power, there is an increasing number of IoT devices being deployed inside critical DC l ocations to help monitor the environment. Examples include surveillance cameras, door controllers and temperature/humidity sensors. In many cases, these devices are powered via PoE. Thus, ITOps staff must be able to verify whether the power sourcing equipment (PSE) and cabling can handle power delivery up to the specific Wattage level that these IoT devices require.
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