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PDF Download: USB Reference Guide

Category: Cable, Connectivity Oct 03, 2025

Struggling with USB versions and compatibility? Future Ready Solutions created a two-page Reference Guide to help identify and choose USB cables and connections by bandwidth and power delivery. It’s an essential tool for understanding the evolution of the standard, as well as what’s compatible and future-forward. The guide is available in downloadable PDF format from […]

How to Extend a Network Port using Fiber

Category: Fiber, Signal Distribution, Networking Sep 01, 2025

As projects continually increase in size, so do cable runs. In many applications, twisted pair connections are often remotely located and require extended lengths of cable — security cameras monitor outdoor locations, outbuildings connect to local area networks, remote rooms demand streaming media and gates require network connectivity. Twisted pair cable has a length limitation […]

USB Demystified: What AV Integrators Need to Know About USB

Category: Connectivity, Signal Distribution Aug 07, 2025

Since its inception, USB has evolved rapidly, delivering faster speeds and more capabilities with each new version. This progress, however, has created confusion for AV professionals. The version numbers and marketing names have become inconsistent, leading to a situation where not all USB cables and ports behave the same. For systems integrators, this creates a […]

Upgrade to Lithium Iron Phosphate: Five Popular UPS Systems

Category: Power Jul 13, 2025

As we’ve discussed in previous articles, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries are rapidly gaining popularity with UPS manufacturers due to their long life, low maintenance and ecological benefits. Not to be confused with traditional lithium-ion which consistently makes the news due to overheating and fire risk, lithium iron phosphate technology is safe and stable even […]

Networking over Fiber

Category: Fiber, Networking Jun 08, 2025

As demand for faster, more reliable data transmission continues to rise, fiber optic networking has become the gold standard for high-speed internet and IP-based control. But deploying fiber requires more than just the cables — a range of electronics are essential to translate, switch, and transmit data across the network. This article explores the electronics […]

Choosing an Outdoor Equipment Enclosure

Category: Cable, Connectivity, Signal Distribution Jun 08, 2025

Integrations rarely stay indoors. Outdoor living spaces demand AV and internet, security cameras extend to the edges of properties, automated gates require connectivity, and remote buildings rely on network access. All of these connections drive the need for outdoor equipment enclosures. Future Ready Solutions’ partner Altelix designs and manufactures a wide variety of weatherproof equipment […]

Choosing a Fiber Optic Enclosure

Category: Fiber, Connectivity Jun 07, 2025

Fiber optic enclosures are a necessary component of any optical-based installation. They protect fiber cables and connections, transition between different cable types, neatly organize incoming and outgoing cables, maintain minimum bend radiuses, provide consolidated points of system maintenance, and allow for future expansion and system scaling. Ultimately, leveraging a fiber enclosure improves signal integrity and […]

HDMI 2.2 & Beyond: What it Means for the AV Industry

Category: Business, HDMI Jun 05, 2025

HDMI technology has long been the backbone of high-resolution video and audio transmission in both residential and commercial AV applications. With every new iteration, HDMI has pushed the limits of bandwidth, resolution and performance. However, HDMI 2.2 remains largely speculative at this point. While its exact specifications are yet to be confirmed, we do know that […]

Identifying (and Fixing) Fiber Performance Issues

Category: Fiber, Tools, Cable May 09, 2025

Fiber is surprisingly durable. Most cables boast a pull rating exceeding 200lbs and can survive installed bend radiuses smaller than 5mm. Couple this with constructions supporting wide temperature ratings and harsh outdoor weather and it’s no wonder fiber has become the medium of choice for high-speed networking and telecommunications. But what happens when the cable […]

Pulling Fiber Optic Cable