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April/May 2002
Vol9 No2
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e recently played host to three
senior executives from the KRONE
Group who were impressed by, and
strongly supported our investment in
Australian R&D. Ron Lowy, Chief
Operating Officer, Rudolf Hadorn, Chief
Financial Officer and Phil Hewes, General
Counsel for the international KRONE
Group, visited our manufacturing
facilities at Berkeley Vale on the NSW
Central Coast and indicated that we will
be used more often to design products
for the world market.
Our HIGHBAND modules, have for a
number of years, been in networks in Europe,
North and South America and the Asia Pacific.
Our HIGHWAY RJ45 jacks are being
acknowledged as the best of their breed and are
having notable success in North America. In this
issue, Shane McIntosh tells how we are now
making substantial inroads into South America.
Over the last three-year period, KRONE
Australia has consistently achieved more than 80
per cent of our sales revenue from products that
are designed, developed and manufactured
entirely in Australia. A further 15 per cent are

manufactured here, under licence. Our export
sales figures have now climbed to more than 30
per cent of our annual turnover.
This success has happened as the world of
telecommunications has suffered possibly the
worst 12 months in its history. It’s all due to the
commitment of our people and to the fact that
we continually make changes to our structure
and product portfolio to ensure we maintain our
customers’ confidence and our market
leadership position.
Ever since we were established 21 years ago,
we have been addressing our customers’ needs
for coping with bandwidth-hungry technologies.
Our complementary fibre optic and optical
wireless ranges are featured in Product Watch on
pages10 and 11.
Having won a 2001 AEEMA (Australian Electrical
and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association Award)
for Product Stewardship as well as AEEMA
Commendations for Energy Efficiency and
Commercialising R&D, we are always looking for
ways to improve our methodology.
KRONE utilises a concurrent engineering
process in the design and development of new
products. This means that all departments
involved in the development of a product from
R&D through to purchasing, engineering, and
manufacturing, work simultaneously on
different tasks rather than following a series of

individual steps, which slows down the
development process.
To enhance our efficiency, even further, in
product stewardship and commercialising R&D,
we have just merged our Product Development
and Marketing teams.
We’re all looking forward to the challenges
the rest of 2002 will bring us.
Sincerely ...
Craig Jones
CEO
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COMMITMENT TO R&D AND
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP . . .
Customer Stories
6 KRONE’s Bronze Solution at work
for Science
8 ComProtect Safeguards Defence
in WA and the Territory
12 KRONE a Force in RedFlex’s
International Military Coups
12 NEC IP Servers using Highband 10
14 Latinos warm to Australian
Product
Business Articles
3 Cables in a Mess? PBE is your
answer
Product News

10 Highlighting our Fibre Optic
Range
11 Speeding our Products to Market
KRONE News
15 Club KRONE
Standards and Industry News
4 A New Front Gate for
HAN SOHO
Website: www.krone.com.au
Email:
CONTENTS

Copyright © 2001 KRONE Australia Holdings Pty. Limited
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n sites that would normally utilise a high
number of RJ45 patch panels at the cross
connection point, patch cords become a mess
and cannot be professionally managed. These
sites are prime Candidates for our PBE
methodology, eliminating the patch cord
“jungle” entirely.
Using the Patch by Exception methodology,
HIGHBAND modules are used in place of the
RJ45 Patch Panels. The cross connection is made
using hard wiring (C5E or C6 Jumpers) utilising
the off cuts of the horizontal cable. You can
override the hardwired side of the HIGHBAND

module and re-connect to the required office
area in a simple plug-and-play motion using a
patch cord. Periodically, the customer’s installer
visits to remove patch cords on permanent
circuits and replace them with hard wiring.
WHY PATCH BY EXCEPTION
WORKS
The RJ45 solution was designed to provide data
and telephone services to the user, rather than
to supply a permanent service to a workstation.
Traditionally, the benefit of this approach has
been that the end user or IT Manager could do
all their own moves, adds and changes without
using an installer.
As technology has progressed and the cost of
network devices has decreased, the provision of
computer outlets has increased. It is now highly
likely that if a person moves from one room to
another data services will already exist within
that room, and accessing the network simply
requires the person to plug their computer into
the port or outlet provided.
Another development that further contributes
to the acceptance of the Patch by Exception
solution is the virtual network hub. This means
that a network manager can control each
individual PC on the network and make any
moves, adds or changes via software - without
the need to leave his or her desk. In the same
manner, voice services are almost always

provided at every workstation and in every room.
When a person moves offices, their extension
number can be easily reallocated using the
software on the PABX.
The significance of these developments is that
cross connections can be cabled out using hard
wiring rather than patch cords. Solid conductor
cable, used in the horizontal run, is used for this
hard wiring. The use of solid conductor cable
improves throughput as it has better impedence
values than patch cable. Situations will arise, of
course, where services are not provided. This is
the time when the HIGHBAND patch cord can be
used and when patching is the exception, and
not the rule.
With the Patch by Exception solution, the IT
manager has an effective and efficient cable
management system, and peace of mind. Any
changes required can be easily administered by
the IT Manager in a plug and play motion, in a
matter of seconds.
The cost saving attributed to the smaller
amount of Patch Cords required, can be
substantial. As an example, instead of paying
$6.00 for a patch cord, use 4 pair solid
conductor cable off cuts at no cost.
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CABLES IN A MESS?
PBE IS YOUR ANSWER
Patch by Exception (PBE) is not new. KRONE Australia developed it as

a product feature of our HIGHBAND modules. Working successfully in
sites in the Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA since the mid-1990s.
by Peter Davis, Sales and
Marketing Manager,
KRONE Australia
Typical hard wired solution
Patch cord Disconnects the original
circuit and redirects the signal
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n the last ten years, a wide variety of services
and systems have become available or cost
effective for homes, such as:
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multiple phones including keyphone systems
and cordless units, faxes and answering
machines;
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personal computers and Internet access;
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cable television and a wider range of free-to-
air services;
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security and fire alarm services;
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video door intercom units;
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the home theatre; and

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home automation, particularly lighting,
climate control and watering systems.
With the growing trend towards small, home-
based businesses and teleworking, the
telephone and computer facilities of many
homes are now comparable with small
businesses. The residence operates like an
enterprise, and the small office/home office
(SOHO) is moving quickly towards installing a
Home Area Network (HAN).
Home occupants want service and content
providers to deliver the bandwith to support the
technological advances of the future.
The entry to the home will now be enabled by
passing through an electronic front gate, called a
‘Residential Gateway’.
A new ISO/IEC 15045-1 Standard has now
been established detailing the requirements for
this entrance to the
home electronic
system.
The Residential Gateway connects home
network domains to network domains outside
the home. It supports communication among
devices within the premises - and systems,
service providers, operators and users outside
the premises.
The safe and effective delivery of these
services into the home places many demands on

the facilities of the Residential Gateway. These
include the integrity and security of
communications, delivery of commands to
devices in the home from external sources,
blocking of selected commands that may create
unsafe conditions, protection of the home from
risks inherent in a connection to the Internet and
the facilitation of financial payments.
The interoperability of home devices with
external services and features to enhance the
safety and security of network devices and
consumer transactions via the network are
essential elements of the electronic gate.
The Residential Gateway connects the remote
user via the Internet with the people,
equipment, appliances or services in the home.
Usually such devices or systems are objects or
nodes on the HAN.
Some of the potential interfaces and
supported networks of a Residential Gateway
are shown in Figure 1.
In all cases the electronic gateway provides the
mechanism whereby Wide Area Networks
(WANs) communicate with Home Area Networks
(HANs). The gateway may stand alone, it may be
embedded in another device, or more than one
gateway unit may be used. A number of
distributed gateway units may display the
behaviour of a single gateway.
Configurations may range from an approach

where a single box provides the functionality for
interfacing between two or more WANs and
HANs, to a modular dedicated residential
gateway, to multiple residential gateways
distributed among physically separate locations
within the premises.
The ISO/IEC 15045-1 Standard is based on a
‘black box’approach, specifying the interfaces of
the Residential Gateway and the functionality
provided but leaving considerable freedom for
how such functions are implemented . The
Traditionally, homes have been wired for a small number of
telephone outlets connected to a single telephone service, with little
consideration being given for other services.
A NEW FRONT GATE
FOR HAN SOHO
by Peter Meijer, JP BE
MSc, RCDD,
Technical Training
Manager and Industry
Liaison,
KRONE Australia
Broadway 5
standard is applicable to all communications
and other technologies that may be
incorporated in the Residential Gateway and
includes both analogue and digital systems.
Among other things, the standard will discuss:
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options for the Architecture of the Residential

Gateway and the elements of a conforming
Residential Gateway; and
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safety requirements of home systems
connected to Wide Area Networks and the
role of the Residential Gateway.
To take full advantage of these interactive
electronic systems, your residence (whether it
is a house, apartment or a standalone home-
office area) should be wired for data and
telecommunications with flexible structured
cabling systems similar to those of com-
mercial premises.
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www.krone.com.au/products/broadway/
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Broadway 10
RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY.
Figure 1
Broadway 4
T

he CSIRO operates with decentralised
management across some 22 divisions, 60
sites and 6,500 employees. Each business unit
makes its own decisions about issues of staffing,
resources and information technology. CSIRO’s
Property Division project manages the
construction of new buildings.
As Cabling Upgrade Program Manager, Jeff
Kell, is responsible for the preparation and
maintenance of the Cabling Specifications that
are utilised throughout CSIRO and the Cabling
Upgrade Program.
“It is our objective to provide a state-of-the
art, reliable, flexible, warranted cabling
infrastructure that allows implementation of the
latest technology,” said Mr Kell.
“The CSIRO cabling specifications nominate
KRONE’s PremisNET Cat 5e Bronze solution with
the express intention of having a national
standard across all sites. This infrastructure
allows for the implementation of the latest
technologies, which puts CSIRO in a position
to lead and advise Australia’s scientific and
business communities.
“We are constantly reviewing our Cabling
Specifications to ensure the best business solution
is provided to the CSIRO scientific workforce who
are deployed in offices, laboratories and remote
environments across Australia.
“When we were nominating the current

CSIRO standard, we selected KRONE because of
its high quality product, the fact that it was an
Australian manufacturer with substantial R&D
facilities, and, importantly, its 20/20 warranty.”
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The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation), Australia’s largest scientific research centre, has
specified our PremisNET Bronze solution as its standard across all sites.
KRONE’S BRONZE SOLUTION AT
by Norm Kennedy, ACT
State Manager,
KRONE Australia
CSIRO has been a KRONE
customer since 1998 when
it first implemented Category 5
cabling infrastructure for voice
and data across a number
of the CSIRO sites.
Norm Kennedy,
KRONE Australia
(right) and Jeff Kell,
CSIRO