BKtel’s CABLEwatch product
family provides a comprehensive network
management specifically designed for CATV operator’s
needs. CABLEwatch relies on a central
database in which the complete user administration as well
as all object, event, inventory, provisioning and hierarchy
data is stored. Consequently the required maintenance effort
can be reduced to a minimum. Utilizing client-server architecture
this powerful management software runs under Microsoft-Windows
operating systems.
In principle CABLEwatch is able to manage all network elements
which are supplied with HMS functionality or are based on
SNMP. CABLEwatch was developed in particular for BKtel network
elements, but new network elements can be incorporated into
the management very easily through open
interfaces for proprietary
protocols.
The graphical user interface
of CABLEwatch simplifies the management, localisation,
diagnosis and control of all integrated equipment graphical
displays such as:
Map view for the topological
structure of locations
Tree view for the hierarchical
structure
of locations