Product Catalog
User’s Guide
Supported desktop web browsers
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Supported devices
Android
Mobile
Devices
Apple
Mobile
Devices
Laptops/Desktops
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cCatalog apps for iPad
Intuitive interface that makes the most of
Apple iPad’s native controls
There is a cCatalog for iPhone as well
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cCatalog apps for Android
Now our apps are also available for Android devices
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Three different catalogs
BROADBAND
ENTERPRISE
WIRELESS
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Several ways to access the
CommScope Product Catalog
From the CommScope home page choose your Product Catalog:
BROADBAND CATALOG
ENTERPRISE CATALOG
WIRELESS CATALOG
OR
Choose the ‘Product Catalog’ dropdown
from any page on the website:
OR
Select any tab from the ‘Product Catalog’
landing page:
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Landing page features
Login to
mycommscope.com
Language selection
Search field
Catalog
selection tabs
Get the list of:
Sharing options
- New products
- To be discontinued
products
- Discontinued
products
This area allows the
user to consult the
product catalog in
the traditional way,
classified by product
type (more on the
This area allows the
user to consult the
product catalog
classified by brands
(more on the following
pages)
following pages)
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Landing page features
View by product type
Click on the
arrow bullets
to expand the
desired product
type
Each product type leads to a product
category page with subtypes
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Landing page features
View by brand
Click on the arrow
bullets to expand
the desired product
type
Each brand leads to a brand page where
you can find all the products related to
that specific brand.
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Navigation structure
Overview
Product type leads to a
product category page,
with subtypes
Product subtype leads
to a product listing
page (or to another
subtype)
Product listing page
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Navigation structure
Filtering pages
Filtered product listing page
Product type leads to
a product category
page, with subtypes
Some product types provide
a filtering page where you
can select the desired product
criteria
The product listing shows
only the antennas filtered
by the criteria
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Product category page:
Resources
All kinds of related resources
for this product category
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How to search for a product
Search field appears on
every website page.
Replaces the various
search fields in the former
website.
One stop for all searches,
and quite a bit more
powerful!
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Search results page
Known part number
If the part number is known, you can search for it
straight ahead.
Usually the first results will be catalog pages related to
your product, but the search engine will rake the entire
website to offer you a comprehensive list.
You can narrow the
search by selecting any
of these categories
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Search results page
Known part number
If the part number is known, you can search for it
straight ahead.
Results will include all the website content related to
your product.
Product catalog pages
Drawings pages
(Visio and AutoCAD)
Brochures, Guides and
other Collateral
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Search results page
Partially known part number
If the part number is only partially known, you can
search using wildcards. For instance:
FXL
FXL*
FXL-14??
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Search results page
Search by description
I want to find a cabling panel
with 24 port and flat design
Then I can filter with
the categories
Product catalog pages
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Product listing features
Click on the Excel icon to export
the list to a spread sheet
Top section
(see next page)
Access to
My Projects
Left side Filters
Product Listing
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Product listing top section
Number of products
displayed per page
Sort the list by
attributes
Filter by product
status
Page selector
The top area sticks to the upper part of the page
when you scroll down through the listing
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Downloading specs
Choose the products whose specs you want to download
Click on the
grey icons
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Downloading specs
Select “Download” in the dropdown menu & submit your request
Your selections
display here
Make sure this
dropdown shows
“Download”
(for summarized
datasheets)
or “Download
Comprehensive”
Once you have
your selections,
click the “submit”
button
Grey icons are
now green
Click on the red icon
to remove a product
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Downloading specs
Download result
A single PDF with all the
product pages is downloaded
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Comparing products
Choose the products you want to compare
Click on the
grey icons
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Comparing products
Select “Compare” in the dropdown (default) & submit your request
Your selections
display here
Make sure this
dropdown shows
“Compare”
Once you have
your selections,
click the “submit”
button
Grey icons are
now green
Click on the red icon
to remove a product
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Comparing products
The comparison page
Links to product pages
Gray rows identify
differences among
the values
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Comparing products
The comparison page
Exports the chart
to Excel (with no
images)
Opens a new tab
with a printerfriendly format
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
We are looking for an Indoor/Outdoor cable, so we have navigated to this page
However, there are 505 products in this list, and scrolling down is not the best way to locate a product
We know the traits of the cable: LSZH jacket, 12 fibers, armored and LazrSPEED® 550 fiber
Collapsible left-side
filters
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
We know the traits of the cable:
1. LSZH jacket
2. 12 fibers
3.Armored
Product listing
reduced to 214
cables
4. LazrSPEED 550 fiber
We have clicked on
this value (LSZH) to
filter the list down to
compliant products
Filtering can be
reverted by clicking
on “Show All”
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
We know the traits of the cable:
1. LSZH jacket
2. 12 fibers
3.Armored
Product listing will
be reduced from
30 to12 cables
4. LazrSPEED 550 fiber
Click on this value
(12) to filter the list
down to compliant
products
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
We know the traits of the cable:
1. LSZH jacket
2. 12 fibers
3.Armored
Product listing will
be reduced from
30 to 12 cables
4. LazrSPEED 550 fiber
Click on this value
(Armored) to filter
the list down to
compliant products
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
We know the traits of the cable:
1. LSZH jacket
2. 12 fibers
3.Armored
Product listing will
be reduced from
12 to 2 cables
4. LazrSPEED 550 fiber
Click on this value
(LazrSPEED 550)
to filter the list
down to compliant
products
So far all displayed cables
are LSZH, 12 fiber and
armored
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
Now we have on the list just the cables with the desired traits:
1. LSZH jacket
2. 12 fibers
3.Armored
4. LazrSPEED 550 fiber
Now it is quite easy to
make out the one for
which we really were
searching
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Narrowing the search with left-side filters
Now we have on the list just the cables with the desired traits:
1. LSZH jacket
2. 12 fibers
3.Armored
Product listing will
be reduced from
12 to 2 cables
4. LazrSPEED 550 fiber
Click on this value
(LazrSPEED 550)
to filter the list
down to compliant
products
So far all displayed cables
are LSZH, 12 fiber and
armored
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Product documentation
Overview
Each product page shows:
•Part number
•Description
•Main picture
•Pictures gallery
•And a set of tabs (only when applicable):
- Product brief (shown here)
-Specifications
- Related products
-Document/Tools
Share the product
link via social media
Share the product
link via email
Recipient will receive
an email like this
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Product documentation
Pictures
Each product page shows:
•Part number
•Description
•Main picture
•Pictures gallery
•And a set of tabs (only when applicable):
- Product brief
-Specifications
- Related products
-Document/Tools
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Product documentation
Specifications
Each product page shows:
•Part number
•Description
•Main picture
•Pictures gallery
•And a set of tabs (only when applicable):
- Product brief
-Specifications
- Related products
-Document/Tools
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Product documentation
Related products
Each product page shows:
•Part number
•Description
•Main picture
•Pictures gallery
•And a set of tabs (only when applicable):
- Product brief
-Specifications
-Related products
-Document/Tools
Click here to view
all parts (next page)
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Product documentation
Related products
Each product page shows:
•Part number
•Description
•Main picture
•Pictures gallery
•And a set of tabs (only when applicable):
- Product brief
-Specifications
-Related products
-Document/Tools
You can create a custom PDF
with the main product above
and all the related parts you
select
You can preview
each related product
Click here to view
all parts (next page)
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Product documentation
Related products
Each product page shows:
•Part number
•Description
•Main picture
•Pictures gallery
•And a set of tabs (only when applicable):
- Product brief
-Specifications
- Related products
-Document/Tools
Document/Tools are categorized:
- Product information (specs)
- Literature
- Warranty documents
- Drawings
- Installation instructions
- Videos
- And more.
Two different formats
for specifications
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Download product specifications
Three different ways to get product specs:
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From the product listing pages, limited to seven parts
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From the product page, limited to one part
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Creating a project in the ‘My Projects’ section
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Two different formats
for specifications
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Two different formats
for specifications
Click on the
“submit” button
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‘Download specifications’
button
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Download product specifications
There are three different places where you can export data to Excel:
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From the product listing pages
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From the comparison pages
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From a project in the ‘My Projects’ section
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Exports the chart to
Excel (no images)
Click on the Excel
icon to export
the list
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‘Export to Excel’
button
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Sharing product information links
(Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter...)
In most of the CommScope website pages
(including the catalog) you will see one of these
rows of icons below:
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Sharing product information links
(email)
In most of the CommScope website pages (including the catalog) you will see one of these rows of icons below:
Recipient will
receive an email
like this
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My Projects
Adding products
While browsing the product pages, you
can add parts to your projects by clicking
on the icon.
Click on any of these icons
To access ‘My Projects’, the
user needs to be registered
in mycommscope.com
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My Projects
Select the project to add to
After every click on an
icon, a popup appears to
let you choose in which project you want the product
to be included.
You can alternatively create a New Project.
After selecting the project, click on Save.
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My Projects
Accessing ‘My Projects’: two different ways
Go to mycommscope.com
and click on ‘My Projects’
In a product listing page, click
on ‘My Projects’ on the left-side,
right above the filters
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My Projects
What can you do with the projects?
Once you select one specific project, you can:
•Edit the name and notes or delete the project
•Update the quantities
•Remove items from the list (one or all)
Select the desired project
or create a new one
Remove this
product from
project
•Export the project listing to Excel
•Download a pdf file with the specifications
of all the items included in the selected
project
•Submit a Quote Request. We will get it
and you will be contacted by a
CommScope representative.
Change the
quantities for
each product
Access product pages
Remove all products
from project list
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My Projects
What can you do with the projects?
Once you select one specific project, you can:
•Edit the name and notes or delete the project
•Update the quantities
•Remove items from the list (one or all)
•Export the project listing to Excel
•Download a pdf file with the specifications
of all the items included in the selected
project
•Submit a Quote Request. We will get it
and you will be contacted by a
CommScope representative.
Download a PDF with
datasheets for all
products
Export the list to Excel
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My Projects
What can you do with the projects?
Once you select one specific project, you can:
•Edit the name and notes or delete the project
•Update the quantities
•Remove items from the list (one or all)
•Export the project listing to Excel
•Download a pdf file with the specifications
of all the items included in the selected
project
•Submit a Quote Request. We will receive
it and you will be contacted by a
CommScope representative.
A CommScope representative will process
your project list for you to get a Quote. Please
include some comments that help to understand
the project. You can also indicate us who else
would you like to get the project information in
the field “Email Request To” which is optional
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Improving through feedback
Feedback submittal
At the bottom of every
page, you can find the
“Feedback” link.
Fill in the form, add your
feedback and don’t forget
to click on Submit
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Thank you for reviewing our Product Catalog tutorial
We hope you found it to be informative, educational and beneficial.
If you have any additional questions regarding the use of the online
Product Catalog, please contact your local CommScope Sales
Representative.