CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




Datametrics Corporation
Florham Park, New Jersey


We  hereby  consent  to the use in the  Prospectus  constituting  a part of this
Registration  Statement  of our report  dated  January 7, 1999,  relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Datametrics Corporation, which is contained
in this Prospectus.

We also  consent to the  references  to us under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Prospectus.


                                                       /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
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                                                       BDO Seidman, LLP





New York, New York
September 17, 1999