Volume 5, Issue 3

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Cabling Installation

Good customer service reaps its own rewards

March 1, 1997
It is important to know if your work was well-received by the customer because it can have a negative impact on your profits. How do you ensure that the customer remembers your...
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Cabling Installation

Pulley system eases installation of additional cables in cable tray

March 1, 1997
You need to pull additional cables in a ceiling cable tray using the existing pull string. This can become a problem, however, when the cables become intertwined with the pull...
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Cabling Installation

Powder makes cables easier to pull and terminate

March 1, 1997
You need to terminate many horizontal cables on a patch panel or wall field in the telecommunications closet. This can take some time to accomplish because the cables can become...
Fiber

Interconnect trays and drawers

March 1, 1997
Fiber-optic multimedia interconnect trays and drawers can be used to route, terminate, and organize fiber-optic cable systems. Available in 24- and 48-port configurations, the...
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Cabling Installation

Crossover patch cords provide proper pin-outs

March 1, 1997
When daisy-chaining Ethernet hubs (concentrators) with modular patch cords, you may sometimes find that your hubs cannot communicate with each other.

More content from Volume 5, Issue 3

Cabling Installation

Cable identification methods

March 1, 1997
Q: It appears that the premise distribution marketplace has gone psychedelic, with cables, patch panels, distribution outlets, and patch cords now available in assorted colors...
Cabling Installation

Telephone training manuals

March 1, 1997
Q: In response to John Griswold`s question in your December 1996 column (page 54), you referenced two books, ABC of Telephone by Frank E. Lee and Outside Plant by Frank Horn. ...
Cabling Standards

Wireless standards

March 1, 1997
Q: Does the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) or Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) have any standards on wireless systems? I looked in the wireless section of...
Home

Testing cabling components for the 21st century

March 1, 1997
Most manufacturers of copper-based network cabling and cable components have products that meet the current testing requirements for Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair systems...
Home

Two humorous looks at our high-tech world

March 1, 1997
I got two books for Christmas that were so funny and so clued-in to the fads and foibles of the high-tech world we in the cabling industry inhabit that I have to tell you about...
Cabling Standards

Multimedia Telecommunications Association and TIA to affiliate

March 1, 1997
The Multimedia Telecommunications Association (mmta) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA--Arlington, VA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to "affiliate...