Volume 5, Issue 4

Dedicated patch panel provides voice/data conversion

April 1, 1997

You have a triplex surface-mount outlet with one voice and two data ports (one unused) in an office cubicle. In the adjacent cubicle, you need to add one voice port, but that ...

Cabling Installation

Avoid future cable damage in stud walls

April 1, 1997

Once a cabling installation has been completed and the drywall put up and finished, the end-user moves into the space and begins to hang pictures, put up bulletin boards, and ...

Fiber

Use innerduct to protect fiber cables inside buildings

April 1, 1997

Fiber-optic backbone cabling in the telecommunications closet (TC) can sometimes be damaged following installation. For example, it is not uncommon for other building trades to...

Cabling Installation

Install cable tray under raised flooring

April 1, 1997

Protecting telecommunications cabling under raised floors by placing it in cable trays may not completely solve your cable-pulling and interference problems. If the cable tray...

Cabling Installation

Stranded vs. solid Category 5 cable

April 1, 1997

Q: My company has been asked to bid on a high school project in Simi Valley, CA, where the school already has Category 5 cable pulled above the dropped ceilings, but nothing has...

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Cabling Installation

Cable theft prevention

April 1, 1997

Q: What is the termination cap with the tool sleeve that is installed on the inline distribution ports found on most poles for cable TV?

Cabling Installation

Raised-floor cabling standards

April 1, 1997

Q: In raised-floor systems, such as in campus computing centers, I have seen a smorgasbord of conduit and cabling types, including plastic, aluminum, steel, PVC, and plenum. Is...

Home

Rodent damage to cables

April 1, 1997

Q: Recently, mice chewed through a section of fiber-optic zipcord located inside one of our trailer offices. The cable is an Opti-Pak ofnr-rated product manufactured by APD Inc...

Connectivity

Polymer composites challenge ceramic in fiberopticconnectors

April 1, 1997

"Polymer-composite connectors can now match the performance of connectors made with other materials."

Cabling Standards

Category 3, 4, and 5

April 1, 1997

Q: Concerning Category 3, 4, and 5 cables used in Ethernet applications, what is the number of twists in Category 3, 4, and 5 cables? Do Category 3, 4, and 5 use the same type...

Cabling Standards

A call for cooperation

April 1, 1997

I recently attended a building wiring standards seminar sponsored by the Telecommunications Industry Association (tia--Arlington, VA). It was held at the same site and during ...