Subcommittees and other groups within the Telecommunications Industry Association’s TIA TR-42 Engineer Committee are continuously working to create, affirm and revise the standards that are used to guide structured cabling system design and installation. 

Presentation 1: Standard-Compliant Patch Cords
Patch cords are critical pieces of the cabling channel and are recognized in standard specifications as components. As such, patch cords must meet certain performance requirements to achieve a rating such as Category 6. This presentation will discuss performance requirements for patch cords and, more specifically, the measures that system installers and users can take to ensure the cords they put into systems meet those performance requirements.

Presentation 2: TSB-190 – Shared Pathways and Sheaths
The TR-42.7 Subcommittee developed Telecommunications Systems Bulletin TSB-190 to address the extent to which cabling performance is affected by having multiple applications operate over different cable categories, or different cable constructions, within a single pathway. One common question, among others, answered by TSB-190 is: Can I place Category 6A cables from different manufacturers in the same pathway? This presentation answers that and other questions by detailing the practices spelled out in TSB-190.

Presentation 3: TIA-758-B, the Revised Outside Plant Cabling Standard
The second (B) revision to the TIA-758 Customer Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Cabling Standard incorporates information that previously was included in other TIA cabling standards – including the TIA-942 Data Center standard and the former TIA-790 standard concerning the installation of fiber-optic cable in outdoor locations. This presentation outlines what changed from TIA-758-A to TIA-758-B and how the new standard will affect installers and owners of customer-owned outside plant cabling systems.

This webcast seminar hosted by Cabling Installation & Maintenance will provide information on some of the standards recently completed within TIA TR-42, including practical ways that the standards’ specifications will be worked into jobsite design and installation.

Brian Ensign, RCDD, NTS, OSP, CSI Director of Training and Technology Legrand | Ortronics
Tim West, RCDD Director, Engineering Services Superior Essex
Ray Emplit

Fluke Networks provides innovative solutions for the testing, monitoring and analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks and the installation and certification of the fiber and copper foundation of those networks. Our comprehensive line of Network SuperVision Solutions(TM) provide network installers, owners, and maintainers with superior vision, combining speed, accuracy and ease of use to optimize network performance. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Fluke Networks has over 500 employees worldwide and distributes its products in more than 50 countries.

NetClear is a family of solutions that are engineered, proven and independently verified to exceed TIA/EIA requirements for channel capacity. An alliance of two industry giants, Berk-Tek and Ortronics, NetClear provides seamlessly integrated solutions that benefit from expert manufacturing and provide built-in signal-to-noise headroom.

NetClear solutions are complete  - UTP and optical fiber, horizontal and backbone cabling, cross connect, workstation outlets, and high-performance patch cords with patented plug design. NetClear Channel Solutions: designed to provide the highest signal strength at the receiver - minimizing unwanted effects caused by noise, designed to be perfectly clear.

The result: maximized dynamic performance for real world networks.

Superior Essex manufactures a broad portfolio of wire and cable products with primary applications in the communications, magnet wire and related distribution markets.  It is a leading manufacturer and supplier of copper and fiber optic communication wire and cable products to telephone companies, distributors and system integrators; a leading manufacturer and supplier of magnet wire (including related enamel coating materials) and fabricated products to major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for use in motors, transformers, generators and electrical controls, and a distributor of magnet wire, insulation, and related products to smaller OEMs and motor repair facilities.

Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) is a global manufacturer providing voice, data and security products and service solutions that optimize, store and secure technology equipment. CPI Products offer innovation, configurability, quality and value with a breadth of integrated system components, covering virtually all physical layer needs. Unequalled customer service and technical support,  as well as a global network of industry-leading distributors, assures customers that CPI is dedicated to delivering products and services designed to meet their needs. Headquartered in the US, CPI operates global offices within the US, Mexico, Canada, China, Dubai and the United Kingdom. CPI’s manufacturing facilities are located in the US, Asia and Europe. (www.chatsworth.com)

CPI is listed with the General Services Administration (GSA) under Federal Supply Schedule IT 70. Products are also available through GSA Advantage and through Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), including GSA Connections and NITAAC-ECS III. (www.chatsworth.com/gov)