Volume 3, Issue 1

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Converting USOC to 10Base-T wiring

Jan. 1, 1995
A customer`s existing cabling plant for data communications is commonly wired using RS-232 data cabling with RJ-12 six-conductor wallplates and the Uniform Service Ordering Code...
Cabling Installation

TIA standards, testing Category 5, T568A versus T568B

Jan. 1, 1995
Q: I am a telecommunications manager with the military, and we are planning the installation of a new building distribution system for our headquarters building. We plan to install...
Cabling Installation

Guidelines for running UTP or STP cable

Jan. 1, 1995
When installing an unshielded or shielded twisted-pair cabling system in any environment, some general installation practices must be observed concerning placement of cable and...
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Why bad connections can happen to good installers

Jan. 1, 1995
Although manufacturers of connection devices continue to develop better products, the task of terminating communication cables is still challenging. In some cases, however, an...
Testing

Locating breaks in fiber-optic networks

Jan. 1, 1995
When a problem arises in a fiber-optic network, the source can usually be traced to human intervention. If your network goes down because of a break in a fiber cable or a defect...

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Category 5 testers revisited: What a difference a year makes

Jan. 1, 1995
Almost exactly one year ago, three test-equipment manufacturers--Microtest (Phoenix, AZ), Scope Communications (Northborough, MA) and Wavetek Corp. (San Diego, CA)--introduced...
Cabling Standards

TIA-569 Pathway and Space Standard update

Jan. 1, 1995
The Telecommunications Industry Association TR-41.8.3 working group that developed the TIA-569 pathway and space standard originally targeted late 1994 or early 1995 as the date...
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Cabling Installation

Whats In Front of this Wall?

Jan. 1, 1995
Changing, adding or moving power, voice and data equipment occurs an average of approximately three times per year. These changes are brought about by mergers, acquisitions, reorganizat...
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Cabling Installation

Whats behind this wall? Locating your cabling

Jan. 1, 1995
Whether the cable you are looking for is copper or fiber, indoor or outside-plant, there are technologies and techniques that can ease this routine but necessary task.
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RJ45 UTP & Shielded

Horizontal network topologies for optical-fiber cable systems

Jan. 1, 1995
Advances in optical-fiber technology have made installing new data cable in the horizontal network easier and less costly.
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Fiber

Multimode fiber cable appropriate for shorter-distance applications

Jan. 1, 1995
Many designers and installers are specifying multimode fiber-optic cable for premises wiring, local area networks or computer interconnections because, for shorter distances, ...