This quick reference guide is designed for those involved in the construction, cabling and testing of datacom systems. Here you'll find helpful tips, symbols explanations, clear illustrations, Code clarifications, tables and diagrams, and an extensive glossary, all in color-coded, tabbed format. This tiny shirt-pocket guide gives you detailed information on the common do's and don'ts to watch out for, blueprint symbols, specifics on building a telecom room, guidelines for distance, conduit fill, raceway cables, bending radiusand more.

You'll find National Electrical Code articles and how they affect datacom projects, including a cable dictionary, cable substitutions, firestopping principles, and information on grounding. Provides standards in procedures for cabling, such as UPT cable categories, modular jack outlet connectors, patch and rollover cables, parallel and serial ports, and color coding instructions. You'll find testing specifications and guidelines, including twisted pair copper media. Provides an amazing amount of information that fits in your pocket for those on-the-job moments when uncertainty strikes.

Contents

Construction, 3
Code, 13
Cabling, 19
Testing, 37