Structured Wiring

Structured Wiring is a whole building wiring system for:

communications
entertainment
security
control that works with the systems already in the building
anticipates technological advances
lays the groundwork for future technology and other enhancements

Cablecom specializes in systems designed for voice, data, video and security. The company is an experienced telecommunications contractor and has a secure MBE and WBE affiliation in the Chicago market. Being certified as a Qualified Contractor with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Cablecom has designed and installed Hybrid and Wireless LAN/WAN systems. Designs of this type have been utilized by major companies in all facets of telecommunications (Voice, Data, Video, and Security). In addition, Cablecom has a strong affiliation with electricians local #134 and a team of experienced technicians and electricians to meet the increasing demand for high-tech telecommunications.

Structured wiring falls into the following six sub-systems:

Entrance Facilities is where the building interfaces with the outside world.
Equipment Rooms host equipment which serves the users inside the building.
Telecommunications Rooms are where various telecommunications and data equipment resides, connecting the backbone and horizontal cabling sub-systems.
Backbone Cabling as the name suggests carries the signals between the entrance facilities, equipment rooms and telecommunications rooms.
Horizontal Cabling is the wiring from telecommunications rooms to the individual outlets on the floor.
Work-Area Components connect end-user equipment to the outlets of the horizontal cabling system.

Structured cabling design and installation is governed by a set of standards that determine how to wire a data center, office or apartment building for data voice communications, using Category 5 or Category 6 cable and modular sockets. These standards define how to lay the cabling in a star formation, such that all outlets terminate at a central patch panel (which is normally 19 inch rack-mounted), from where it can be determined exactly how these connection will be used. Each outlet can be 'patched' into a data network switch (normally also rack mounted alongside), or patched into a 'telecoms patch panel' which forms a bridge into a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system, thus making the connection a voice port.

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