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Electrical and Telecommunication Systems                                        Since 1974

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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