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No matter your organization, be it with the government, a business, or if you’re in education, Structured Cabling is essential. Structured Cabling is designed to carry voice, data and video signals throughout a commercial or residential environment. And if you need work, whether it’s installing, removing or repairing, there is no company better suited to help you than Smart Concepts. Structured Cabling usually ends up involving miles of cabling, which keeps your communications running which all of your business activities rely upon. Any cable issues will impact your voice and data communications which can be costly and impact your business processes and employee productivity. By having us install a standard compliant structured cabling system, much of this downtime can be effectively eliminated. We specialise in helping your organisation with any Structured Cabling solutions whether it’s a government facility, a business, or an education building.
What Is Structured Cabling?
Structured Cabling is a set of standards that determine how to wire a data center, office or building for data or voice communications, typically 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 connections will be used. Each outlet can be ‘patched’ into a data network switch (normally also rack mounted alongside), or patched into a ‘Telecom Patch Panel’ which forms a bridge into a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system, thus making the connection a voice port. Lines patched as data ports into a network switch require simple straight-through patch cables at the other end to connect a computer. Voice patches to PBXs in most countries require an adapter at the remote end to translate the configuration on 8P8C modular connectors into the local standard telephone wall socket. In the U.S., no adapter is needed, as the 6P6C plug used with RJ11 telephone connections is physically compatible with the larger 8P8C socket and the wiring of the 8P8C is compatible with RJ11. It is normal to see different color patch cables used in the patch panel to help identify which type of connection is being carried, though the structured cabling standards do not require this, except in the demarcation wall field. The standards demand that all eight connectors in the Cat6 cable are connected, resisting the temptation to ‘double-up’ or use one cable for both voice and data. This is generally a good thing as it means that they fully support features such as Power over Ethernet which require the so-far unused brown cables.