Copper Connectivity
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What is cable
management
and why is it
important?
Cable management is
the system utilized to
control the routing and
placement of cables.
What is Cable Management?
Why is it important?
Let’s go to the Sites!
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Cable Management?
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Cross
Aisle
Panel?
Cable Management?
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Cable Management?
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Cable Management?
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Cable Management?
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ADC’s Cable Management
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ADC’s Cable Management
Upper Horizontal
Jumper Trough
Lower Horizontal
Jumper Trough
Fuse Panel
Vertical Jumper
Rings
Rear View of a
Rear Cross-Connect
Skeleton Bay
UEF Frame
The
Skeleton
Bay
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Generally, there are two phases to cable management:
First, there is the initial
installation of permanent
cabling;
Then follows the cross-connects
(semi-permanent cabling) from
the operators.
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Permanent
cabling
evenly
distributed
Cross
connects
evenly
distributed
Access still
available to all
cabling
connections
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A. All jumpers in the left hand
side of the cross connect field
should enter and leave the bay
from the left vertical wireways.
Upper
Jumper
Wireways
Cross
Connect
Jumper
Vertical
Jumper
Wireways
Lower
Jumper
Wireways
B. All jumpers in the right hand
side of the cross connect field
should enter and leave the bay
from the right vertical
wireways.
C. All intrabay cross connects
should use the vertical rings
except when the terminations
are in the same panel.
D. All interbay cross connects
should use the horizontal
wireways.
E. All jumpers originating in the
upper half of the cross connect
field should route via the upper
horizontal wireways.
F. All jumpers originating in
the lower half of the cross
connect field should route via
the lower horizontal wireways.
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Notice how the permanent
cabling is behind
the rings
while the cross connect
cabling is contained within
the rings...
ADC’s Cable Management
Digital Signal
Cross-Connect
(DSX)
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DSX Evolution
RX
TX
RX
TX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
M
I
O
M
I
O
TX
RX
Direct
Connect
Cross-Connect
Inter-Connect
DSX
Cross-Connect
Equipment Cables
Equipment Cables
Equipment Cables
Equipment
Cables
Equipment
Cables
Equipment
Cables
Equipment
Cables
Cross-Connect Jumper
Cross-Connect Jumper with Identification
U-link/Plug
IDC-Block
With Jacks
Four Connection Methods
Why Install
DSX?
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Bantam Plug Construction
Bantam Plug Parts
Sleeve
Tip
Ring
Insulator
ADC invented Bantam Jack in 1961
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Normally Closed Contact
R
RN
T
TN
R
RN
T
TN
Jack Barrel
Bantam Jack
Frame
Spring Contact
Basic Jack Parts
R = Ring Conductor
T = Tip Conductor
RN = Ring Normal Contact
TN = Tip Normal Contact
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IN/OUT
FIELD
R
T
OUT
R
T
IN
CROSS-CONNECT
FIELD
RN
TN
OUT
RN
TN
IN
TL
MONITOR
JACK
OUT
JACK
IN
JACK
- 48V
GROUND
Monitor Jack & Tracer Lamp Wiring