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Cabling & Wiring for Local Communications

How to Select, Install and Manage

2 Day Seminar

Who Should Attend ?

Data and voice communications managers, technical supervisors, technicians and engineers in user organizations, and government agencies building professionals, property and facilities managers, representatives of contracting firms and equipment, cabling and component manufacturers.

Course Outline

I. INTRODUCTION - GENERIC
WIRING GUIDELINES

II.DESCRIPTION of PRESENT
ENVIRONMENTS by
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
A. Telephones
B. Data Communications
     1. Personal Computers
     2. Word Processing
     3. Local Area Networks
     4. IBM 3270 Networks
     5. DEC Networks
C. Security and Alarm Services
D. Miscellaneous Services:
    Telex, Facsimile, Video,
    Point-to-Point

III. SPECIAL USER NEEDS
A. Small Business Single Locations
B. High Rise Buildings - Single
    Tenant
C. High Rise Buildings - Shared
    Tenant
D. Campus - Single Tenant
E. Campus - Shared Tenant
F. Multinational Companies'
    Special Requirements

IV. CONSIDERATIONS For the
     PRESENT and FUTURE
A. Fiber Optics
     1. Introduction to Fiber
        Optics
     2. FDDI and FDDI-II
     3. IEEE 802.6 MAN
     4. SONET
B. IBM's SNA
C. ISDN
D. Other Standardization Activities
E. Wiring Systems
     1. The IBM Cabling System
     2. AT&T Systimx Premises
         Distribution System
     3. Northern Telecom
     4. DEC's DECconnect
     5. Other
F. Needs Assessment
    Procedures and Guidelines
     1. Growth and Capacity
         Planning Issues

V. PLANNING and INSTALLING the
     WIRING SYSTEM
A. Elements
    1. Work Space/DeskWall Outlet
        a. Power and Grounding
        b. Alternatives
    2. Cable Types
        a. Twisted Wire
        b. Baseband Coaxial Cable
        c. Broadband Coaxial Cable
        d. Fiber Optics
        e. A/C Distribution
    3. Wall Outlet to Intermediate Closet
        a. Horizontal Installation Techniques
    4. Intermediate Wiring Closet
        a. Environmental
        b. Capacity Planning
        c. Future Versus Present Size
            Considerations
    5. Multiplexing Schemes
        a. Currently Available Equipment
        b. Emerging Standards Guidance
        c. Environmental Design Requirements
    6. Intermediate Wiring Closet to
        Building/Main Distribution Frame
        a. Distribution versus High Rise
    7. Outside Plant
        a. Lightning Protection
    8. Test Equipment
B. Labeling and Wiring Lists: Manual
     Tracking and Automated Systems for
     Cable Management
C. Installation Issues
    1. Aerial Runs on Elevated Structures
    2. Productivity and Connections in
        Manholes and on Aerial Applications
    3. Environmental Constraints
        a. Vibration
        b. High Humidity
        c. Flooding
        d. Ice
        e. Sever Environments
    4. Safety Regulatory and Legal Issues
        a. Installation Practices
        b. Fire Codes and Plenum Choices
             UL 770-7; EIA 383; Other
    5. Cross Connects and Patch Panels
        a. Impairment
        b. Performance Data
D. System Verifications and Proof of
     Performance
E. Special Security Needs
F. Rights-of-Way

VI. MANAGING the PROJECT
A. Selling Within the Organization
B. Typical Timeframes
C. 6 Sample RFP's Examined as Case
Studies
D. Contractors: Electrical, Low-Voltage,
Union Issues

Key Benefits

	Find Out: Why cabling is really part of a solution - not an end in itself. Which wiring media or combination makes sense for your installation. How you can maximize the efficiency of your current communications system. How you can install a communications system which can be upgraded or added to at minimal cost.
	In depth cost and benefit analysis of wiring alternatives including twisted pair, fiber optic and broadband.
	Detailed evaluation of the wiring plan offerings of AT&T, IBM, Northern Telecom and other vendors.
	Specific wiring recommendations for many typical communications environments.
	Specific do's and don'ts of wiring system installation and testing.
	A 121-page directory or cable equipment suppliers.
	A practical plan for disaster recovery. A realistic methodology for communications system security.
	Several typical RFPs.
	Hands-on presentation of the leading cross-connect systems.
	A 21-page graphic representation of ISO and CCITT Data Communications Standards which makes them understandable to the end-user.
	Point-by-point consideration of the leading LAN technologies. LAN implementation decison tools.

Course Leader
William A. Morgan
Managing Partner
W and J PARTNERSHIP
Castro Valley, CA

With over 20 years experience in telecom and computers, Bill Morgan's consulting practice includes many of the largest corporations and government entities in the U.S. as well as international customers. He has configured many building, campus and metropolitan wiring systems. He has been the designer of one of the largest private voice/data networks; primary systems designer for a long-haul fiber optics communications system; and designer and engineering manager for numerous LAN systems. He is a popular speaker at national conferences and a member of several professional societies.

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