Delmi Training Institute offers four one-week bootcamps that prepare Electronic Security Technicians to install and troubleshoot security systems in commercial and industrial settings.
These four bootcamps, in order, are: 1) Cabling 2) Cameras 3) Electronics & Relays 4) Access Control
Awesome video and just what I was looking for. I was struggling making the pass through connectors and now I am literally getting them made in about a minute! Thank you!!!
Hello Roland if I terminate 2 cables in the patch panel up and down, but only one cable runs to a keystone jack, how do I know which is going to work for the keystone jack?
Thank you for the question. i am not sure i understand 100% however i will try to answer it the way i understood it. Most patch panels will have numbers on the back where the cables are punched down corresponding to the numbers written on the front of the panel. they may also have the wiring scheme printed on the back to help guide you pick a desired scheme of your choice, A or B. At the user or the keystone end you must also terminate the cable using the wiring scheme you used to terminate on the panel. Keystone jacks can also accomodate for both the A and B wiring scheme so you will need to follow the chosen schem to ensure that you have a straight through termination on both ends. I hope i answered your question. let me know if you require additional information
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Keystone jacks are great and are generic, meaning that they are manufactured by many different vendors. My concern typically is who makes the one you might purchase and were they made of quality materials to meet the standard. We have used different types of keystone and some we have had problems with especially in areas of speed and crosstalk. For basics home networking, you shouldn't have any issue. Our advice, however, is to find a reliable distributor if you need them for other data or mission critical purposes. Good luck, and sorry for the late response
My house has (15) builder-installed Cat5e T568A cables from 2007 and (8) Cat6 T568B cables that were added this year. When I run these Ethernet lines to my patch panel do I just wire them per there existing designations (T568A or T568B)? Does mixing different Ethernet cable types and wiring schemes create any problems? Thanks!
Thank you for reaching out. When you run the new Cat 6 cables to the Cat 5e patch panel, there are a few things to note. You are at liberty to have cables terminated as either 568A or 568B so long as both ends match. So having white green or green with white stripes as pin 1 and solid green as pin 2 etc. For 568A. When you have white orange or orange with white stripes as your pin 1 and solid orange as pin 2, this would indicate a 568B wiring scheme. Having 568A on one end of the cable and 568B on the other will create a crossover cable. If you are in the position to maintain one wiring scheme, our advice would be to stick to that to avoid future wiring mixups. Finally, termiating a Cat 6 cable on a Cat 5e patch panel will cause the cable to assume the characteristcs of a Cat 5e cable due to the thresholds set for Cat 5e. You will notice a lot of crosstalk at the patch panel. Thank you for reaching out once again and our apologies for the late response. Good luck
FIRST NO ONE terminated patch panel as 568A anymore unless you are working on a PBX system. second leaving that much open wire behind the punch is against code
Hello, thank you for stopping by. I live in Canada and we do a lot of 568A terminations. Our neighbors down south, the Americans do a lot of 568B wiring. As per TIA, you are at liberty to use any of the two wiring schemes as long as both ends are the same for a straight through connection. Also, the notion of 568A used only for PBX is incorrect. It might have been widely used in the past for such purposes however, i am aware of many other jurisdictions around the world that still use 568A scheme. Now to your second question, Cat 5e cables are known to have a less twist ratio per inch. When terminating them, you may experience a wider gap expecially on the blue pair due to this reason, and this explains why there is so much crosstalk at the panel. Thanks for the learning opportunity. Have a great day!
I wonder if you can help me find a cable hook extraction tool like the yellow one you have. I've tried searching everywhere. Do you know who makes it and what the exact name is please? Thank you so much for your time and the fantastic video content.
Thank you for the comment and the subscription. The name of the tool is Probe Pic Tool. The one i used is made by Fluke networks. Here is the link to it on Amazon.ca. www.amazon.ca/Networks-44600000-Insulated-Pocket-Degrees/dp/B000FFRXEQ. You can search the internet and may get a better price. Good luck
Thank you Sir for making this video!! I cannot tell you how many videos I've looked through that only showed a single punchdown sample which left me questioning how to do the rest. Yours is the most complete and straight forward video and then you went on to show alternate methods for organizing. I really appreciate this and you have a great way of demonstrating. You've earned another subscriber! Keep up the great work!
Tip: Don't work over your cables like they show when terminating at the patch panel. Rather get an inline patch panel. It reduces installation time by over 50%, nevermind that the this the chance of signal degradation, when.not installed properly.
