Network Cabling

 Installations performed by Celtron Network Cabling

During construction of the “Base Building” cable support systems (catenary / cable tray) are installed. Then the cable is roughed in from the Comms Room shown left, to the location of the outlets (cable is usually left in the ceiling space to be “dropped” during fitout of the building. Base Building and Fitout can be carried out by two different construction companies, this can cause problems. The photo on the left shows all the cables appearing in the Comms room sorted into their respective looms. Cable tying is done with Velcro ™ to maintain the transmission characteristics of the cable).

After fitout each cable is tested to meet a certain specification, these test results are given to the customer. The photo on the right shows the simplest method of looming the cables onto the patch panels. This image depicts the amount of cable work involved in cable installation for a medium sized office (50 to 100 people). As can be seen without a structured cabling solution this would be a impossible to manage.

With a structured cabling system such as this the tasks of running cable and installing equipment are clearly delineated. After testing of the cable is complete, the I.T. Staff install the active equipment such as: servers, switches, PBX systems, VOIP). The Lab Rack on the right is reserved for future Copper Cable expansion the Lab Rack on the left is used for the two 48 Port Switches and the Fibre and Cat3 Ties to adjacent building and Floors.

In conclusion a robust system is constructed using cost effective labour for the cable installation to a written standard and expert personnel for the commissioning of the system.