HB 29-2000

1 - HB 29:2000 COMMUNICATIONS CABLING MANUAL - MODULE 2 - COMMUNICATIONS CABLING HANBOOK
3 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
11 - INTRODUCTION
12 - SECTION 1 GENERAL
12 - 1.1 Scope
12 - 1.2 Cabling system
13 - 1.3 Safety
13 - 1.3.1 Earth Potential Rise (EPR)
14 - 1.3.2 OH& S
15 - SECTION 2 PLANNING
15 - 2.1 Overview
16 - 2.2 Site survey
17 - 2.3 System design
17 - 2.3.1 Pathways
19 - 2.3.2 Termination planning
28 - 2.3.3 Choosing cable type
32 - 2.3.4 Segregation-General
33 - 2.3.5 Indoor cabling
40 - 2.3.6 Outdoor cabling
53 - SECTION 3 PATHWAYS
53 - 3.1 Overview
53 - 3.2 Cable trays
54 - 3.2.1 Catenaries
56 - 3.2.2 Conduit and ducts
59 - 3.2.3 Telecommunications closet
59 - 3.2.4 Distributor mounting
59 - 3.3 Backbone pathways
59 - 3.3.1 Intra-building
61 - 3.3.2 Inter-building
61 - 3.4 Horizontal pathways
61 - 3.4.1 Infloor pathways
62 - 3.4.2 Access floor
63 - 3.4.3 Ceiling pathway
64 - 3. 5 Workstations
66 - SECTION 4 INSTALLATION PRACTICES
66 - 4.1 Overview
66 - 4.1.1 Copper
66 - 4.1.2 Fibre
67 - 4.2 Running cable
67 - 4.2.1 General
70 - 4.2.2 Pulling tension
70 - 4.2.3 Bending radius
70 - 4.2.4 Cable ties
71 - 4.2.5 Terminations
72 - 4.3 Fibre connections
72 - 4.3.1 Connectors
73 - 4.3.2 Fusion splicing
73 - 4.3.3 Mechanical jointing
73 - 4.3.4 Labelling
79 - 4.3.5 Outdoor cabling
80 - 4.4 Earthing requirements
80 - 4.4.1 Telecommunications Reference Conductor (TRC)
80 - 4.4.2 General
80 - 4.4.3 Summary of practices
81 - 4.4.4 Connecting the main TRC cable to the FD link bar
81 - 4.4.5 Pre-wired TRC system
82 - 4.5 Communications Earth System (CES)
82 - 4.5.1 General
82 - 4.5.2 Summary of practices
84 - 4.6 Provision of a TRC or CES at a separate building
85 - 4.7 Comparison diagrams
85 - 4.7.1 Telecommunications Reference Conductor (TRC)
86 - 4.7.2 Communications Earth System (CES)
87 - 4.7.3 Earth bonding
88 - 4.8 Earthing of backmounts for surge suppression devices
88 - 4.8.1 Summary of practices
89 - 4.9 Resistance of the TRC system
91 - 4.10 Resistance of the CES
91 - 4.11 Earthing of cabinets
92 - 4.12 Earthing of Customer Switching Systems (CSS)
92 - 4.12.1 Customer Switching Systems Earthing Requirements (AUSTEL Technical Approvals Guide No 7, Issue 11 March 1997)
95 - 4.13 Safety
95 - 4.13.1 Safety in summary
96 - 4.13.2 Fibre safety
98 - SECTION 5 TESTING AND ADMINISTRATION (Copper Cable)
98 - 5.1 Overview
100 - 5.2 Tests to be performed
100 - 5.2.1 General
100 - 5.2.2 Wire map
102 - 5.2.3 Length
103 - 5.2.4 Attenuation
104 - 5.2.5 Near-end crosstalk (NEXT)
106 - 5.2.6 Attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR)
107 - 5.2.7 Propagation delay
109 - 5.2.8 Delay skew
110 - 5.2.9 Power sum NEXT (PSNEXT)
110 - 5.2.10 Power sum ACR (PSACR)
111 - 5.2.11 Equal level far-end crosstalk (ELFEXT)
113 - 5.2.12 Power sum ELFEXT (PSELFEXT)
114 - 5.2.13 Return loss
115 - 5.3 Administration
115 - 5.3.1 General
118 - 5.3.2 Test results
120 - SECTION 6 TESTING AND ADMINISTRATION (Optical Fibre Cable)
120 - 6.1 Overview
120 - 6.2 Light source and power meter
120 - 6.3 Mode normalization for multi- mode testing (mode stripping)
121 - 6.4 Optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR)
121 - 6.5 Tests to be performed
123 - 6.6 Administration
125 - APPENDIX A - MEASURING RESISTANCE
125 - A1 Measuring TRC resistance
127 - A2 Resistance limits
127 - A3 Accidental bonding
128 - A3.1 Method of measurement
128 - A3.2 Using a megger
129 - A4 Measuring CES resistance
132 - APPENDIX B - 4-PAIR CABLE COLOUR CODES
132 - B1 COLOUR CODES-Insulation colours
133 - APPENDIX C - 100-PAIR INDOOR CABLE COLOUR CODES
135 - APPENDIX D - 100 PAIR OUTDOOR UNDERGROUND CABLE COLOUR CODES
137 - APPENDIX E - TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLING ADVICE FORM (TCA1)
139 - APPENDIX F - PREFERRED DRAFTING SYMBOLS
144 - APPENDIX G - GLOSSARY
144 - G1 DEFINITIONS
144 - G1.1 Administration
144 - G1.2 Adaptor
144 - G1.3 Attenuation
144 - G1.4 Backbone bonding conductor
144 - G1.5 Backbone cabling
144 - G1.6 Backbone raceway
145 - G1.7 Balun
145 - G1.8 Basic Rate Access (ISDN)
145 - G1.9 Binder group
145 - G1.10 Block cabling
145 - G1.11 Bonding
145 - G1.12 Building
145 - G1.13 Building cabling (NZ)
145 - G1.14 Building distribution frame (NZ)
146 - G1.15 Building services manager
146 - G1.16 Building owner
146 - G1.17 Cabinet or rack
146 - G1.18 Cable terminal (NZ)
146 - G1.19 Channel
146 - G1.20 Characteristic impedance (Zo)
146 - G1.21 Clear title (NZ)
146 - G1.22 Closet
147 - G1.23 Commercial building
147 - G1.24 Cord
147 - G1.25 Core area
147 - G1.26 Crosstalk
147 - G1.27 Customer premises cabling
147 - G1.28 Customer
147 - G1.29 Demarcation frame (DF) (NZ)
147 - G1.30 Device
147 - G1.31 Earthing electrode
147 - G1.32 Emergency power
148 - G1.33 Equipment interconnect
148 - G1.34 Equipotential bond
148 - G1.35 External services
148 - G1.36 Facility cabling
148 - G1.37 Far end crosstalk (FEXT)
148 - G1.38 Final distribution point (FDP) (AUS)
148 - G1.39 Foil shielded twisted pair (FTP)
148 - G1.40 Frame
148 - G1.41 Grounding
149 - G1.42 Grounding conductor
149 - G1.43 Horizontal cabling
149 - G1.44 Hybrid cable
149 - G1.45 Integral bearer
149 - G1.46 Intermediate cross-connect
149 - G1.47 Jointing pit
149 - G1.48 Main cross-connect
149 - G1.49 Modular socket/connector
149 - G1.50 Multimode optical fibre (MMOF)
150 - G1.51 Near-end crosstalk (NEXT)
150 - G1.52 Network Boundary (AUS)
150 - G1.53 Network termination device (NTD)
150 - G1.54 Occupier
150 - G1.55 Optical cross-connect
150 - G1.56 Optical inter-connect
150 - G1.57 Optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR)
150 - G1.58 Private automatic branch exchange (PABX)
150 - G1.59 Pigtail
151 - G1.60 Power sum crosstalk
151 - G1.61 Primary Rate Access (ISDN)
151 - G1.62 Public network interface
151 - G1.63 Record
151 - G1.64 Record drawing (‘ as built’)
151 - G1.65 Report
151 - G1.66 Return loss (RL)
151 - G1.67 Service cable (NZ)
152 - G1.68 Service delivery point (SDP)
152 - G1.69 Service fitting (NZ)
152 - G1.70 Service provider
152 - G1.71 Sheath
152 - G1.72 Shield
152 - G1.73 Short haul leased circuit (NZ)
152 - G1.74 Signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio
152 - G1.75 Single mode optical fibre (SMOF)
152 - G1.76 Socket
152 - G1.77 Station/Station equipment
153 - G1.78 Structured cabling system
153 - G1.79 Telecom network cable (NZ)
153 - G1.80 Telecom network frame (NZ)
153 - G1.81 Telecom network termination (NZ)
153 - G1.82 Telecom-owned building cable (NZ)
153 - G1.83 Telecommunications infrastructure
153 - G1.84 Telecommunication media
153 - G1.85 Telecommunications service entrance
154 - G1.86 Telecommunications space
154 - G1.87 Termination hardware
154 - G1.88 Time domain reflectometer (TDR)
154 - G1.89 Topology
154 - G1.90 Tube
154 - G1.91 Twist rate
154 - G1.92 Useable floor space
154 - G1.93 User code
154 - G1.94 Utilities
154 - G1.95 Wiring
154 - G1.96 Work area (Workstation)
155 - G2 Abbreviations and acronyms
158 - APPENDIX H - REFERENCES

Provides cablers with a practical 'field' guide to allow them to cable premises for voice, data, and video. It guides them through appropriate standard requirements with cross references to the actual Standards, (AUSTEL TS 009 and AS/NZS 3080).

International Standard ISO/IEC 11801 specifies generic cabling for use within commercial premises which may comprise single buildings or multiple buildings (on a campus). The Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3080 incorporates ISO/IEC 11801, with amendments where appropriate. The AUSTEL TS 009 or its replacement defines the wiring rules for customer premises cabling locations, equipment and hazards. This Handbook provides cablers with a field' document to allow them to cable premises for voice, data, image, video, and similar, guiding them through appropriate standard requirements with cross references to the actual Standards, should that become necessary for clarification.

First published as HB 29-1998.
Second edition 2000.