Cable Labeling 1

[dfren]

I am about to drop a little over 100 cables into our office building. At each drop I am putting 4 (cat 5E) cables to a faceplate. Some offices will have multiple plates.
Now I pose this question ? What is a good scheme for labeling the cables back to the patch panel? This is just the first building we are wiring, many more are to come. So I want to make sure wires are easy to find in the building (from the wiring diagram), and also that this plan will work easily for all the other buildings...

Thanks

 

[MasterRacker]

Assuming you have multiple floors number them f-xx where f=floor number and xx=cable number. Start with the northwest corner of each floor and work clockwise around each floor. That would make them reasonable easy to find.
Jeff
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[Guest_imported]

Labeling can get quite confusing. By this I mean one persons scheme may be the next installers nightmare. The best approach is to be logical and follow some simple statndards. First Identify the floor number =(F#) second identify where the cables are being feed from either a closet# or =(IDF), (intermediate distribution frame), or
=(MDF), (MAIN DISRIBUTION FRAME). The actual station numbers should use a minimum of three digits,( 001, 002, etc.), no matter what size the project is. Label the faceplate itself with the three digit number and each individual port on the faceplate for its function,ex. "V" for voice, "D" for data or "D1" for data 1 "D2" for data 2 and "M" for modem or miscellaneous and so on I'm sure you get my drift. It is important to leave an as built floor plan in the data room where the voice and data terminations are along with a legend of some sort to describe your scheme. Have Fun- Work Safely

 

[MasterRacker]

My first solution assumed only one wiring closet per floor. LAN SPAN's addition of a number for a wiring closet(distribution center) is a good one if you need more than one closet per floor. I also forgot to mention leading zeros as LAN mentioned. The final form would be FF-DD-SSS.

My installation also uses V for voice and D for data but in our case the 'V' cables are cat3 and the 'D' cables are cat5 and they run to diffenent termination points. If you are running all cat5 to one point I wouldn't bother with the V and D.

You may find other ideas at

http://www.cable-install.com

which is Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine.
Jeff
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[dfren]

Thanks Lan, and Master

The information you provided was quite helpful. The Cabling Job went through without a hitch.

Thanks again

 

[MasterRacker]

Glad to hear it.
Jeff
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