SA/SNZ HB 252:2014 COMMUNICATIONS CABLING MANUAL - MODULE 3: RESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS CABLING HANDBOOK
PREFACE
FOREWORD FOR NEW ZEALAND USERS OF THIS DOCUMENT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1 GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 STANDARDS
1.3 OVERVIEW OF AS/NZS ISO/IEC 15018
1.4 CABLING SYSTEM BASED ON AS/NZS ISO/IEC 15018
1.4.1 General
1.4.2 Home distributor (HD)
1.4.3 Primary home cable
1.4.4 Secondary home cable
1.4.5 ICT cabling
1.4.6 BCT cabling
1.4.7 CCCB cabling
1.4.8 Components and standards compliance
1.4.9 Topology
1.5 SAFETY
1.5.1 General
1.5.2 Earth potential rise (EPR)
1.5.3 Low frequency induction (LFI)
1.5.4 Remote power feed
1.5.5 Hazardous areas
1.5.6 Lightning down-conductors
1.5.7 Coaxial cables
1.5.8 Electrical hazards on residential customer premises
1.5.9 Fibre safety
SECTION 2 PLANNING
2.1 OVERVIEW
2.2 PRODUCTS AND STANDARDS
2.3 AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Telephone, ISDN and DSL services
2.3.3 Wireless and satellite services
2.3.4 Hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) ('Cable')
2.3.5 Fibre to the premises (FTTP)
2.3.6 Broadband over power lines (BPL) carrier service
2.4 FTA TV AND MATV/CATV
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Antenna type and position
2.5 PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
2.5.1 Infrastructure
2.5.2 TV distribution
2.5.3 Other planning considerations
2.6 SITE SURVEY
2.6.1 Introduction
2.6.2 Survey inspection
2.6.3 Documentation
2.7 SYSTEM DESIGN
2.7.1 Number of outlets
2.7.2 Home distributor (PHD and SHD)
2.7.3 Pathways
2.7.4 Building entrance facility (BEF) and external network interface (ENI) (network boundary) provisions
2.7.5 Copper connected homes DSL remote splitters (central filter)
2.7.6 TV
2.7.7 Security
2.7.8 Audio visual
2.7.9 CCCB (commands, controls and communications in buildings)
2.7.10 Mains power wiring coordination
SECTION 3 PATHWAYS AND SPACES
3.1 OVERVIEW
3.2 PATHWAYS
3.2.1 Cable support systems
3.2.2 Hanging supports
3.2.3 Conduit, ducts and trunking
3.2.4 Intra-building pathways
3.2.5 Inter-building pathways
3.2.6 Underfloor pathways
3.2.7 Ceiling pathway
3.2.8 Pathways shared with power
3.3 SPACES
3.3.1 Telecommunications room
3.3.2 Distributors
SECTION 4 INSTALLATION PRACTICES
4.1 OVERVIEW
4.1.1 Product compliance
4.1.2 ICT cabling
4.1.3 Optical fibre
4.1.4 BCT cabling
4.1.5 CCCB cabling
4.2 RUNNING CABLE
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Pulling tension
4.2.3 Bending radius
4.2.4 Cable ties
4.3 CABLE TERMINATION
4.3.1 Balanced twisted pair cable terminations
4.3.2 Coaxial cable connections
4.3.3 Optical fibre connections
4.3.4 Outdoor cabling-Ingress protection (IP) rating
4.3.5 Underground cabling
4.4 EARTHING PRACTICES
4.4.1 Application
4.4.2 Protective earth (PE)
4.4.3 Communications earth system (CES)
4.5 CES AT A SEPARATE BUILDING OR OUTBUILDING
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Equipotential bonding
4.6 EARTHING OF BACKMOUNTS FOR SURGE SUPPRESSION DEVICES
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Summary of practices
4.7 RESISTANCE OF THE CES
4.8 EARTHING OF CABINETS
SECTION 5 TESTING AND ADMINISTRATION
5.1 GENERAL
5.2 HOME CABLING APPLICATIONS
5.3 DAMAGE
5.4 CONFORMANCE
5.5 VISUAL INSPECTION
5.6 VERIFICATION
5.7 QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION TESTING
5.8 QUALIFICATION TESTING METHODOLOGY
5.9 CERTIFICATION TESTING
5.10 DOCUMENTATION
5.10.1 General
5.10.2 Qualification field test instrument
5.10.3 Qualification test methodology overview
5.10.4 Qualification testing of balanced BCT channels (BCT-B)
5.10.5 Qualification test of coaxial BCT channels (BCT-C)
5.10.6 Test results summary documentation
5.11 ADMINISTRATION
5.11.1 General
5.11.2 Telecommunications cabling record
5.11.3 Labelling
APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY
A1 DEFINITIONS
A1.1 Application
A1.2 Application outlet
A1.3 Area connection point (ACP)
A1.4 Balanced cable
A1.5 Broadcast and communications technologies (BCT)
A1.6 Building entrance facility (BEF)
A1.7 Cable element
A1.8 Cable unit
A1.9 Cabling
A1.10 Certification
A1.11 Channel
A1.12 Coaxial pair
A1.13 Commands, controls and communications in buildings (CCCB)
A1.14 Connection
A1.15 Connector sharing
A1.16 Coverage area
A1.17 Cross-connect
A1.18 Distributor
A1.19 Equipment cord
A1.20 Equipment interface (EI)
A1.21 External network interface (ENI)
A1.22 Home
A1.23 Home electronic system (HES)
A1.24 Information and communications technologies (ICT)
A1.25 Intercom
A1.26 Interconnect
A1.27 Link
A1.28 MDU
A1.29 Network access cabling
A1.30 Optical fibre cable (or optical cable)
A1.31 Pathway
A1.32 Permanent link
A1.33 Primary home distributor (PHD)
A1.34 Qualification
A1.35 Remote power feeding
A1.36 Requirement to be met by design
A1.37 Screened balanced cable
A1.38 Secondary home distributor (SHD)
A1.39 Space
A1.40 Terminal equipment
A1.41 Transmission equipment
A1.42 Twisted pair
A1.43 Unscreened balanced cable
A1.44 Verification
A2 ABBREVIATIONS
APPENDIX B - BCT RG6 AND RG11 COAXIAL ATTENUATION
