Data, Voice, and Video Cabling - Softcover

Hayes, Jim

 
9781401827618: Data, Voice, and Video Cabling

Synopsis

Cabling is one of the fastest changing technologies today, and this updated book addresses the latest developments in premises cabling, including wireless networks. The "hands on" processes used in the installation of data, voice, and video cabling are observed using minimal theory and liberal practical advice.

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Part 1. Introduction to Data, Voice, and Video Cabling. 1. The History of Telecommunications. 2. The Technology of Communications. 3. Overview of Wiring Installations. 4. Structured Cabling. Part 2. Copper Wiring. 5. Telephone Wiring. 6. Video System Installations. 7. Network Cabling. 8. Cabling for Wireless Networks. 9. Testing Voice, Data, and Video Wiring. 10. Wiring Termination Practices. Part 3. Fiber Optics. 11. Fiber Optic Cabling Systems. 12. Optical Fiber and Cable. 13. Fiber Optic Connectors and Splices. 14. Fiber Optic Testing. 15. Fiber Optic Installation Practices. Part 4. The Business of Data, Voice, and Video Cabling. 16. Business Issues.

About the Author

James Hayes is a founder of the Structured Cabling Association and President of The Fiber Optic Association, the professional society for fiber optics. He is also a partner in VDV Works, a company that provides technical support to the voice-data-video industry. Originally educated as a physicist and astronomer at Vanderbilt University and The University of California at Santa Cruz, Mr. Hayes has been involved with the electronics and test instrumentation industry since 1968. For the last twenty-five years he has been involved with fiber optics and communications. A frequent lecturer on communications, he writes monthly columns for Electrical Contractor and TED (The Electrical Distributor) and is also the author of THE FIBER OPTIC TECHNICIANS MANUAL, and numerous articles on fiber optics and cabling.

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