BICSI N1 2019
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ANSI/BICSI N1-2019, Installation Practices for Telecommunications and ICT Cabling and Related Cabling Infrastructure
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BICSI | 2019 | 61 |
ANSI/BICSI N1 describes minimum requirements and procedures for installing the infrastructure for telecommunications and ICT systems, including cabling, cabling supports and testing. BICSI N1 also provides the tenets of a “neat and workmanlike manner”, as required by contracts and standards such as ANSI/NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code ® (NEC®).
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | BICSI International Standards |
| 6 | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| 8 | INDEX OF FIGURES |
| 10 | INDEX OF TABLES |
| 14 | 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Categories of Criteria 2 Scope Figure 2-1 Example of a Structured Cabling System |
| 16 | 3 Required Standards and Documents |
| 18 | 4 Definitions, Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units of Measurement 4.1 Definitions |
| 24 | 4.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| 25 | 4.3 Units of Measurement |
| 26 | 5 Regulatory and Other Requirements 5.1 Usage |
| 28 | 6 Support Structures 6.1 Overview 6.2 Pathways 6.2.1 General 6.2.2 Cable Trays |
| 29 | Figure 6-1 ATR Suspended Ladder Tray (Shown with Retaining Posts) Figure 6-2 Elevation View of Cable Tray Installed on the Rear Wall of a Telecommunications Room |
| 30 | 6.2.3 Distribution Rings and Spools (Mushrooms) 6.2.4 Conduits Figure 6-3 Example of a Wall Bracket Support Figure 6-4 Mesh Cable Tray Corner (Top View) Figure 6-5 Spools (Mushrooms) |
| 31 | Figure 6-6 Typical Backboard Layout Using Distribution Rings Table 6-1 Minimum Conduit Bend Radius |
| 32 | 6.2.5 Supports 6.2.6 Surface Raceway |
| 33 | Figure 6-7 Example of Stub-up Conduit (Ceiling) Figure 6-8 Example of a Stub-out Conduit (Wall) 6.2.7 Non-continuous Pathways 6.3 Spaces 6.3.1 Plywood |
| 34 | Figure 6-9 Plywood Installation Over Drywall Using Toggle Bolts 6.3.2 Floor Mounted Equipment Racks 6.3.3 Floor Mounted Cabinets 6.3.4 Wall-Mounted Equipment Racks and Cabinets 6.4 Bonding Infrastructure 6.4.1 General 6.4.2 Bonding Conductor |
| 35 | 6.5 Installing Cable Support Systems 6.5.1 General 6.5.2 Steps—Install Cable Support Systems |
| 38 | 7 Pulling Cable 7.1 General Table 7-1 Preferred Color Coding Scheme for Premises Cable Jackets (ref. ANSI/TIA-598-D) 7.2 Cable Pulling Setup 7.2.1 Overview |
| 39 | 7.2.2 Pulling Horizontal Cable in Conduit 7.2.3 Pulling Horizontal Cable in Open Ceiling 7.2.4 Pulling Backbone in Vertical Pathway—From Top Down 7.2.5 Pulling Backbone in Vertical Pathway—From Bottom Up 7.2.6 Pulling Backbone—Horizontal 7.2.7 Cable Pulling Precautions |
| 40 | 8 Firestopping 8.1 General |
| 41 | 8.2 Typical Installations 8.2.1 Sealing a Floor Penetration with Putty Figure 8-1 Tear Off Putty Figure 8-2 Building Bottom of Penetration Seal Figure 8-3 Filling the Penetration |
| 42 | Figure 8-4 Building a Top on the Penetration 8.2.2 Sealing an Outlet Box with Putty Figure 8-5 Overlap the Pad on Outlet Box Figure 8-6 Second Pad of Putty on Outlet Box |
| 43 | Figure 8-7 Joining the Pads on an Outlet Box 8.2.3 Steps—Restore Penetrations (General) Figure 8-8 Conduit Penetration Through Masonry Wall or Floor |
| 44 | Figure 8-9 Example of a Drywall Fire Seal Figure 8-10 Example of a Cable Tray Fire Seal |
| 46 | 9 Cable Terminations 9.1 General 9.2 Pre-termination Functions 9.3 Copper IDC Termination 9.3.1 General |
| 47 | Figure 9-1 TIA 568 Modular Connector Wiring Schemes 9.3.2 Steps—IDC Termination |
| 48 | Table 9-1 Balanced Twisted-Pair Color-Code Chart (Up to 600 Pair) 9.4 Fiber Termination |
| 49 | Table 9-2 Loose Tube Optical Fiber Color Code Chart (ref: ANSI/TIA-598-D) Table 9-3 Buffer Tube Optical Fiber Color Code Chart |
| 50 | 9.5 Copper Cable Splicing Figure 9-2 In-line Splice Configuration |
| 51 | Figure 9-3 Foldback Splice Configuration Figure 9-4 Shield Bond Connector and Braid 9.6 Optical Fiber Cable Splicing |
| 52 | 10 Installation Verification 10.1 Overview 10.2 Test Result Documentation 10.3 Field Test Instruments 10.3.1 Balanced Twisted-Pair Test Instruments 10.3.2 Multimode Fiber Test Instruments Table 10-1 Acceptable Mandrel Diameters for Common Multimode Cable Types (five wraps) |
| 53 | 10.3.3 Single-Mode Fiber Test Instruments 10.4 100 Ohm Balanced UTP and ScTP Cabling 10.4.1 Performance Parameters 10.4.2 Permanent Link Test Configuration Figure 10-1 Permanent Link Test Configuration (Patch Panel) |
| 54 | Figure 10-2 Channel Test Configuration (Patch Panel) |
| 55 | 10.5 Optical Fiber Cabling 10.5.1 Overview 10.5.2 Performance Parameters 10.5.3 Multimode Cabling Test Configuration |
| 56 | Figure 10-3 Example of OLTS Reference Measurement (P1) with One Test Jumper (Multimode) Figure 10-4 Example of a Measurement (P2) When Verifying OLTS Test Jumpers (Multimode) |
| 57 | Figure 10-5 Example of a Multimode Link Attenuation Measurement (P2) 10.5.4 Single-mode Cabling Test Configuration |
| 58 | Appendix A Related Documents (Informative) |
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