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same method as above for me

We simply number the jack panels and jacks from 1 to whatever. With a map in the terminal room showing where the jacks are.

I find you can make more doing MACS if you don't number anything!


(just joking!)

we just worked on a monster installation where there were multiple patch panel locations and telco rooms.

We labeled all the racks with a unique initial

for example the server room was -
SR that had 480 cat6 drops where I did 20 24 port patch panels in one rack. On the field side everthing was terminated on 24 port panels that went into cages.

So the numbering sequence was
SR 01-01 for Server Room patch panel 1 port 1.
While I agree that doing numbering in a way that makes sense is important, there is no way to future proof with 100% certainty.

corwyn

When I was an apprentice I worked with some old bell guys that had taken early retirement from the phone company. A couple of them thought the best way to run cable was to just pull it out of the box and use it without marking. Then they would terminate the cables and tone out each location. So cable one might be on the first block and cable two could be on the fifth block. This seemed very logical to them.

Oh, by the way, one of these guys told me he would carry a big bag of scrap wire on his truck. At the end of a shift he would call the foreman and tell him that he had to work overtime to get the job done. He would dump the bag of scrap on the floor at the MDF so that it looked like he had been working like mad just in case the foreman came by the jobsite.

A couple of them thought the best way to run cable was to just pull it out of the box and use it without marking. Then they would terminate the cables and tone out each location.

That's the way I do it only I install the jacks then number them as the are supposed to be. Then I tone each one and punch them down in order.

Especially with data wiring I will work with another guy. After the jacks are done he walks around and I stay at the cross connect or patch panel. We use Nextels or radios to communicate. He plugs in the buzzer, I identify and punch down then he replaces the buzzer with the remote for the cable tester. If it passes he moves on to the next jack.

Damned if I'm going to pull my hair out with labels or writing on the cable like some sparkie or CG.

-Hal

all the jobs I have worked on we labeled the cables according to the blueprints.

yep thats what works best for me . your going to test anyway so tone /test/ label all at the same time

I don't get it. If you have 400 cables laid into a data rack, are you going to stick a probe in that massive bundle to find cable number one, and then repeat that process over and over?

From day one of my training we were taught to mark each cable with a sharpie in 2 places, then write that number on the box. Then we pulled the cables, cut them to length and marked the other end in the same fashion.

Very seldom will I mark cables I use ICC jacks and blank panels. Terminate both ends, place test module on line (8 at a time) when I locate the right wire at patch panel just plug into patch panel location I want. Every cable gets tested, no wasted time looking for cable tags and all cables in order.