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Cat 5 Cable Guidelines

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Paragon II CIMS Description Dimensions Weight

P2CIM‐AUSBDUAL Doublesthe

numberofusers

thatmayaccessa

specificPCor

server,and

provides

automaticskew

compensation

withP2‐EUSTor

P2‐EUST/C

1.42”(W)x3.39”(D)x0.65”(H)

36mm(W)x86mm(D)x16.5mm(H)

0.17lb

0.08kg

Cat 5 Cable Guidelines

Useonlystraight‐through‐pinnedfour‐pair(eight‐wire)Cat5unshielded

twistedpair(UTP)cables,terminatedwithstandardRJ45plugs,forthe

Cat5cablinglinksinyourParagonsystem.

IfyourexistingCat5site‐wiringsystemmeetstheserequirements,feel

freetosendthesignalsthroughyoursiteʹspa

tchpanels,existingwiring,

andsoon,butyoushouldkeepthenumberofpatchesandsplicestoa

minimumtoavoiddegradingthevideosignals.Maximumend‐to‐end

cablingdistancefromanyservertoanyuserstationshouldnotexceed

1000feet(304m).

Pleasenotethatalthoughusersandserv

erscanbelocatedupto1000feet

apart,foroptimalvideoquality,limitcablelengthbetweentheuser

stationandCIMtolessthan100feet(30.5m).Forgoodvideoquality,

limitcablelengthbetweentheuserstationandCIMtolessthan500feet

(152m).

Lookingint

oanRJ45socketonanyParagoncomponent,orlookingatthe

cableplugfrombehindwiththetabonthebottom,Pin1shouldbeonthe

leftandPin8ontheright,andthewiresshouldbearrangedthisway,as

pertheTIA‐568Bstandard:



Pin Color Function Pair

1 White/Orange TX(transmitsignals) Pair2

2 Orange/White RX(receivesignals) Pair2

3 White/Green TX Pair3

4 Blue/White RX Pair1

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