To the right is a picture of the communications cabinet Tom is installing under the main staircase.
Interesting facts:
- Over 1 mile of fibre optic, CAT5, and RG6 cable was run in the house.
- There are 22 fibre optic network drops
- 28 10-base T network drops
- 50 telephone drops supporting 8 incoming lines, whole house paging, and intercomm.
- 25 satellite & cable TV drops
- whole house security and comm cabinet interface
- 3 theater audio systems w/ volume and infrared remote control built into the wall. The infrared is relayed to the comm closet and then wirelessly transmitted throughout the house to ANY remote controlled appliance. Each system can be patched into any other room in the house in any combination or the whole house on one.
What is in the picture:
On the left are 2 4 gang boxes that contain the ports for:
- all outgoing speaker systems in the house
- all incoming sources in the house
- incoming volume control and infrared relays.
Main comm cabinet left side:
- station panel punchdown block for data & voice
- main station panel for punchdown of all incoming services
- expansion block for voice
- expansion block for data
- 10-base T network hub
Main comm cabinet right side:
- powered video interface module w/ infrared transmission
- station panel punchdown block for fibre optic
