Programming Documents for Pre-K for SA - The City of San Antonio

19.3 Mechanical Generation ............................................................................................................ 79
19.4 Approved Manufacturer’s ....................................................................................................... 79
19.5 Label scheme ............................................................................................................................. 79
19.5.1 Legacy scheme .................................................................................................................... 80
19.5.2 Hierarchical scheme .......................................................................................................... 80
Appendix A: Field Test Requirements ............................................................................................... 81
A.1 General ........................................................................................................................................ 81
A.2 100 Ohm Balanced UTP and ScTP Cabling ............................................................................ 81
A.2.1 Test instruments .................................................................................................................. 81
A.2.2 Performance parameters .................................................................................................... 81
A.2.3 Permanent link test configuration ..................................................................................... 81
A.2.4 Channel test configuration ................................................................................................. 81
A.2.5 Backbone and other cabling test configuration ............................................................... 81
A.3 Optical Fiber Cabling ................................................................................................................ 82
A.3.1 Test instruments .................................................................................................................. 82
A.3.2 Performance parameters .................................................................................................... 83
A.3.3 Cabling test configuration .................................................................................................. 83
Appendix B: Calculating The Loss Budget For A Fiber Optic Cable Plant ................................... 85
B.1 Information Necessary: ............................................................................................................. 85
B.2 Process: ....................................................................................................................................... 85
B.3 To calculate the fiber loss: ......................................................................................................... 85
B.4 To calculate the connector loss: ................................................................................................ 85
B.5 To calculate the splice loss: ....................................................................................................... 85
B.6 To calculate the total cable loss, add the losses calculated above: ......................................... 85
B.7 Interpreting the result: .............................................................................................................. 86
Appendix C: Definitions, Acronyms, Abbreviations, And Units Of Measure ................................ 87
C.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................... 87
C.2 Fiber Optic Definitions .............................................................................................................. 98
C.3 Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure .................................................................... 103
Appendix D: Bibliography And References ..................................................................................... 105
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