Patch-cord
Adjusters |
The industry
study on patch-cord management concluded that due to the standard
purchasing of longer patch cords than what is required for a
specific patch at a specific point in time. Adequate horizontal
and vertical managers in a patch-cord management system do not
provide the necessary management support required for patch
cords. |
Twenty inches of
slack per patch cord was recorded after routing the patch cord
through the management system. This accumulation of slack (figure
1) was found to have devastating effects on the performance
and functionally of the management system over its life cycle.
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The result, after
analyzing the data recorded in the management study, is to provide
a complete management solution that supports,trains and
monitors the installer in the areas that horizontal and vertical
patch-cord managers in a management system do not. Patch-cord
adjuster provides the following solutions when installed on
patch cords in a management system. |
1) Eliminates
slack - The #1 contributor to poor management!
2) Provides training - Just as a punch-down tool is required
for terminating cross-connect wire, a minimum amount of training
is required to understand the installation and de-installation
of patch-cord adjusters.
3) Monitors management - If patch-cord adjusters are
not being used, it can easily be detected by looking at the
cords and corrected, enforceable, guidelines by staff can be
made.
4) Eliminates compressed and congested interfaces - By
adjusting cords to proper length, slack does not build up at
the interface.
5) Stabilizes bending - When slack has been eliminated,
there is no where for the patch cord to bend after it has been
routed in the management system.
6) Provides single patch cord functionally - this allow
the patch cord to be rapidly identified in a management system.
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Fig 1 |
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Simplified
Patch-cord Routing |
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Complete
Management System |
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Complete
Management System |
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