Structured cabling in the home
Structured cabling in the home
1. Introduction
It used to be a lot easier. It used to be that 230V cabling would be laid in the newly built home, to which a few sockets, power points and switches were connected. At most, there was also a telephone socket in the wall and a coax cable connection for
the television. A small distribution board was sufficient to protect a few socket circuits and lighting circuits. The installation was ready.
That is no longer the case today. With the arrival of integrated home systems and many other technological marvels of this day and age, the number of networks in the
home has increased sharply. Generally, one telephone connection is no longer enough; we want to have a connection in almost every room. This is also the case for the television and radio. In addition to the flat-screen TV in the living room, we also want a television in the bedroom and kitchen. And in the bedroom, we also want to be able to watch and operate a DVD recorder with hard disk. Furthermore, we have a
desktop computer and a few portable computers for which we also provide a separate network. All these computers must also be able to use the Internet. There is
a video entry phone at the front door that we want to use in various places in the home. When we are watching television, the picture of the person at the door
appears as a PIP (picture in picture) on the screen, and why not on the computer screen when we are using the computer as well. Furthermore, we would also like to
hear our entire MP3 collection on the audio system in the living room and the audio equipment in the children’s rooms. In the bathroom and kitchen, we want to listen to
desktop computer and a few portable computers for which we also provide a separate network. All these computers must also be able to use the Internet. There is
a video entry phone at the front door that we want to use in various places in the home. When we are watching television, the picture of the person at the door
appears as a PIP (picture in picture) on the screen, and why not on the computer screen when we are using the computer as well. Furthermore, we would also like to
hear our entire MP3 collection on the audio system in the living room and the audio equipment in the children’s rooms. In the bathroom and kitchen, we want to listen to
the news on the radio. We also want to use IP cameras on certain televisions and the computers.
The expansion of the various networks in the home is enormous. It is then obvious
that we are looking for solutions for dealing with such network cabling in the home in a well thought out way. In this article, we will discuss a few practical examples and
smart solutions. We will see that the flexibility (the adaptability) of the installation will play an important role.
smart solutions. We will see that the flexibility (the adaptability) of the installation will play an important role.