Structured Cabling Best Practices - D-Tools Forum

ekalpakoff · 02-17-2010, 10:55 PM

Does anyone have any suggestions/best practices for creating structured cable packages. We have been avoiding using packages (for no good reasons) and I think its time we start streamlining our estimating processes. I have been thinking about creating cable packages for:

Audio Systems
Video Systems
Network/Data
Control Systems
CCTV

Not sure if its a good idea to have many cable packages or just a few.

Any suggestions?

modlivingtech · 02-18-2010, 02:43 AM

I'd like to know as well - and how is the variable wire/cable length per run accounted for??

David_Haddad · 02-18-2010, 10:34 AM

D-Tools SI4.6 - Bundled cable setup by Blake Vackar

**Dave Kirn** · 02-18-2010, 03:34 PM

That is a great video from Blake - that is the way we do it when we have a bundled wire product that you want to show all of the wires that are included.

ekalpakoff · 02-19-2010, 05:49 PM

Is it common to create a bundle for each sub system?

**Dave Kirn** · 02-22-2010, 02:42 PM

This method is only if you are using bundled cable (ie 2 coax and 2 cat5 in the same wire jacket).

In reading your original post, I dont know if that is what you were asking. As far as creating packages - you really need to use them, it will make your life much easier. As far as what kind of packages to create, it depends on your company and what you are selling.

We create packages for dealers that might be a general package that is a prewire for a pair of speakers and volume control/keypad in a room, or it might be a specific package that includes the prewire and a pair of XXX speakers and a XXX keypad - it just depends on what works best for you.