ali@sequoia.UUCP (Ali Toossi) (06/25/91)
Need some general informations about FDDI cabling. We have two buildings that are ~400 ft. apart. A contractor/installer tells me that cable must be buried underground but I've heard from other sources that cable can go on poles, Our CCTV's cables between two buildings run on pole. Is there any books or manuals on FDDI cabling, specs, and how to do? We have an in-house electrician who ran the cable for CCTV. Thanks in advance. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ali Toossi UUCP: ... !cs.utexas.edu!execu!ali COMSHARE, INC. Austin, Texas. Internet: ali@execu.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) (06/26/91)
In article <38734@sequoia.UUCP>, ali@sequoia.UUCP (Ali Toossi) writes: > > Need some general informations about FDDI cabling. We have two buildings > that are ~400 ft. apart. A contractor/installer tells me that cable must be > buried underground but I've heard from other sources that cable can go on > poles, Our CCTV's cables between two buildings run on pole. > Is there any books or manuals on FDDI cabling, specs, and how to do? We have > an in-house electrician who ran the cable for CCTV. Last month I picked up, "The Fiber Optic LAN Handbook" (ISBN 0-9626933-3-2) by Codenoll Technology Corporation, from my friendly local Pioneer-Standard Electronics salesbeing. For the princely sum of free. Otherwise, it runs $17.95 US. If you aren't fortunate enough to have a Pioneer contact, then contact Codenoll at; Codenoll Technology Corporation 1086 North Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 USA +1 914 965 6300 The book begins with a large chapter titled, "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Fiber Optics And LANs, But Were Afraid To Ask!". The book then goes into fairly initmate detail regarding FDDI. There are quite technically oriented abstracts, articles and so on, of the science of fiber communication. IMHO, the book is *very* good content wise, but crudely assembled. The articles and chapters are in different fonts and typefaces. It did't particularly bother me as I just needed the facts. Don't leave home without it. Cheers! - randy Usenet: randy@rls.uucp Bangpath: ...<backbone>!osu-cis!rls!randy Internet: rls!randy@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu C -- the language that put the fu in fubar.
willis@photon.tamu.edu (Willis Marti) (06/27/91)
In article <38734@sequoia.UUCP>, ali@sequoia.UUCP (Ali Toossi) writes: |> |> Need some general informations about FDDI cabling. We have two buildings |> that are ~400 ft. apart. A contractor/installer tells me that cable must be |> buried underground but I've heard from other sources that cable can go on |> poles, Our CCTV's cables between two buildings run on pole. The choice isn't as much technical as political. If you have the right to use the poles and don't pass over public property, then no sweat. Otherwise it is much like any other building permit issue. You do need to look at the optical cable type and make sure the outer covering is rated for outdoor use. |> Is there any books or manuals on FDDI cabling, specs, and how to do? We have |> an in-house electrician who ran the cable for CCTV.
pjw@hpctdkr.col.hp.com (Peter Walsh) (06/27/91)
/ hpctdkr:comp.dcom.lans / randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) / 3:57 pm Jun 25, 1991 / In article <38734@sequoia.UUCP>, ali@sequoia.UUCP (Ali Toossi) writes: > > Need some general informations about FDDI cabling. We have two buildings > that are ~400 ft. apart. A contractor/installer tells me that cable must be > buried underground but I've heard from other sources that cable can go on > poles, Our CCTV's cables between two buildings run on pole. > Is there any books or manuals on FDDI cabling, specs, and how to do? We have > an in-house electrician who ran the cable for CCTV. Last month I picked up, "The Fiber Optic LAN Handbook" (ISBN 0-9626933-3-2) by Codenoll Technology Corporation, from my friendly local Pioneer-Standard Electronics salesbeing. For the princely sum of free. Otherwise, it runs $17.95 US. If you aren't fortunate enough to have a Pioneer contact, then contact Codenoll at; Codenoll Technology Corporation 1086 North Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 USA +1 914 965 6300 The book begins with a large chapter titled, "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Fiber Optics And LANs, But Were Afraid To Ask!". The book then goes into fairly initmate detail regarding FDDI. There are quite technically oriented abstracts, articles and so on, of the science of fiber communication. IMHO, the book is *very* good content wise, but crudely assembled. The articles and chapters are in different fonts and typefaces. It did't particularly bother me as I just needed the facts. Don't leave home without it. Cheers! - randy Usenet: randy@rls.uucp Bangpath: ...<backbone>!osu-cis!rls!randy Internet: rls!randy@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu C -- the language that put the fu in fubar. ----------
pjw@hpctdkr.col.hp.com (Peter Walsh) (06/27/91)
I depends entirely on the type of installation the cable was made for. In the book "Understanding Fiber Optics" by SAM's pages 85-90 talk about aerial installations. I would talk to the cable manufacturer, not an installer. Peter J. Walsh pjw@hpctdkw.hp.com Hewlett Packard Colorado Telecommunication Division
lim@slc6.INS.CWRU.Edu (Hock Koon Lim) (06/27/91)
In article <40050004@hpctdkr.col.hp.com> pjw@hpctdkr.col.hp.com (Peter Walsh) writes: >/ hpctdkr:comp.dcom.lans / randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) / 3:57 pm Jun 25, 1991 / >In article <38734@sequoia.UUCP>, ali@sequoia.UUCP (Ali Toossi) writes: >> >> Need some general informations about FDDI cabling. We have two buildings >> that are ~400 ft. apart. A contractor/installer tells me that cable must be >> buried underground but I've heard from other sources that cable can go on >> poles, Our CCTV's cables between two buildings run on pole. >> Is there any books or manuals on FDDI cabling, specs, and how to do? We have >> an in-house electrician who ran the cable for CCTV. > Siecor has published a nice book call "FDDI network cabling guide" and give a lot of detail design information of a fiber optic based network. You can get this book from your distributor or call Siecor at 1-800-634-9064. You sure can run the fiber cable on the pole between building. However, if possible, I would advise you to run it in the underground conduit for better protection. We have a small segment(~1000') of our fiber is running on the light poles in order to get across the rail road tracks. We try to get them under the track but after a year of negotiation, most of the issues still have not get resolve. -- Hock-Koon Lim, Information Network services Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, Ohio, USA 44106 (216) 368-2982 lim@ins.cwru.edu