Cat 6 cabling keeps data safe from EMC
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Datwyler (UK) product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 20, 2004
North Oxford Garage has opted for shielded and unshielded cabling solutions from Datwyler Cable+Systems when building new commercial premises and workshop facilities.
North Oxford Garage, one of the biggest BMW dealerships in England, has opted for shielded and unshielded cabling solutions from Datwyler Cable+Systems when building new commercial premises and workshop facilities.
Recently the dealer moved to a large site in the north of the Oxford, where it put up new showrooms for new and used BMW motor cars and motorbikes, workshops, a parts department, offices, a canteen for staff and a coffee shop for customers.
At a separate site in Long Hanborough a showroom and workshop facilities for the Mini were built.
When equipping the premises with a new cabling infrastructure, North Oxford Garage decided in favour of a high-performance class E solution for all voice and data services for both locations.
Category 6 components were chosen to eliminate electromagnetic interferences and to be able to support all current and future applications.
The unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling in offices and showrooms uses Datwyler's Keystone solutions.
For EMV sensitive areas, especially in workshops, a shielded solution (STP) from Datwyler's Unilan portfolio was employed.
The planning as well as the installation of the cabling infrastructure was conducted by SMC (UK), a Witney based systems integrator.
"The nature of the site, with its mixture of offices, showrooms and workshop facilities brought up some specific problems, for example the risk of electromagnetic interference (EMC) on cables running through the workshop areas", explains Adrian Dix, Business Manager at SMC.
"Installing a class E network was felt to be the best solution as it supports all current applications and is also highly future proof".
SMC contacted Datwyler as previous experiences had shown that this company was able to offer exactly the range of solutions and technical support required.
The installation was completed within the agreed time scale.
SMC installed 282 unshielded (Keystone) and 51 shielded ports (Unilan) altogether.
The relatively high number of ports was felt to be necessary to offer high flexibility to the users as required.
Tests conducted after installation have shown, that all ports fulfil category 6 performance requirements.
"We are delighted with the quality and performance of the Datwyler products, that have been installed, but, more importantly, we are also very pleased with the level of service and support, that we have received from Datwyler throughout the course of this project", Adrian Dix summarises SMC's experiences.
"We will not hesitate to use Datwyler products on future projects".
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