Genesis Series Cable Product Training

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Genesis Series CableProduct Training
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Basic Cable Construction

Insulation
Drain
Jacket
Rip Cord
Conductor
Shield
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Conductor

• Solid
• Bare Copper
• Tinned Copper
• Reduces Corrosion
• Soldering
• Stranded
• More Flexible
• Increase surface/frequency
• response
• Bare copper is less expensive
• Tinned copper
• Need when soldering connector to the wire or in a
  corrosive environment (where temps over 100
  degrees C or near salt water)
• See this in Beldens line, can convert if not
  installing in the above environment

Solid Bare Copper
Solid Tinned Copper
Stranded Bare Copper
Stranded Tinned Copper
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Cable Jacket
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Conductor

• Gauge Size can have an impact on performance
• Factors
• Length of Run
• System Manufacturers requirements
• Remember the larger the number, the smaller the
  gauge
• 24 AWG is the smallest gauge we carry

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Straight Lay or Cabled

• Straight Lay
• Cost effective in installations where
  interference is not a concern.
• Cabled
• Assists in reducing EMI and RFI interference
• EMI - Electro Magnetic Interference
• May be caused by electric motors, ballast, etc
• RFI - Radio Frequency Interference

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Straight Lay
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Conductors Cabled
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Shielding

• The addition of a shield offers increased
  resistance to EMI and RFI
• Shield Types
• Aluminum Backed Mylar Tape
• All Aluminum/Mylar shielded cables include a
  drain wire
• Bare Copper Braid and Tinned Copper Braid
• We currently only carry this in coax

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Overall Shielded Cables
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Each Pair Shielded
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Wire Types

• Shielded vs. Unshielded
• There are a variety of overall shielded (OAS)
  products
• Offers increased resistance to EMI RFI
  interference and added protection against cross
  talk
• Stranded vs. Solid
• Though cost is slightly higher, stranded cables
  afford greater flexibility and ease of
  installation
• Multi-Pair Cables
• Variety of cables available typically per
  preference of residential or commercial installer

Helpful Hint Look at similarities in Part
s 1204 22/4 STR Non-Plenum OAS 2204
22/4 STR Riser OAS 3204 22/4 STR Plenum OAS
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Wire Types

• Plenum (CMP, FPLP)
• Cables used in air space (plenum ducts /
  ceilings is the space that can facilitate air
  circulation for heating and air conditioning
  systems) must have fire-resistant, low smoke
  producing characteristics
• Plenum constructions are very similar to
  non-plenum but more expensive
• Much of plenum cable products used in commercial
  applications
• Riser (CMR, FPLR)
• Suitable for use in a vertical run (floor to
  floor)
• Fire resistant characteristics preventing fire
  from traveling from floor to floor
• Non-Plenum (CM, FPL)
• General Purpose
• Listing excludes installation in risers plenums
• Bulk of what we manufacture sell

Helpful Hint Look at similarities in Part
s 1104 22/4 STR Non-Plenum 2104 22/4 STR
Riser 3104 22/4 STR Plenum
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Plenum Cable Installation
Floor
Structural support
Plenum Cables
Plenum Air Handling Space
Air Return
Air Supply Duct
Suspended Ceiling
Riser (or Plenum) Cable
Access Shaft
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Plenum Cable

• More commonly used in commercial installations
• Low flame spread
• Low smoke producing characteristics.

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What makes a good speaker wire?

• Stranded conductors
• More strands more flexible
• Promotes Skin Effect
• The signal travels on the outside of the
  conductor, like the skin is on the outside of
  your finger.
• The more strands, the more outsides or surface
  area for the signal to travel acrossso the
  better it travels
• Oxygen Free
• Oxygen is a natural impurity in copper
• Copper can be annealed to remove that oxygen
• Just like these pennies, speaker wire can oxidize
• Oxidized strands will impede the signal
• Oxygen-Free speaker wire will not oxidize over
  time

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What makes good speaker wire

• Zip Construction vs. Cabled Construction

Reduces Interference
Subject To Interference

• Easy to strip
• Home Theater Sound, Home Theater Sound Plus
  Audacious
• Genelene Insulated Conductor Semi-Loose Tubed
  PVC Jacket
• Jacket wont stick to the insulation like PVC
  PVC constructions
• Crystal Series
• Genelene Insulated Conductor Pressure Extruded
  TPE Jacket
• Most flexible, easy to use speaker wire
• Easy to label
• Speaker, Room Zone Code on Legend

L Left LR Left Rear C Center RR Right Rear R
Right
Speaker Code
Room Code
Zone Code
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Speaker WirePower Loss

• Analog Transmission of a signal degrades as the
  length of the run increases.
• Your speaker requires a maximum amount of loss.
• Use this chart to decide what gauge speaker wire
  you need

For 0.5 dB loss (or 11)
0 60
100 120
190
16 AWG
4 O
4 O 4 O Speaker
8 O
8 O 8 O Speaker
14 AWG
4 O
8 O
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Coaxial Review
Conductor Solid or Stranded Bare Copper Tinned
Copper Copper Clad Steel
Dielectric Foamed Polyethylene Solid
Polyethylene Foamed FEP Solid FEP Gas Injected
Shields Aluminum Foil Aluminum Braid Bare Copper
Braid Tin Copper Braid
Jacket PVC Polyethylene (PE) FEP
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Coaxial Cable Copper ShieldCCTV
Braid Shield
Dielectric Core
Center Conductor
Jacket
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Coax Foil Braid ShieldCATV MATV
Tape Shield
Dielectric Core
Center Conductor
Braid Shield
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Coax Quad Shield
Tape Shield
Dielectric
Core
Tape Shield
Center
Braid
Braid
Jacket
Conductor
Shield
Shield
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Attenuation Comparison (Signal loss over distance)
The lower the dB/100ft at 1000MHz and 3000MHz the
better the cable
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Coax

• RG6 CATV
• Do not pull with more than 35lbs
• Max. bend radius is 3 inches
• RG59 CCTV
• Max. pull strength of 25lbs
• Max bend radius of approx. 2.5 inches
• See handout for coax run lengths

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Applications for Category Cable

• Cat 3
• Voice only networks
• 10/100 Mbs
• No future-proofing
• Cat 5e
• Voice and Data networks
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Cat 6
• Data Networks
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• Commonly used in hospitals, schools, large
  offices, etc.

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Category Rating System (What you hear about)
Cat 3 Cat 4 Cat 5 Cat5e Cat5 350 (ENHANCED) Cat 6
Standard Frequency (MHz) 16 20 100 100 350 250
Genesis Frequency (MHz) 32 40 200 350 350 500
Network Throughput 10 Mbps 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 10 Gbps
Cat5 350 (aka ENHANCED or Cat5E) is not
regulated by the TIA Category Rating system,
therefore users should not assume Cat5e
compliance on all electrical values. Consult
factory for complete test results.
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Whats really important?

• Although Frequency is the electrical
  characteristic most often discussed with category
  cable it is not the best indicator of network
  performance.
• When a manufacturer says their cable is tested at
  a certain level, ask for the test results.
• Most low end manufactures that claim a high
  frequency rating do not meet the TIA
  specifications for all electrical values.
• Better indicators of network performance are
• Near End Cross Talk
• How much adjacent pairs accidentally share
  information
• Reflection
• How much interference there is based on signal
  accidentally reflecting (changing direction) due
  to cable imperfections
• ACR
• Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio is the amount of
  signal relative to the amount of noise. (The
  higher the better)

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Whats really important? (cont.)

• Near End Cross Talk how does it go bad?
• Category cable has four pairs that are each
  twisted in a slightly different way. Those four
  pairs are also cabled together in a specific ways
  too.
• This twisting scheme is like the lane lines on a
  highway.
• The Category Rating System specifies a certain
  type of twisting scheme that allows the signals
  to travel optimally.
• The signal travels with peaks and valleys that,
  when on a quality category cable, work well
  together.
• If there are any imperfections in the way that
  cable is designed or manufactured those twists
  can fall out of place, and the peaks and valleys
  begin to interfere with each other.
• Improper installation is also a major cause of
  those twists falling out of place.
• Imagine a highway where the lane lines were to
  run together, cars would be cutting each other
  off, and the traffic would slow down.

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When am I going to notice a problem?

• Before Cat 5e the best networks were transmitting
  10 or 100 Megabytes per second.
• They are often referred to as 10/100 networks and
  are still the most popular today among small
  networks.
• Cat 5e was designed for Gigabit Ethernet
  (1,000,000 bytes of information per second)
• Gigabit Ethernet is available on many computers
  and network devices purchased in the last few
  years.
• Cat 6 was designed for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
  (10,000,000 bytes of information per second)

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When am I going to notice a problem?

• Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernets transmit data in
  a new way.
• Before Cat 5e
• 2 pairs were used for sending information
• 2 pairs were used for receiving information
• With Cat 5e and beyond
• All 4 pairs send and receive information
• Imagine both sides of the highway
• Since each pair is transmitting and receiving a
  signal on Cat 5e and Cat 6, interference due to
  reflection becomes much more disruptive.

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When am I going to notice a problem?

• Little problems within a network build up until a
  point at which the network fails.
• Too many users on a network
• More bandwidth is used up
• More errors will occur
• Network will slow down
• Cable runs too long within a network
• Cable runs are not to exceed 100 meters (328
  feet)
• 90 meters (295 feet) from distribution device to
  outlet.
• Maximum 10 meters (33 feet) for Equipment Cords
  and Patch cords
• Maximum Demarcation to furthest outlet cant
  exceed 150 meters (492 feet)
• Cable improperly installed
• Cable daisy chained
• Cable pulled with more than 25 lbs. of pulling
  tension.
• Pairs untwisted more than ½ when terminating
• Cable bent beyond 1 bend radius

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Genesis Part Numbers
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Catalog

• Your wire cable lifeline
• Sections
• Security Control
• Thermostat
• Fire
• Crystal Series (HDMI Interconnects)
• Home Theater
• Multimedia
• Networking (Voice Data)
• COAX

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Part Numbers

• All Genesis Series products come with an 8 digit
  part
• The first 4 digits represent the product
• The next 2 digits represent the put-up
• The last 2 digits represent the color code

For Example 1103 1103 22/4 SOL 55 500 Pull
Out Box 09 Gray
11035509
Code Color
00 Clear
01 White
02 Yellow
03 Orange
04 Red
05 Green
06 Blue
07 Brown
08 Black
09 Gray
10 Purple
11 Pink
12 Natural / Beige
40 Violet
41 Fluorescent Pink
Code Put-Up
00 100 Pack
02 250 Reel
10 1000 Reel
11 1000 Box
18 1000 Speedbag
21 1000 Reel-In-Box
50 500 Reel
55 500 Box
58 500 Speedbag
61 500 Reel-In-Box
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Part Number (18/4 FPLP)
Put Up (1000 Pull Box)
Color (Red)
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Tools Resources

• Genesis Website (www.genesiscable.com)
• SPECS
• Product literature cut-sheets
• More training
• Genesis Outside Sales
• Randy Lee-- Director of Electrical Distribution
• Brian Stock Regional Sales Manager
• Don Straka Regional Sales Manager
• Genesis Factory
• PH 800-222-0060
• Tiffany CramInside Sales
• Nicole RicardInside Sales
• Leann MeachumInside Sales Manager/Marketing

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