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PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. This section covers the security electronics Data Voice (DV) Distribution System shown on the drawings or as required to support the systems defined in these specifications. The work under this section consists of furnishing materials and equipment, performing labor and services necessary for the installation of the security electronics DV Distribution System required for the security electronics system.

B. Related Work Specified Elsewhere: Refer to all other Security Electronics System specification sections and drawings, and to the specifications and drawings under the General Construction Contract to ascertain the extent of work included.

1.2 RELATED SECTIONS AND DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division 1 Specification Sections, apply to the Work of this Section.

1.3 SUBMITTALS

A. Submittals shall be packaged in accordance with specification Section 28 50 00 - Security Electronics General Provisions of these specifications.

B. When making the submittal as required by specification Section 28 50 00 - Security Electronics General Provisions, include this additional information.

1. Product Data and Test Plan:

a. Submit a sample copy of the warranty certificate(s) from the manufacture or manufactures of the cabling and connectivity devices. See part 3 of this specification section for additional information regarding the warranty.

2. Test Report:

a. Submit a copy of the warranty certificate(s) from the manufacturer or manufacturers of the cabling and connectivity devices. See part 3 of this specification section for additional information regarding the warranty.

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1.4 REFERENCES AND/OR CODES

A. National Electrical Code

B. Electronic Industries Associated and Telecommunication Industry Association (EIA/TIA) Standards:

1. EIA/TIA-568-D Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard.

2. EIA/TIA-569 - Commercial Building Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings.

3. EIA/TIA-606 - Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings.

1.5 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

A. Provide a DV distribution system within the facility to support the following data and voice networks:

1. Staff Telephone

2. Sentry LAN

3. Inmate Telephone

4. TRULINCS LAN

5. Education LAN

6. Commissary LAN

7. UNICOR LAN

8. Staff Digital Telephone LAN

B. Configuration:

1. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings without subscripts “V”, “IT”, “TL”, “ED”, “CO”, “U”, “DT”, or “ET”:

a. Provide a voice circuit for staff telephone.

b. Provide two copper data circuit for Sentry LAN.

2. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “V”:

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a. Provide a voice circuit for staff telephone.

3. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “IT”:

a. Provide a voice circuit for inmate telephone.

4. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “TL”:

a. Provide two copper data circuit for the TRULINCS LAN.

5. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “ED”:

a. Provide two copper data circuit for the Education LAN.

6. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “CO”:

a. Provide a dual fiber optic data circuit for the Commissary

LAN.

7. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “U”:

a. Provide three copper data circuit for the UNICOR LAN.

8. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “DT”:

a. Provide two copper data circuit for the Staff Digital Telephone LAN.

9. For the DV Outlets shown on the drawings with subscript “ET”:

a. Provide empty conduit only. The government will utilize this conduit for installing data circuits in the future.

C. Circuits:

1. Voice circuits. All voice circuits shall utilize TIA/EIA-568-D four pair Category 3 or 5 cable and be compatible with the Private Automatic Branch Exchange specified in Section 28 61 45 – Security Electronics Private Automatic Branch Exchange.

2. Copper data circuits. All copper data circuits shall utilize TIA/EIA- 568-D four pair Category 6 cable and be rated for TIA/EIA-568-D Category 6 Ethernet.

3. Dual fiber optic data circuits. All fiber optic data circuits shall utilize fiber optic cable and be rated for 10 base FL fiber optic data network.

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D. Functional Descriptions:

1. Staff Telephone:

a. Route staff telephone circuits to the Private Automatic Branch Exchange specified in Section 28 61 45 – Security Electronics Private Automatic Branch Exchange. Route circuits through station blocks, cross connect blocks, and PABX blocks installed on the telephone boards.

1) Four pair shall be provided and terminated between the staff telephone outlet and the station block on the telephone board.

2) A single pair shall be provided and terminated between the station block on the IDF telephone board and the Private Automatic Branch Exchange to comprise a complete and functioning PABX capable of supporting voice and modem circuits.

3) Active and Inactive voice circuits: Certain voice circuits are specifically shown on the drawing as “inactive”. All other voice circuits shall be “active”.

a) Active voice circuits shall be interconnected with the Private Automatic Branch Exchange.

b) Inactive voice circuits shall be provided for future use by the facility. These inactive voice circuits shall terminate on the station blocks at the telephone board but shall not be extended any further. The facility may one day connect these circuits to the PABX with spare outside telephone cable pairs and spare ports on the

PABX.

b. The connection from the PABX blocks to the Private Automatic Branch Exchange shall be made with a cable assembly equipped with Amphenol connectors at both ends.

c. Provide telephones for the staff telephone system as specified in Section 28 61 45 – Security Electronics Private Automatic Branch Exchange.

d. The color code for staff telephone shall be blue.

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e. See the staff telephone functional schematic for additional information.

2. Sentry LAN:

a. Route Sentry LAN circuits to 110/RJ45 patch panels installed in the LAN Rack.

1) Several LAN’s shall be routed to these 110/RJ45 patch panels as described herein. The contractor shall segregate the circuits on the 110/RJ45 patch panels so that the circuits of different LAN are easier to work with by facility staff.

b. The government shall provide OFOI Ethernet switches in various equipment rooms as shown on the drawings.

1) The government shall provide patch cables between those Ethernet switches and the 110/RJ45 patch panels.

c. Fiber Optic Cable shall be provided between Light Cable Terminals (LCT’s) installed in the LAN Racks as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable.

The purpose of this fiber optic cable is to interconnect the OFOI Ethernet switches in the various equipment rooms.

1) Provide fiber optic patch cables to extend these fiber optic circuits in the LCT’s so that there is a continuous fiber optic circuit between the LCT’s.

2) The government shall provide patch cables to connect the fiber optic cable from the LCT’s to the OFOI Ethernet switches.

d. The government shall provide OFOI computers for the Sentry LAN.

e. It is anticipated that all government provided equipment will be installed well after this project is completed.

f. The color code for Sentry LAN shall be orange.

g. See the Sentry LAN functional schematic for additional information.

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3. Inmate Telephone:

a. The government shall provide an OFOI inmate telephone switch for inmate telephone.

b. Route inmate telephone circuits to the OFOI inmate telephone switch. Route circuits through station blocks, control relays, and cross connect blocks.

1) Four pair shall be provided and terminated between the inmate telephone outlet and the station block on the telephone board.

2) A single pair shall be provided and terminated between the station block on the IDF telephone board and the inmate telephone terminal blocks at the OFOI inmate telephone switch.

3) The inmate telephone circuits may utilize the same outside telephone cables as the staff telephone circuits; however, the inmate telephone circuits shall NEVER utilize the same station blocks and cross connect blocks that are used for staff telephone circuits.

4) Inmate telephone circuits shall be routed through control relays when indicated in Specification Section 285370 – Security Electronics Inmate Telephone Control System.

c. Terminate inmate telephone circuits on inmate telephone terminal blocks at the OFOI inmate telephone switch as shown on the drawings.

1) The government shall extend the inmate telephone circuits from the terminal blocks to the OFOI inmate telephone switch.

d. Provide T1 conductors between the main telephone room and the OFOI inmate telephone switch as shown on the drawings. Terminate the circuits on station blocks.

1) The government shall connect the T1 circuits to the outside service provider at the main telephone room.

2) The government shall connect the T1 circuits to the OFOI inmate telephone switch.

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e. The government shall provide OFOI telephones for the Inmate Telephone System.

f. It is anticipated that all government provided equipment will be installed well after this project is completed.

g. The color code for inmate telephone shall be green.

h. See the inmate telephone functional schematic for additional information.

4. TRULINCS LAN:

a. The functional description for the TRULINCS LAN shall be the same as the functional description for the Sentry LAN.

b. The color code for TRULINCS LAN shall be gray.

c. See the TRULINCS LAN functional schematic for additional information.

5. Education LAN:

a. The functional description for the Education LAN shall be the same as the functional description for the Sentry LAN.

b. The color code for Education LAN shall be red.

c. See the Education LAN functional schematic for additional information.

6. Commissary LAN:

a. Route Commissary LAN circuits to Light Cable Terminals (LCT) installed in the LAN Racks.

1) Several LAN’s shall be routed to these LCT’s as described herein. The contractor shall segregate the circuits on the LCT’s so that the circuits of different LAN are easier to work with by facility staff.

b. Fiber Optic Cable shall be provided between LCT’s as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable. The purpose of this fiber optic cable is to extend the Commissary LAN circuits to the OFOI Ethernet switch in the inmate telephone equipment room.

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1) Provide fiber optic patch cables to extend these fiber optic circuits in the LCT’s so that there is a continuous fiber optic circuit between the LCT’s.

2) The government shall provide an OFOI Ethernet switch in the inmate telephone equipment room as shown on the drawings.

3) The government shall provide patch cables to connect the fiber optic cable from the LCT in the inmate telephone equipment room to the OFOI Ethernet switch.

c. The government shall provide OFOI computers for Commissary LAN.

d. It is anticipated that all government provided equipment will be installed well after this project is completed.

e. The color code for Commissary LAN shall be black.

f. See the Commissary LAN functional schematic for additional information.

7. UNICOR LAN:

a. The functional description for the UNICOR LAN shall be the same as the functional description for the Sentry LAN except:

1) Instead of providing fiber optic patch cables to extend the fiber optic circuits in the LCT’s, the contractor shall provide fusion splices so that there is a continuous fiber optic circuit between the LCT’s.

2) The contractor shall provide fiber optic circuits from the main UNICOR equipment room to the main security electronics equipment room. The purpose of this fiber optics is for the facility to utilize for connections to an outside service provider.

b. The color code for UNICOR LAN shall be yellow.

c. See the UNICOR LAN functional schematic for additional information.

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8. Staff Digital Telephone LAN:

a. Route Staff Digital Telephone LAN circuits to 110/RJ45 patch panels installed in the LAN Rack.

b. Provide Ethernet switches in various equipment rooms as shown on the drawings.

1) Provide patch cables between those Ethernet switches and the 110/RJ45 patch panels.

c. Fiber Optic Cable shall be provided between Light Cable Terminals (LCT’s) installed in the LAN Racks as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable.

The purpose of this fiber optic cable is to interconnect the Ethernet switches in the various equipment rooms.

1) Provide fiber optic patch cables to extend these fiber optic circuits in the LCT’s so that there is a continuous fiber optic circuit between the LCT’s.

2) Provide patch cables to connect the fiber optic cable from the LCT’s to the Ethernet switches.

d. Connect the Staff Digital Telephone LAN to the Private Automatic Branch Exchange specified in Section 28 61 45 – Security Electronics Private Automatic Branch Exchange to comprise a complete and functioning PABX capable of supporting voice and modem circuits.

e. Provide telephones for the staff telephone system as specified in Section 28 61 45 – Security Electronics Private Automatic Branch Exchange.

f. The color code for Staff Digital Telephone LAN shall be pink.

g. See the Staff Digital Telephone LAN functional schematic for additional information.

E. Surge Protection:

1. Provide Primary Surge Protection as specified in Section 28 50 40

– Security Electronics Grounding and Surge Protection for all copper cable pairs at the building entrances. All pairs shall mean all pairs including spare pairs.

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2. Provide Secondary Surge Protection as specified herein for all copper cable pairs originating outside of the building and terminated on the PABX Blocks and Inmate Telephone Terminal Blocks. All pairs shall mean all pairs including spare pairs.

1.6 DEFINITIONS

A. Reference specification section 28 50 00 – Security Electronics General Provisions.

1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Reference specification section 28 50 00 – Security Electronics General Provisions.

1.8 WARRANTY

A. Provide Guarantee, Maintenance and Service as described in specification section 28 50 60 – Security Electronics Guarantee, Maintenance, and Service.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MATERIALS:

A. DV Outlet:

1. Cover plates: The cover plate material shall be in conformance with the cover plate material specified for duplex power receptacles in the Electrical Specifications. For example, if the duplex power receptacles are specified to have stainless steel cover plates, then the cover plates for the DV outlets are required to be stainless steel.

a. There are several DV outlets in the project that are installed at 48 inches AFF and include a single voice circuit. The cover plates for these DV outlets shall include mounting tabs for a wall mounted phone. Mounting plate shall be compatible with the wall mounted phones specified in Section 28 61 45 – Security Electronics Private Automatic Branch Exchange

2. Jacks:

a. Voice circuits. RJ-45 T568A modular type EIA/TIA 568-D Category 3 or Category 5 four pair UTP jacks with 110 style

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b. Copper data circuits. RJ-45 T568A modular type EIA/TIA 568-D Category 6 four pair UTP jacks with 110 style quick connect terminals. Provide in color codes as specified in part 1 of this specification section. Shall be compatible with the cover plates.

c. Dual fiber optic data circuits. Two ST type connectors. The ST connectors shall be angled down at least 45° below horizontal to reduce cable strain. The fiber optic connections shall be as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable System. Provide in color codes as specified in part 1 of this specification section.

Shall be compatible with the cover plates.

B. Station Cable:

1. Voice circuits. Telephone Station Cable shall be as specified in Section 28 50 20 – Security Electronics Conductors.

2. Copper data circuits. Copper Data Station Cable shall be as specified in Section 28 50 20 – Security Electronics Conductors.

3. Dual fiber optic data circuits. Fiber Optic Data Station Cable shall be as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable System.

a. Provide two strand Outdoor Cable where installed in exterior conduits, conduits installed in or below grade level slab, or in other wet locations. Ensure cable is dual listed for exterior and OFNR.

b. Provide two strand Interior Riser Cable where installed in dry indoor locations.

C. Terminations in Equipment Room:

1. Voice circuits:

a. Telephone Board (TB): Telephone Board shall be one or more 4 foot by 8 foot by ¾ inch fire retardant treaded plywood fastened to the wall and painted with two coats of white paint.

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Plywood shall have been harvested and manufactured within 500 miles of the project site.

Wood shall have been harvested and certified in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council’s principles and criteria for wood building components.

1) Station Block: Shall be 66 4 by 50 split type with stand-off bracket. Provide:

a) Stainless steel bridging clips for each connection.

b) Hinged block cover for each block.

2) Cross Connect Block: Shall be the same as a Station Block except no block cover.

3) PABX Block: Shall be 66 4 by 50 split type with stand-off bracket and dual female Amphenol connectors. Provide:

a) Grounding rail for secondary surge protectors.

b) Secondary surge protectors: Shall serve the purpose of a bridging clip and surge protector.

Shall incorporate Silicon Avalanche Diode devices as the primary protection means with the following characteristics:

i. Signal Line Voltage: Up to 170 V

ii. Peak Clamping Voltage: 211 V

iii. Response Time: 5 nanoseconds or less

iv. Peak Pulse Power Dissipation: 10 Joules.

v. Shall be UL497A compliant.

vi. Shall be 66M block compatible.

vii. Shall have automatically resetting sneak current protection.

4) Inmate Telephone Terminal Block: Shall be the same as a PABX Block.

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2. Copper data circuits and dual fiber optic data circuits:

a. LAN Rack (LR): LAN racks shall be as specified in Section 28 50 50 – Security Electronics Cabinets and Enclosures.

1) 110/RJ45 Patch Panel shall be as specified in Section 28 51 90 – Security Electronics Local Area Networks.

2) Light Cable Terminal (LCT) shall be a rack mounted LCT as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable System.

D. Exterior and Riser Cable:

1. Voice circuits:

a. Outside Telephone Cable: Shall be 22 AWG copper conductors, 5-mil copper tape or 8-mil aluminum tape shield, REA PE-39 gel filled cable. Utilize care to ensure NEC 800 distance limitations are not exceeded.

b. Telephone Riser Cable: Shall be 24 AWG copper conductors, 5-mil copper tape or 8-mil aluminum tape shield, riser rated cable and shall be UL Listed for riser applications.

2. Fiber optic circuits: Fiber optic cable shall be as specified in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable System.

E. Ethernet Switch:

1. Ethernet Switches for Staff Digital Telephone LAN shall be the same type as the Ethernet Switches specified in Section 28 51 90 – Security Electronics Local Area Networks.

PART 3 EXECUTION

3.1 INSTALLATION

A. Voice circuits.

1. Telephone Boards:

a. Main Distribution Frame (MDF) shall be located in the main equipment room. Intermediate Distribution Frames (IDF) shall be located in the other security electronics equipment room as shown on the drawings.

b. Each MDF and IDF shall include a ground bus bar.

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2. Cables shall be pulled and terminated between the MDF and IDF in accordance with the drawings.

a. No splices shall be made in the manholes.

b. Where cables pass through manholes a slack loop equivalent to the inner dimensions of the manhole shall be provided.

c. All cable pairs at the building service entrance shall transition from gel filled Outside Telephone Cable to dry Telephone Riser Cable via a boot splice.

3. Form cables at MDF and IDF in accordance with industry standards and installation standards of the PABX manufacturer.

a. Color coding shall conform to the requirements of the PABX supplier.

b. The cross connect cable between the station block and the cross connect block shall be blue-white for staff phones and green-white for inmate phones.

c. Make all cross connects between the station blocks, cross connect blocks, PABX blocks, inmate telephone control relays, and inmate telephone terminal blocks.

d. The cable assembly from the PABX blocks to the PABX shall be made with dry Telephone Riser Cable with Amphenol connectors. Cable shall have a slack loop of no greater than 10 feet and no less than 4 feet and shall be neatly arranged under the computer room raised floor.

4. Telephone Station Cable:

a. The cable jacket on both ends and the station block connector shall be labeled. Label shall have the following format:

1) Room # - Outlet Designation - Jack #.

2) The outlet designation shall be used when multiple outlets are located in the same room. Outlet designation shall be A, B, C, etc.

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3) The Jack # shall be used when multiple jacks are located on the same outlet. Jack number shall be Voice 1 (V1), Voice 2 (V2), Voice 3 (V3) etc.

b. Four pair unshielded twisted pair cable:

1) Under no load conditions the bend radius shall be 1 inch or greater. Do not allow the bend radius to exceed the cable manufacturer's recommendations.

2) The cable pair twists shall be maintained to within ½ inch from the point of termination or less if required by the TIA/EIA 568-D standards.

B. Copper data circuits.

1. LAN Racks:

a. LAN racks shall be located in the security electronics equipment rooms as shown on the drawings.

b. Each LAN rack shall include a # 2/0 bare stranded copper grounding conductor. Conductor shall be bonded to the ground bus bar.

2. Form cables in accordance with industry standards and TIA/EIA 568-D standards.

a. Pin out color coding shall conform to the TIA/EIA 568-D standards. The RJ-45 jack pin out shall conform to designation T568A as defined in the TIA/EIA 568-D standards.

b. Warranty: The horizontal cabling and connectivity devices shall be installed by a factory certified installer. When the system is installed the system shall meet the TIA/EIA 568-D Category 6 standards and shall come with a 1 year warranty from the installer and a 15 year warranty from the manufacture or manufactures of the cabling and connectivity devices. All warranties shall be transferable to the Government.

3. Copper Data Station Cable:

a. The cable jacket on both ends and the 110/RJ45 patch panel connector shall be labeled. Label shall have the following format:

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1) Room # - Outlet Designation - Jack #

2) The outlet designation shall be used when multiple outlets are located in the same room. Outlet designation shall be A, B, C, etc.

3) The Jack # shall be used when multiple jacks are located on the same outlet. Jack number shall be Data 1 (D1), Data 2 (D2), Data 3 (D3) etc.

b. Four pair unshielded twisted pair cable:

1) Under no load conditions the bend radius shall be 1 inch or greater. Do not allow the bend radius to exceed the cable manufacturer's recommendations.

2) The cable pair twists shall be maintained to within ½ inch from the point of termination or less if required by the TIA/EIA 568-D standards.

C. Dual fiber optic data circuits.

1. Form cables in accordance with industry standards and TIA/EIA 568-D standards.

2. Fiber Optic Data Station Cable:

a. The cable jacket on both ends and the LCT patch panel connector shall be labeled. Label shall have the following format:

1) Room # - Outlet Designation - Jack #.

2) The outlet designation shall be used when multiple outlets are located in the same room. Outlet designation shall be A, B, C, etc.

3) The Jack # shall be used when multiple jacks are located on the same outlet. Jack number shall be Data 1 (D1), Data 2 (D2), Data 3 (D3) etc.

b. Under no load conditions the bend radius shall be 1 inch or greater. Under a maximum tensile load of 222 N the bend radius shall be 2 inches or greater. Do not allow the bend radius to exceed the cable manufacturer's recommendations.

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3. See Part 3 of specification Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable System for additional information.

3.2 COMPLETION

A. General: Upon completion of the work, remove excess debris, materials, equipment, apparatus, tools and the like and leave the premises clean, neat and orderly.

B. Testing: The completed system shall be tested by the SEC prior to the acceptance test.

1. Voice circuits.

a. Test all voice circuits between the station block and the outlet for wire map; insertion loss; length; NEXT loss, pair-to-pair, measured from local end; NEXT loss, pair-to-pair, measured from far end; NEXT loss, power sum, measured from local end; NEXT loss, power sum, measured from far end; ELFEXT, pair-to-pair; ELFEXT, power sum; return loss, measured from local end; return loss, measured from far end; propagation delay; and delay skew. The system does NOT have to meet the TIA/EIA 568-D Category 6 standards.

b. Test all circuits between the IDF and MDF’s for opens, shorts, grounds, and impedance to ensure integrity of the telephone cable.

2. Copper data circuits.

a. Test all copper data circuits between the 110/RJ45 patch panel and the outlet for wire map; insertion loss; length;

NEXT loss, pair-to-pair, measured from local end; NEXT loss, pair-to-pair, measured from far end; NEXT loss, power sum, measured from local end; NEXT loss, power sum, measured from far end; ELFEXT, pair-to-pair; ELFEXT, power sum; return loss, measured from local end; return loss, measured from far end; propagation delay; and delay skew with a Category 6 cable tester to ensure integrity of the cable plant.

3. Dual fiber optic data circuits.

a. Test all fiber optic data circuits as defined in Section 28 51 20 – Security Electronics Fiber Optic Cable System.

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1) The attenuation test results shall be less than 2.0 dB as specified in the TIA/EIA-568-D standard.

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