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INTRODUCTION
to Leviton
Integrated
Networks and
Structured
Media Systems
Leviton Integrated Networks presents these most desired
home features in pre-configured subsystem packages,
with system design, component placement, wiring and
installation outlined in easily-followed steps. With the
Leviton Integrated Networks program, the skilled con-
tractor is positioned as a system integrator, capable of
providing their clients with the latest in home technolo-
gies and features—all provided and backed by Leviton,
the first name their customers tr
ust for their electrical
needs. Whether the job calls for a simple upgrade to
Category 5 or 5e wiring or a fully-automated networked
home, Leviton Integrated Networks has the product, sys-
tem and installation plan needed to ensure success.
1.1 Structured Media™
subsystems.
Structured Media refers to a subsystem that supports
the range of information, communication and entertain-
ment technologies available to the modern home—
including telephone, high-speed internet, cable and
satellite TV (analog and digital), and more. Leviton’s
Structured Media takes the concept of structured
cabling, as practiced in demanding commercial appli-
cations for business and office networking, and com-
bines it with multimedia to accommodate the conver-
gence of audio/video and personal computers, of tele-
phone and internet services, and much more.
Most important, Leviton’s Structured Media program
gives end-users a standards-compliant system—an
important consideration today where inadequate or
substandard performance may mean a lot more than a
call-back. Each properly installed Leviton Structured
Media subsystem is designed to meet TIA-570A, the
most stringent residential standard proposed by the
Telecommunications Industries Association.
1.2 Types of Structured Media
subsystems.
Structured Media subsystems can handle needs rang-
ing from cable TV and telephone in several rooms to a
Home Area Network (HAN) for a small office or home-
based business much like a LAN or Local Area
Network. Every Leviton Structured Media subsystem is
capable of growing to keep up with the user, with “open
architecture” centralized enclosures and wallplates.
Leviton Integrated Networks Systems are built on two
primary platforms: Essential Infrastructure and
Enhanced Infrastructure. Various applications can be
added to these platforms to meet the particular needs of
the builder, contractor, and home owner. Each of these
applications require additional dedicated pre-wiring.
1.2.1 Essential Infrastructure Platform: this is the base
level for residential structured cabling, ideal for
builders and end-users who want the mar-
ketability and assurance of a Category-rated
cabling system and whose needs include tele-
phone and cable TV with the possibility of home
networking in the future. This platform includes
telephone, data, and video distribution. NOTE:
The Leviton Essential infrastructure plan uses
the same cabling as the Enhanced plan, and
can be easily upgraded.
1.2.2 Enhanced Infrastructure Platform: for homes with
multiple PC’s, telecommuters working at home,
and anyone who may require a network. The
Enhanced infrastructure level includes Ethernet
for networking PC’s and peripherals together as
in an office, and provides more room to grow.
1.2.3 Application Subsystems
• Multi-room Television and Video: this level appli-
cation requires additional, dedicated pre-
wiring. It allows distribution of video through-
out a home on a dedicated wiring platform It
can be built on the Enhanced infrastructure
level by connecting back to the home enter-
tainment center for sources (CD’s, FM, etc.)
and amplification.
• Multi-Location Stereo: this application or subsys-
tem requires additional, dedicated pre-wiring.
It allows distribution of stereo audio to multiple
locations throughout the home, with speakers
and volume controls in each outfitted location or
with Decora Media wallplates that can deliver
centralized audio/video content from a source
to minisystems and personal electronics
(including PC stations) throughout the home.
• Multi-Location Networking: this level application
will allow two or more PCs on the internet at the
same time, and multiple gaming (two or more
players on the same connection). It is also
popular with families, especially where there is
the need to support business, educational and
recreational internet use at the same time.
Multi-room Internet can also be built onto the
Enhanced infrastructure.
• Family and Home Monitoring: this level applica-
tion requires additional, dedicated pre-wiring.
It provides several camera options for watching
nurseries, backyards and front doors, and
other sensitive areas, as well as delivering the
picture to televisions throughout the home—on
a dedicated “security” channel, or through a
video sequencer. Security Video can also be
easily built on the Enhanced infrastructure.