User Documentation
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Planning
2.3.4 Structure of generic communication cable systems
Primary area (Campus Distributor)
• Cabling of individual buildings together at the same site
Secondary area (Building Distributor)
• Vertical storey cabling
Tertiary area (oor distributor / machine distributor)
• Cabling to the end user
• Cabling to a machine and inside a machine
2.4 EN 50174-2 Information technology – Installation of
communication cabling
EN 50174-2 contains requirements for planning and implementing a cabling.
2.5 MICE matrix
The MICE matrix according to (DIN) EN 50173-1 covers the environmental
requirements for cabling.
Ambient conditions are classied by:
Mechanical Mechanical properties
Ingress Sealing properties
Climatic/Chemical Climatic/chemical properties
Electromagnetic Electromagnetic properties
There are three different degrees of severity:
1 – Generally sufcient for ofce environments
2 – Generally sufcient for light industry
3 – Sufcient for heavy industry