RE: Wiring program

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxx>]

I'm presuming that you know what's under your floors already, location
of
pipes etc...

If so, then I guess you could use a Cable CAD system, there's a variety
of
systems for large projects, but I would have thought them to be overkill
for
a house. Google should turn up a few suggestions.

If not, then I'd just do a rough sketch. Cable disappears on the reel as
if
by magic as soon as you start to pull it, so make sure you have plenty
of
spare, don't buy just enough or you'll be rushing out to the local DIY
shed
with minutes to go before closing time. (Not that I'd ever admit to it
of
course !)

I have a sheet of A4 for each floor showing the rough location of each
point
in each room and a detail sheet for each room. Recording what's where is
a
good idea, but make sure that you also mark on the boards everything
you
find as it saves time when you revisit.

If you're running more than 1 of each type of cable to a point, then
you'll
save a lot of time by having multiple reels and pulling them in a
single
hit. You may be left with cable over, but you'll need loads of short bits
to
make your patch leads !

Have fun.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Robinson [mailto:ukcueman@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 February 2003 21:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Wiring program
>
>
> I need to plan how I'm going to wire my house. Lots of cat5 and
> coax, mostly. As well as working out cable routes and how much
> cable I'll have at each location etc, I'll also need to record
> exactly what is where for later use.
>
> Does anybody know of a computer program to help with this sort of
thing?
>
> How have other HA'ers planned and/or recorded what's been laid?
>
> TIA,
> Paul
>
>
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