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Method of installing an integrated data, voice, and video communication network

  • US 5,829,130 A
  • Filed: 11/19/1996
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of assembling and installing a communication network, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a cabinet having a first set of connectors secured thereto;

    mounting a wiring harness within the cabinet at an assembly site;

    mounting a main processing system within the cabinet at the assembly site;

    mounting a network hub within the cabinet at the assembly site;

    coupling the main processing system and the network hub to the first set of connectors with the wiring harness;

    loading software onto the main processing system at the assembly site;

    assembling a main distribution frame at the assembly site so that the main distribution frame has a second set of connectors;

    mounting the main distribution frame to a building structure at an installation site which is remote from the assembly site, wherein (i) the building structure supports a number of data and telecommunication lines, and (ii) the number of data and telecommunication lines includes a number of terminal ends;

    creating an electrical connection between the second set of connectors and the number of terminal ends of the number of data and telecommunication lines at the installation site; and

    connecting the first set of connectors of the cabinet to the second set of connectors of the main distribution frame at the installation site.

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