RE: Looking for Patchpanel

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dammit, but your timing sucks Mr Gordon :P

I have such a panel, sitting on my desk right now.

48 port, 2U, grouped in eights - Cat5 Plus, manufactured by BICC BrandRex.

And I was in London on Thursday and Friday - could have dropped it off.

Ah well, contact me off-list. It's your's for the asking.

Ian.




-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon
Sent: 09 April 2006 20:34
To: UKHA_D Group
Subject: [ukha_d] Looking for Patchpanel

Hoping someone can recommend a CAT5 patchpanel... - This is for my Comfort
zone connections... - I'm looking for either a 32port 2U model (I have
found
a couple of suitable candidates of these), or, - and perhaps preferably, a
48-port 2U panel, - but with the ports grouped in blocks of 8 - all the
ones
I've seen so far have them grouped in blocks of 6... - there are *loads* to
choose from blocked in 6, but thus far I haven't found a single one grouped
in blocks of 8... - I'd prefer blocks of 8 purely for aesthetic purposes,
since all the Comfort connections are grouped in 8's (16 input zones, 16
output zones, up to 8 keypads,
etc...) - so it would be a good fit to the comfort cabling scheme to have
logical blocks of 8 ports...  -  makes identifying areas simpler in my
mind...



My other option is to use a 32-port panel, - top row of 16 for inputs,
bottom row of 16 for outputs, and then not put the
keypads/doorstations/UCM's etc via this panel. But wire those straight to
the comfort board instead... - Given that keypads & doorstations
require
shielded cable, this might be a good idea anyway....



However, given that 48-port panels are no more expensive, (and very often
cheaper) than a 32-port, it seems a bit mad to just get a 32....



I've looked in all the usual online suppliers...



Cheers.



Paul G.





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