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Comments (16)
Undisclosed Integrator #1
So along this line, what label maker to use? It needs to be easy to use, have label cartridges readily and inexpensively available and durable.
We use various models of Dymo's Rhino line. Overall they are ok. Our consistency in print quality with them varies (fully charged printer battetry or not) and I've seen some of the actual cable labels start to unpeel on occasion.
Anyone have a label maker they love?
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Cliff Ziegler
We opt for the machine printed labels using a CAD program (export the label ID's generated from the program). we use a Brady BBP81 and other series in other branches Printer. Having all of the design done before deploying help keep costs down. In the event that you need to make a change on site and cannot wait for the new label, opt for something that can be plugged in (but also battery powered) as noted below if the batteries are weaker, the label doesn't always come out well- Portable printer, but the most important item in all of this is ensuring that the labels are the same on both sides of the wire, and the accompanying documentation (decryption key for the formatted ID on the label) outlining the signal flow for the system(s). Without this, a label is not helpful at all.
Another reason that we opt for a system-generated label, and is not consistent with rooms staying the same- principle stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the building change and rooms change. One day the room may be an office, then changed to storage, and then once more to an open gather area capturing fewer rooms. Now, with these changes, how do you approach numbering, if fewer rooms do you then have to remove others from the patches and rename each one to keep order? Or how do you identify classroom C110–B-37 in the TR room, when it's gone and now the new friendly name on the room is now a file room listed as C110-B-32 (yet the data plate inside the room hasn't changed but the room has? IMO, random generation from a program like CAD electrical provides the best long-term value. Other programs I have also included, can be Stardraw, Wirecad, Vidcad, D-tools, Autocad, Visio. Some are better than others, and others cost less, so you deal with the issues that program may have until you have had enough.
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
I happy if the cable is just LABELED!!!! let alone neatly. All to many times there is no label.
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Paul Petinga
I personally was a Rhino user. I have a few of the 5200,& 4200 systems. About a year and half ago I switched to epson LW-PX400 & Epson LABELWORKS PX LW-PX700PC. I use these everyday and like them much better. I use the heat shrink, general labels and die cuts and barcodes. The PX400 has great apps Epson iLabel and Datacom which makes the labels easy to make in the field and professional looking.
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Kyle Folger
I'll pass on pre-printed wire labels unless they are for temporary use. I've had them fall off.
I've seen number tags in control panel wiring on DIN rails for equipment I service not related to surveillance. However, the tags go all the way around the cable. I wouldn't use the the ones displayed in the photo.
Handwritten labels and sharpie labels/write on cable are only temporary. I relabel at the end of the project with printed labels. I want others to be able to read the label. I will generally write on the cable, but for black cable I have been using the Write-On from 3M. Between writing directly on the cable and using the 3M, it's about the same. However, you can use a ballpoint pen to write on the 3M lables which allows for finer printing.
I like the idea of machine printed labels, but often times requires a lot of pre-planning and isn't worth it for smaller jobs.
Generally the label scheme I use is PP0X-PXX and label the patch panel. Most smaller jobs won't have multiple IDF's around the building. Using a room number sounds like a good idea until that changes. I noticed that jacks on a wall called out a room number on the plate. I'm sure this matched the construction prints, but the room was simply called a name and had no number on it. Or the room could have been changed from the prints right after construction.
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Undisclosed End User #3
For what is defined as "Structured Cabling" (permanent cabling) :
Instead of labeling the patch panel id, I find it best to just keep the patch panels in series, so the second patch panel starts with #49 (assuming 48 port panels). Then on your labeling scheme, you just label IDF # and then your port number. And if you only have 1 IDF, then you only need the port number.
You can get 960 ports into a single rack of patch panels.
Very simple. But you must label the patch panels because you can't rely on the pre-marked port numbers that will start over at 1-48 with each successive patch panel. Very important step!
Patch Cabling:
Labeling the patch cord from the patch panel to the switch is what really should have the self-laminating labels with switch name, slot, port, jack id. Although in some scenarios, it's best to not label the patch cables at all. If it is the kind of environment where multiple people are coming in randomly and moving cables around and doing moves/adds/changes, usually a junior network engineer, you are better off not even labeling them because he'll move someone without changing the label. Then you've got incorrect labeling which is, in my opinion, worse than no labeling. In most idf environments, it's not hard to tug out an unlabeled patch cord to see where it goes in the room, usually the same rack or next rack. When you see a label is switch2 port 22, you are probably going to verify that anyway, right?
I only use patch cable labels in data center scenarios where accidentally unplugging the wrong thing could cause big time problems, and you have tens of thousands of cables running everywhere, and tugging or toning them out isn't practical. These environments are also usually controlled such that you don't have random people coming in and touching things they shouldn't be touching.
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Chris Daniels
What is TIA/EOE 606-A? The latest labeling standard I've seen is ANSI/TIA-606-C. Not familiar with the EOE. If this is just typo and intended to be EIA rather than EOE, I believe the EIA acronym was dropped from the standard with the 606-B revision.
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Chris Daniels
Great job addressing the labeling guide BTW!
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Undisclosed #5
This will sound stupid, but I have used date/time with no other info, like 10/31/18 9:30 written on both ends. I kept a x-ref on my phone with the ports/devices.
Usually I just need to find the other matching end, so it’s enough to do that. And the date keeps a rough grouping by project.
Reason for not putting port# etc? I invariably would need to move a plug on a switch or panel and would have to relabel. Which means I wouldn’t relabel. So they would get all out of whack and be more confusing with the wrong info.
I wished that someone would make patch cables with pre-printed UIDs, but no one does that I’m aware of.
This degenerate line of thinking led me to my current folly/quest:
Who Offers The Most Distinct Colors For Category Patch Cables?
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