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QuickNetwork
QNP
Distribution Panel
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FutureSmart QuickNetwork QNP Distribution Panel Users Guide
Benefits of a Structured Wiring System ...........................................................3
Components of a Structured Wiring System....................................................4
Distribution Panels..........................................................................................4
Zones.............................................................................................................4
Coax Distribution Module...............................................................................5
Telephone Distribution Module ......................................................................5
Expansion Bays .............................................................................................6
W
iring and Multi-Media Cable ........................................................................6
Receptacles and Multi-Media Outlets ............................................................6
H
ow Signals Flow Through a Distribution Panel .............................................7
Telephone Signal Management......................................................................8
Separating Multiple Lines at the Room Location............................................8
Safe
ty Features of Your Distribution Panel ......................................................9
Surge Suppression .........................................................................................9
TV Signal Management...........................................................................10
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Congratulations on your purchased of a FutureSmart QNP Distribution Panel.
Your Distribution Panel seamlessly combines both external services and internal
signals to give you complete control over which signals or services are used in
any location of your home or office.
External Services – External Services are those services that originate outside
your home. The three most common services are telephone service, TV service
(this may be antennae, cable or Satellite TV) and, in certain location, high-speed
Internet service.
Internal Signals – Internal Signals are those signals generated inside the home.
Examples of Internal Signals include movies from a DVD player or VCR, pictures
from a security camera at the front gate or by the swimming pool, music from
your CD player or radio, or MP3 files from your computer. Another example of
Internal signals is sending a print command from the laptop computer in the
kitchen to the computer and printer in the home office.
Your Distribution Panel collects all these types of services and signals and gives
you the ability to control where they go. If you decide to move your home office
or add another computer, your Distribution Panel will allow you to quickly and
conveniently reroute the desired services and signals to the new locations. In
addition, built in expansion slots give you peace of mind in knowing that when
new services or products become available, you can add them to your
Distribution Panel.
Contained in this Users Guide is information about your Distribution Panel, its
benefits and the ways in which you can control, change or add to your
Distribution Panel.
Benefits of a Structured Wiring System
If we compare today’s home to those of the previous decade, we see many
differences. One of the biggest changes we find is the amount of electronics,
and the types of services that are available. Today’s home have satellite dishes,
multiple computers, VCR’s, TV’s and stereo equipment. And services like the
Internet have brought information to us in ways we could not have imagined.
Along with these new products and services comes the need to be able to
manage and control them. For instance, which rooms in your home or office
receive telephone line 1 and which ones receive line 2? Which rooms do you
want to have access to the Internet? What about controlling access to offensive
or mature web pages? Which room will you be able to watch Satellite TV in? If
you move your home office, can you reroute the telephone line or high-speed
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Internet line connected to your computer, or will you have to call the service
provider and wait for them to schedule a house call.
The benefit of a Structured Wiring System is that it allows you to manage signal
distribution in your home and make changes as your needs change. In addition,
installing telephone, data and coax lines in all the rooms of your home now saves
you the time and money of trying to add wiring to your home later.
Components of a Structured Wiring System
There are four main components in a Structured Wiring System. These are:
• The Distribution Panel
• The Wiring and Multimedia Cable and Wire
• The Receptacles and Multimedia Outlets
• System Options
Distribution Panels
The Distribution Panel acts as the “brain” of your Structured Wiring
System. It collects all the incoming services and signals and routes them
to the desired location. The QNP Distribution panel provides you with the
highest level of control and customization. These panels were designed
for you, the homeowner, to make simple changes to your system, such as
activating phone and/or TV outlets in your home, or even disconnecting or
moving the signals around in the home. The design also allows your
installer to make quick and easy upgrades to your system.
The features that make up the system will vary from home to home
depending on the services used. A QNP Distribution Panel includes the
following features and functions.
Zones
The zone area, or patching area, is where all of your telephone,
data and coax wiring connect to the distribution panel. Each zone
represents a location in your home, such as master bedroom, kids
room, guest room, office, entertainment room, kitchen, etc. In
addition, each zone has a space for a label, which is used to
identify the room the zone represents. The wiring coming from the
room connects to the rear of the zone area. Telephone and coax
patch cords are used to “patch” signals from the telephone and
coax distribution modules to the zone area.
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Coax Distribution Module
The Coax Module is used to distribute TV, Cable TV and Satellite
TV signals to multiple locations through out the house. In Addition,
the Coax Module can distribute modulated signals from VCR’s,
DVD’s and cameras to multiple locations through out the house.
The Coax Modules used in the QNP Distribution Panel includes
built in signal amplification (this keeps your picture clear and
strong) and surge suppression.
Telephone Distribution Module
The Telephone Distribution Module is used to distribute both voice
(telephone) and data (fax machines and computers) signals. The
Telephone Distribution Module that comes with the QNP
Distribution Panel includes an Amphenol connector (this provides a
connection point for upgraded telephone systems), Surge
Suppression and a built in RJ31X port for connection to a Security
system. Each Telephone Distribution Module can distribute 4 voice
or data lines to 11 locations.
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Expansion Bays
Expansion Bays provide room for adding additional components to
your Distribution Panel, either at the time of installation, or at a later
date. Optional Modules include high-speed Internet access,
computer networking, video distribution, satellite TV, home
automation, distributed home audio, etc.
Wiring and Multi-Media Cable
One of the most important components of a Structured Wiring System is
the wiring. For example, having a high-speed Internet modem will do you
no good if the wire can’t process the information fast enough. When it
comes to your wiring, you need to ask two questions. How much
information can my wire handle (known as bandwidth) and how fast can it
handle it (known as through-put)?
Receptacles and Multi-Media Outlets
The telephone, data, TV and Multi-Media outlets are where you plug in
your phones, computers TV’s and other electronics. Your Structured
Wiring System will probably consist of a variety of receptacles. These
receptacles may have 1,2,3,4 or 6 connection points on them. In addition,
these receptacles can be custom configured to provide the type of
connectivity you need in each room. They are installed at convenient
locations through out the home.
A common Multi-Media outlet would be configures as shown here.
1. Two RJ45 telecom ports (accept standard
telephone jack inserts) Used for single or
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multiple line telephones, dedicated fax lines,
dedicated modem lines, or data.
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2. Two fiber optic jacks (optional).
Used for hooking computers together for highspeed communications, phone lines, and TV
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video signals.
3. Two RG6 coax TV jacks (“F” connectors)
Used for video (cable TV, antenna, satellite, cable modem, and internal
video).
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How Signals Flow Through a Distribution Panel
Understanding how signals flow through your Structured Wiring System will help
you perform basic functions like rerouting signals or adding additional points of
service. The following is a basic overview of how signals enter and flow through
your home.
1. Telephone and TV signals enter your home at a box called the
Demarcation Box.
2. Once these signals and services are connected to the Demarcation Box, a
Multi-Media cable is used to connect the Demarcation box to the
Distribution Panel. This is referred to as the Demarcation run.
3. With the Demarcation Run connected at the distribution panel, we can
now use the FutureSmart Zone area to select which rooms we want to
have telephone, TV or Internet services. The Wiring and Multi-Media
cable connects the distribution panel to the receptacles in each room,
creating the roadway for signals to travel.
4. At the receptacle location, we use telephone and TV patch cords to
connect from the receptacles to the equipment in the room.
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Telephone Signal Management
One of the Distribution Modules on your QNP Distribution Panel is the
Telephone Distribution Module (labeled as TP Distribution Module). With
this Module you can distribute up to 4 telephone lines to 11 locations. The
diagram below shows how signals flow through the Telephone Distribution
Module.
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1. Your installer connected the incoming telephone lines to the telephone
connection on the rear of the module.
2. A short patch cord is used to patch lines 1 and 2 to the Telephone
Distribution Module. The Telephone Distribution Module acts as a
splitter. Whatever signals are patch into port one (in this case we
connected lines 1 and 2), are available as outputs on ports 2 – 11.
3. Using longer patch cords, we route lines 1 and 2 from the Telephone
Distribution Module to the Zones on the upper portion of the
Distribution Panel.
Separating Multiple Lines at the Room Location
The FutureSmart Line Breakout Box (part # LBO1) provides an easy way
to separate and access up to four individual phone lines at any MultiMedia Outlet or standard telephone outlet location.
The LBO1 can be added anytime, and
can be attached directly to the MultiMedia or Telephone outlet by replacing
the bottom screw in the receptacle with a
double-headed screw (supplied with the
LBO1) and hanging the LBO1 from the
receptacle.
In addition, by using a longer patch cord,
the LBO1 can be placed on the desktop
or any other convenient location. Once
the LBO1 is installed on the bottom of
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the receptacle, a short patch cord (supplied with the LBO1) is used to
connect from the telephone port on the receptacle to the L1-L4 Input on
the LBO1.
The LBO1 separates the 4 incoming
telephone lines and sends them to the
4 ports on the bottom of the LBO1. As
you can see in the diagram below, the
port on the far right is for line one (this
port also can be used for two line
telephones), the second port from the
right is line 2, the third port from the
right is line 3, and the port on the left is
for line 4. You will also notice a pass
thru port on the left hand side. This
allows all four lines to pass to another
device or to another LBO1 Line
Breakout Box.
Safety Features of Your Distribution Panel
Surge Suppression
Your QNP Distribution Panel provides surge suppression for both
telephone and coax signals. This surge suppression can handle most of
the daily surges and spikes. The surge suppression board contains
resetable transorbs, which will reset after a spike or surge. However, if
your home receives an unusually large spike, or is struck directly by
lighting, the surge suppression board may blow. If the spike or surge is
strong enough to blow the transorb, then you will need to replace it.
We suggest that only Authorized FutureSmart Installer perform surge
suppression board replacements.
Telephone Surge Suppression Board
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TV Signal Management
1. Your installer ran a RG6 coax cable from the demarcation point to the
Coax input on the rear of the Coax Distribution Module.
2. The coax wires coming from the rooms in your home are connected to
the coax outputs of the distribution module.
3. Satellite TV inputs are connected to the coax inputs on the rear of the
module.
4. Coax wires running to the rooms containing the Satellite dish receivers
are connected to the SATV coax outputs.
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