Honeywell SuperPro Users Manual
U SERS G UIDE
SuperPro
Distribution Panel
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FutureSmart SuperPro 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 Hub ................................................................................................ 5
Telephone Distribution Hub ....................................................................................... 5
Incoming Services....................................................................................................... 6
Expansion Slots........................................................................................................... 6
Wiring and Multi-Media Cable...................................................................................6
Receptacles and Multi-Media Outlets.........................................................................7
Safety Features of Your Distribution Panel............................................................7
Testing Phone Signal and Surge Suppression............................................................7
How Signals Flow Through a Distribution Panel...................................................9
Telephone Signal Management..................................................................................10
Separating Multiple Lines at the Room Location ..................................................... 11
TV Signal Management..............................................................................................12
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FutureSmart SuperPro Distribution Panel Users Guide
Congratulations on your purchased of a FutureSmart SuperPro 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.
Benefitsof a Structured Wiring SystemBenefitsof a Structured Wiring System
If we compare today’s home to a home in the 80’s, we see many differences.
One of the biggest changes we will 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 20
years ago.
Along wi th 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.
Componentsofa Structured Wiring SystemComponentsofa 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 SuperPro 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 SuperPro 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 hubs to the zone area.
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