Honeywell SuperPro Users Manual
U S E R S G U I D E
S u p e r P r o
Distribution Panel
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Benefits of a Structured Wiring System .................................................................. |
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Components of a Structured Wiring System.......................................................... |
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Distribution Panels........................................................................................................ |
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Zones ........................................................................................................................... |
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Coax Distribution Hub ................................................................................................ |
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Telephone Distribution Hub ....................................................................................... |
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Incoming Services....................................................................................................... |
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Expansion Slots........................................................................................................... |
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Wiring and Multi-Media Cable ................................................................................... |
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Receptacles and Multi-Media Outlets ......................................................................... |
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Safety Features of Your Distribution Panel ............................................................ |
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Testing Phone Signal and Surge Suppression ............................................................ |
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How Signals Flow Through a Distribution Panel................................................... |
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Telephone Signal Management.................................................................................. |
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Separating Multiple Lines at the Room Location..................................................... |
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TV Signal Management .............................................................................................. |
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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.
Benefits of 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 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 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 p hone 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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