Planning your network

The first thing you need to do after deciding that the LexCom system is the right one for you, is to plan out where everything is going to go.

You can check the Technical Installation Guide elswhere on this site, but a few points are list below which may help:

• Where are you going to install your distribution panel?
• Plan to run your phone line, data line and TV antenna into your panel.
• Which rooms do you want the telephone patched into (not many in our case, as we have some cordless handsets we will use)
• Which rooms do you want data available in? Will you need more than one data port (for example, a network printer and a PC)?
• Which rooms do you want TV or video signals available in?

Bear in mind that any particular line can be switched for a different purpose as required. For example, if you have two lines running to a room, you can use one for data and one for phone, or one for data and one for video, etc.

We are building the Porter Davis Cremorne 41, which is a double storey home. The plans we drew up for the network points are provided below:



The distribution box lives on the first floor, to the rear of the house (there's an empty bulkhead net to a wardrobe which can be used to house the panel.

In our network there are 11 points downstairs, and 12 points upstairs - making a total of 24 points. The 22 inch cabinet can accomodate up to 26 points, so that's what will go in.

Hope this helps!