loor duct, or cellular
floor cell
4.
To telecommunications room: Home run conduit to
telephone terminal board
5.
To telecommunications room: Two wall outlets, home
run to telecommunications room and outlet boxes
tied together with conduit
6.
Aerial drop or wire
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7.
Conduit for placing ground wire
8.
Underfloor duct and junction box, triple system (num-
ber of lines entering a box in the header duct run in-
dicates number of systems telephone, electric,
television, etc.)
9.
Conduit to floor outlet placed in slab
10.
Conduit (size and type as noted)
11.
Sleeve (size and type as noted)
12.
Ceiling outlet
Size
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13.
Floor outlet
14.
Wall outlet (height as noted)
15.
Pull box (size as noted)
16.
Trench header feed on cellular or underfloor duct
system
17.
Header duct with access unit on cellular or underfloor
duct system
18.
Telephone panel (entry and security)
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19.
Duplex receptacle outlet
20.
Wall switch
21.
Individual fluorescent fixture
22.
Continuous row fluorescent fixture
23.
Incandescent fixture
24.
Power panel
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25.
Cross-connect
26.
Primary protector, not cross-connected
27.
Placing stamp
28.
Splice and splice number
29.
Transferred pairs in splice
30.
Fixed-count terminal block spliced to cable
1
1
125
PL 70 m (230 ft)
BKMA - 400 pr
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31.
Ready-access type connecting block; pairs terminat-
ed on a fixed-count basis
32.
Protected fixed-count type terminal block spliced to
cable
33.
Protected block spliced to cable with pairs terminated
on a ready-access type connecting block
34.
Optical fiber cable termination
35.
Cable or wire (denote type)
36.
Proposed cable
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37.
Future cable
38.
Cable to be removed
39.
Buried cable
40.
Buried in a joint trench (C = Communications,
E = Electric, G = Gas)
41.
Cable slack (denote slack length)
42.
Underground duct or cable in duct with maintenance
hole
B
BJ
CEG
10 m (33 ft)
MH 1
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43.
Sheath type, gauge, installation type, and pairs
(greater than or equal to 100 pairs)—3 indicates the
number of 100-pair complements
44.
Cable containing less than 100 pairs
45.
Submarine cable
46.
Changes in cable size, count, type, or classification
47.
Point on cable (other than splice) where a division of
measurement or point of record is required
48.
Straight splice, no changes
BKMA-3
BKMA-16 Pr
SUBM
BKMA-3
BKMA-2
BKMA-3
310 m
(1017 ft)
103 m
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49.
Straight splice, with changes
50.
Splice with branch cable
51.
Isolation gap
52.
Splice, buried cable, in pedestal
53.
Encapsulated splice
54.
Cable loop—no splice involved
B
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55.
Pairs cut and ends cleared in splice closure
56.
Cable cut, ends cleared and capped
57.
Insulating joint
58.
Fixed-count terminal
59.
Fixed-count terminal with cable protection
60.
Fixed-count terminal without cable protection
P 1347
Type
Count
Address
53A4-50P
1-50
P 1346
NC 25 A1
51-75
P 1347
AT400-25P
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61.
Interface with moisture plug
62.
Case with factory-equipped stub
63.
Load coils and case
64.
Ground
65.
Ground to multiground neutral vertical ground wire
66.
Power multiground neutral
BKMA-3
PM
PM
LC
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67.
Telecommunications ground rod
68.
Power neutral bond
69.
Bond between separate cable strands
70.
Anchor only
71.
Guy only
72.
Anchor and guy
P.N.B.
Bond
Cable
Cable
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73.
Anchor and insulated guy
74.
Sidewalk anchor and guy
75.
Push brace
76.
Anchor and guy owned by others
77.
Existing pole
78.
Proposed pole
PB
P 1375
25 ft 7
Pole
number
Length
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79.
Pole to be removed
80.
Nonwood pole (indicate material type)
81.
Repeater station—two way
82.
Capacitor (wire diagram)
83.
Buildout capacitors located in case
84.
Optical fiber cable
(Type)
(P 1375)
(25 ft 41)
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85.
Multiplexer
86.
Underground conduit, maintenance hole, and subsid-
iary conduit to pole P1388
87.
Proposed maintenance-hole type, length, width,
headroom, and type of frame and cover
88.
Trench meters (feet) of conduit and type of duct
89.
One 6-pair multiple drop wire
90.
Direct-buried wire
CMDW - 6 PR
B
5-B5
P 1388
Type A
3.7 m x 1.5 m x 2 m
(12 ft x 5 ft x 6.6 ft)
0.76 m (2.5 ft) B F & C
175 m (574 ft)
12 - 40
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91.
Nonprotected wire terminal
92.
Protected wire terminal
93.
Center line
94.
Drop pole
95.
2 x 2 Fluorescent light
96.
2 x 4 Fluorescent light
C
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97.
Electrical power panel
98.
Junction box
99.
Ground bar
100.
Thermostat
101.
Boundary line
102.
Legacy boundary line
ELEC PANEL
GB
J
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103.
Backbone conduit for copper
104.
Backbone conduit for fiber
105.
Backbone conduit
106.
Fiber backbone
107.
Copper backbone
108.
Coaxial backbone
BFC
BFC
BC
BC
OF
OF
COP
COP
COAX
COAX
BCC
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109.
Legacy thicknet cabling
110.
Interior pathways ring run
111.
Interior pathways strand
112.
J hooks
113.
Cable tray
114.
Cable tray (size as indicated)
TN
TN
R
R
ST
ST
J
J
CT
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115.
Ladder rack
116.
Drop location
117.
Existing location to be rewired
118.
Public telephone
119.
Wall telephone
120.
Secure wall telephone
XTW
P
W
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121.
Security panel
122.
Emergency telephone
123.
Drop location with blank plate
124.
Future telephone location
125.
Ceiling-mounted telephone location
126.
Fire alarm panel
S
E
B
FP
C
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127.
Security or fire alarm dialers
128.
Floor mounted
129.
Ceiling access panel
130.
Multiwire splice
131.
Lightning protection
132.
Electronic door operator
A
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133.
Electronic motorized door activation motion detector
134.
Push button (1170 mm [46 in] above finished floor)
135.
Television location
136.
Television location wired to call system
137.
Copier network box (457 mm [18 in] above finished
floor)
138.
Electromagnetic door lock
MD
TV
TC
C
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139.
Electromagnetic door strike with monitoring contact
140.
Magnetic door switch
141.
Security system card reader
142.
Motion detector
143.
Security system magnetic lock key bypass switch
(1170 mm [46 in] above finished floor)
144.
Closed-circuit surveillance camera outlet (2.3 m
[7.5 ft] above finished floor)
DM
CR
MD
KB
CC
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145.
Security system keypad entry station (1170 mm
[46 in] above finished floor)
146.
Closed-circuit surveillance television monitor
(1170 mm [46 in] above finished floor)
K
CM