Australian Standards

  

 

 

 

 

 

 
MANUFACTURING WIRING RULES INSTALLATION NETWORK PERFORMANCE NETWORK DESIGN
AS/CA S008:2020 AS/CA S009:2020 AS/NZS 14763.2:2020 AS/NZS 11801.1:2019 AS/NZS 3084:2017 
    AS/NZS 14763.3:2017 AS 11801.2-6:2019 AS/NZS 3085.1:2004
        AS/NZS 3835.1-2:2006
        ISO/IEC 14763-2 and EN 50174-2

 

Understanding and adhering to Australian standards for structured cabling is crucial as these standards are designed to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of cabling systems. 

 

Australian Standards Overview

 

Manufacturing


AS/CA S008:2020 
Manufacturers Requirements for Customer Cabling Products 

  • Including but not limited to:
    • UV compliance.
    • Copper wire sizing.
    • Colour coding of cables.
    • Outdoor cable properties.
    • Flammability characteristics.

 

Wiring Rules

 

AS/CA S009:2020 
Installation requirements for Customer Cabling (Wiring Rules)

  • Customer cabling wiring rules are to be followed by the installer covering the safety of the cabler, customer, members of the public, and anyone who may come into contact with the installation before, during, or after completion.
  • Including but not limited to:
    • Telecommunications and electrical cable separation distances.
    • Earth potential rise. ( EPR ).
    • Hazardous environments.
    • Electrical energy source class (ES1, ES2, ES3 )
    • Separation from power (150mm at termination or 50mm during cable run, or a durable physical barrier)
    • Separation from HV power single core and multicore terminations and cable.

 

 

Installation

  

AS/NZS 14763.2:2020
Information technology — Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling, Part 2: Planning and installation: 

  • Specifies the requirements for the planning, installation, and operation of telecommunications cabling and cabling infrastructures.
  • Including but not limited to:
    • Quality Assurance
    • Installation Practice
    • Testing of the Installation
    • Inspection
    • Repair

 

AS/NZS 14763.3:2017 
Information technology — Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling, Part 3: Testing of optical fibre cabling: 

  • Specifies the relevant systems and methods for the inspection and testing of installed optical fibre cabling infrastructure.
  • Testing methods explained are based on the existing standards based methodologies and procedures.

 

 

Network Performance

 

AS/NZS 11801.1:2019  
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises General requirements: 

  • Covering the cabling requirements for installations.
  • Including but not limited to:
    • Channel transmission and environmental performance requirements.
    • Link performance requirements.
    • Backbone cabling infrastructure requirements.
    • Component performance infrastructure requirements.
    • Test procedures to verify conformance to the cabling transmission performance requirements.
    • 4mm minimum conductor size for patch leads (26AWG). Reference 11801.1
    • Minimum category for cabling to distributed building services (WAPs, cameras etc.) is Cat 6A (Class Ea). Reference 11801.6 

 

AS 11801.2:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises Office premises: 

  • Including but not limited to:
    • Specify generic cabling for use within office premises, which can comprise single or multiple buildings on a campus.
    • Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling installations.
    • Support the structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within office premises.
    • The interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO).
    • The performance requirements for cabling links and channels.
    • The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures.

  

AS 11801.3:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises Industrial premises: 

  • Specifies generic cabling for use within industrial premises, or industrial areas within other types of premises, which can comprise single or multiple buildings on a campus.
  • Including but not limited to:
    • Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
    • Cabling defined by this Standard supports a wide range of services, including automation, process control, and monitoring applications.
    • Support the structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within office premises.
    • The interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO).
    • The performance requirements for cabling links and channels.
    • The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures.

  

AS 11801.4:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises Single-tenant homes: 

  • The objective of this Standard is to specify generic cabling for single-tenant homes.
  • Covers balanced cabling, optical fibre cabling and coaxial cabling.
  • This Standard specifies a generic cabling for two groups of applications— (a) information and communications technologies (ICT); and (b) broadcast and communications technologies (BCT).
  • The structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within homes; (ii) the interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO) and broadcast outlet (BO).
  • The performance requirements for cabling links and channels.
  • The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures.

 

AS 11801.5:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises Data centres:

  • The objective of this Standard is to specify generic cabling within and to the computer room spaces of data centre premises, or data centre spaces within other types of buildings.
  • Including but not limited to:
    • Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
    • Cabling specified by this Standard supports a wide range of services including voice, data and video that can also incorporate the supply of power.
    • The structure and minimum configurations for generic cabling within data centres.
    • The interfaces at the equipment outlet (EO) and the external network interface (ENI).
    • The performance requirements for cabling links and channels.
    • The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures. 

 

AS 11801.6:2019
Generic cabling for customer premises Distributed building services:

  • The objective of this Standard specifies generic cabling within premises that comprise single or multiple buildings on a campus.
  • Including but not limited to:
    • It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
    • Including telecommunications, e.g., wireless access points, distributed antenna systems.
    • Energy management, e.g., lighting, power distribution, incoming utility metering.
    • Environmental control, e.g., temperature, humidity.
    • Personnel management, e.g., access control, cameras, PIR detectors, time and attendance monitoring, electronic signage, audio-visual projectors.
    • Personal information and alarms, e.g., paging, patient monitoring, nurse call, infant security.
    • Intelligent building systems.

 

 

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Network Design

 

AS/NZS 3084:2017
Telecommunications installations – Telecommunications pathways and spaces for commercial buildings: 

  • Including but not limited to:
    • Pathways and spaces sizing requirements for internal cabling infrastructure.
    • Pathways and spaces sizing requirements for external cabling infrastructure.
    • Conduit fill recommendations.
    • External pit penetration sizing requirements

 

Telecommunications cross reference matrix

Click here to download the handy Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces Cross Reference Matrix (produced by Peter Guenther RCDD) to assist designers and installers quickly correlate topics in AS/NZS 3084:2017, AS/CA S009 and AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.2. NOTE: This is provided on an ‘all due care taken but no responsibility assumed’ basis.

 

AS/NZS 3085.1:2004
Telecommunications installations – Administration of communications cabling systems – Basic requirements:

  • Including but not limited to:
    • Communications outlet, patch panel, and cabling labelling requirements.
    • Communications infrastructure labelling methods and procedures.
    • Telephony installation labelling formats and methods.

 

AS/NZS 3835.1:2006
Earth potential rise – Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel, and plant – Code of practice: 

  • Specifies requirements and code of practice to minimize hazards due to earth potential rise for the protection of telecommunications network users, personnel, and plant. 


AS/NZS 3835.2:2006
Earth potential rise – Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel, and plant – Application guide:

  • Including but not limited to:
    • EPR hazard voltage limits.
    • Assessment of EPR zones.
    • Field test and measurements.
    • Typical hazard zones.

 

(ISO/IEC 14763-2 and EN 50174-2)
Remote Power Categories: 

In an installation, RP Categories are a way to ensure the heat build-up from power supply is managed correctly. There are 3 RP categories.

We use the average current served by a distributor to determine the individual RP category. 

  • RP1 – the average current across all conductors served by a distributor is less than or equal to 212mA.
  •  RP2 – the average current across all conductors served by a distributor is 212mA to 500mA.
  •  RP3 – Limited to the average current limit of <500mA when a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) or a Power Device (PD) at a distributor is attached.

 

Note: Telecommunications cabling carry hazardous levels of energy – AS/CA S009:2020 Page VI.