Device Connectivity
Many interconnection technologies are used with automated home designs, including various types of communications cable, low-voltage wiring, and wireless systems. The following sections include the characteristics of each type of media used to connect the components of a whole home design.
Communications Cable
Table 12.1 includes the specification naming conventions and markings you will need to know for communications cabling used in the installation of automated home systems.
| Marking | Naming Convention |
|---|---|
| MPP | Multipurpose plenum [cable] |
| CMP | Communications plenum |
| MPR | Multipurpose riser |
| CMR | Communications riser |
| MPG | Multipurpose General-purpose |
| CMG | Communications General-purpose |
| MP | Multipurpose |
| CM | Communications general-purpose ... |
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