ICT 

Audits in Intelligent Buildings

(Cabling Side)

Nelson Farfán  RCDD  
Regional Technical Manager, SIEMON Co.
Bicsi CALA District Vice Chair
TIA  TR 42   Att.
ISO SC25 WG3 Att.
Uptime ATS Certified
 • Importance
• Guidelines & 
Criticality
• Standards 
• Preventive 
Maintenance
Audits in Intelligent 
Buildings
 Most used standards for I.B. cabling.
• ISO/IEC 11801-6 2017 Part 6: Distributed building
services.
• ANSI/TIA-862-B “Structured Cabling Infrastructure
Standard for Intelligent Building Systems ”
• TIA TSB-184-A 2017 ISO29125 Supporting Power
DeliveryOver Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling
• IEEE802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair 2018 D
• ANSI/BICSI-ANSI/BICSI 007-2017, Information
Communication Technology Design and
Implementation Practices for Intelligent Buildings and
Premises
By using the above standards, the design and audit
of smart buildings will be successful.
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International and American Standards
ISO 11801‐6                        TIA 862‐B
 Total Convergence for I.B.
• Multiple building systems can
be run over a single IT cabling
infrastructure
• These systems can include:
– voice/data
– video surveillance
– access control
– audio/video
– fire alarms/safety
– energy management
– HVAC
– digital signage
– Smart lighting
Traditional – Multiple systems, Converge – Multiple systems,
multiple proprietary cabling types one structured cabling
– DAS
infrastructure
.

Traditional intelligent building platforms

• Current building communication systems The Goal is:
use a vast array of different protocols and
cabling.

-Copper cable category 6A

or higher.
-Multimode or single-mode
• In a traditional building you can find more than six different fiber mainly in the
types of cables, including
W W W . S I E M Omany separate raceways.
N . C O M
backbone
 Why do we need an Audit and how to do it?
• “A system that is properly tested and commissioned will provide the 
designer, installer, and client with a system that works correctly and 
meets the client’s requirements”
• We must do a plan including :
– Training.
• Using and troubleshooting
– Testing Procedures,
• Certification for 100% of copper and fiber links
– Acceptance of testing
• Limits, standards to use (ISO/TIA/EN..)
– Documentation
• Operation and maintenance manuals, Labeling and Drawings
Font : Bicsi 007
 New accepted topology in I.B.

MPTL Modular Plug Terminated Link. (Terminated in field)

What to audit:
-Channel lenght: 95 mts
-Connected to fixed devices (LED Lighting, CCTV cameras,
Wireless Access Points, BAS devices) .
-Link Certified with appropiate Plug Test Adapter.
 Zone cabling. New design consideration for I.B.
• As per IEEE802.11ac, two links
Cat6A are recommended for WAPs.
• Verify use of solid conductor cable
in non-temperature controlled área,
if stranded is used, not to exceed 5
mts.
• LED lighting can use centralized or
distributed PoE from a switch.

‐Not to exceed 22.5 mts length in hexagonal pattern

-No more than 96 outlets served from a zone área.
-Allowance of 25% capacity of spare port for future.
 Cabling Components
Review compliance standards :
ISO/IEC recommends configuration of links
with a Class EA minimum performance for
Service Distribution.
- Category 6A components or Category 8.1
components provide Class EA balanced
cabling
performance,
--Category 7A components or Category 8.2
components provide Class FA balanced
cabling
performance, Fiber:
-Category 8.1 components cannot be used to
provide Class F or Class FA cabling
OM3 2000 Mhz
performance. OM4 4700 Mhz
OS1   1.0  dB/km
Font:ISO11801‐6 2017
OS2 0.5 dB/Km
 Control the increase in power delivered

• PoE Plus Plus project under

discussion .Target 2018
• Objective: 100W over 4-pairs
• Joint project supported by
HDBASE-T Alliance to provide
remote power to devices.
Number of cables in Bundle
• Verify the de-rating channel length
(1A over Each Pair)
because the operation temperature. Worst Case Temperature Rise
of 10°C
Category 6A U/UTP – Loss of 18mt at 60ºC 
Category 5e 22
Category 6A F/UTP – Loss of 7mt at 60ºC Category 6A UTP 44
Category 6A F/UTP 63
Category 7A S/FTP 100
 Class and Type of PoE
• New Types and clases Will
permit the use of more
equipment with higher
• . power requirement as LED
lighting , Pan/Till/zoom
Cameras

Un-mating a PD equipment while the

current is applied causes an arc that can
damage the Jack or plug, therefore it
must be demanded compliance with the
ISO/IEC 60512-99-001 standard that
requires 100 mated/unmated tests under
load with 55 volts and currents of
600mA,-
 Verify pathways to comply with separations
and maximum filling.
• Use the tables of ISO 14763-2 that take into
account the different categories of cable, the
type of receways and the electrical current
circulating, to determine the separation space
between Data cables and electrical ones.
• Maintain a minimum bend radius of 4 times its
diameter for copper and 10 times for fiber,
• Do not fill Pathways more than 60%
• Use labels for links, raceways, spaces,
grounding. Guide ISO-14763.1 TIA606B
Power Audits ‐ Guidelines
Electrical Distribution 
System ‐Substations & 
Feeders

Transformer Optimization –
Cable Sizing & Loss 
Reduction

Motor Loading Survey and 
Lighting System
 HVAC
Centralized HVAC monitoring
Chillers
AHUs
VAV Equipment
Audits
We have always had 
methods to audit 
different systems
 Conclusions
By auditing the physical level in an I.B. We can be sure of
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achieving the client's objectives and a successful result

within the economic and technical parameters.

-A good audit prevents installation problems with

equipment and improves the users safety.

-The IoT is demanding the implementation of new

technologies in buildings and we must ensure they are
well applied to obtain low operational costs while offering
comfort to users.
 Thanks

Nelson Farfán  RCDD  
Regional Technical Manager, SIEMON Co.
Bicsi CALA Vice Chair
TIA  TR 42   Att.
ISO SC25 WG3 Att.
Uptime ATS Certified