2009 BICSI Winter Conference

sCHedule affect the ways one can specify, design, install and test telecommunications cabling infrastructure. This seminar is an excellent way to hear about what’s happening in standards. 1-1:30 p.m. New Member Orientation 1:30-4:30 p.m. Pre-conference seminars (choose one) troubleshooting a signal reception or distribution problem will be easily completed. This seminar will cover all the basic components of a DISH and DIRECT TV headend, the wiring configurations and signal readings, as well as the distribution network for an apartment, condo or multi-story building to include riser diagrams and wall plate (outlet) readings. This seminar does not cover L-Band overlay, but will speak to the adding and troubleshooting of digital QAM. q “Truth about the new 802.11n Wi-Fi systems,” Joe Bardwell, Connect802 Corporation, San Ramon, California q TR-42 standards update,” “TIa n Herbert Congdon II, Tyco Electronics, 3 CECs – RCDD, NTS, OSP, WD, ITS Installer/Technician 802.11n is gradually moving to the forefront for Wi-Fi deployment in corporations and educational institutions. Deploying an 802.11n network is very different from its 802.11b/g predecessor. The only way to avoid costly, timeconsuming and embarrassing mistakes is to understand the similarities and differences between emerging Wi-Fi and where Wi-Fi is today. This seminar provides a solid technical foundation that will be readily understood by all with design and deployment guidelines that will help identify and avoid potential implementation and budgetary pitfalls. Greensboro, North Carolina n Julie Roy, RCDD, NTS, C2 Consulting, Conover, North Carolina n Valerie Maguire, Siemon, Watertown, q “Convergence to CCTV: The Path to IP,” n Carol Everett Oliver, RCDD, Berk-Tek, a Connecticut 3 CECs – RCDD, NTS, ITS Installer/Technician This seminar will cover the latest updates on cabling standards, review new projects and summarize recent publications. Attendees will get an insider’s view of how TIA TR-42 develops new documents and learn how these documents affect the ways one can specify, design, install and test telecommunications cabling infrastructure. This seminar is an excellent way to hear about what’s happening in standards. Nexans Company, New Holland, Pennsylvania n George Wojtan, Network Video Technologies, Menlo Park, California n Adrian Parvulescu, JVC Professional Products, Wayne, New Jersey 3 CECs – RCDD, NTS, OSP, WD, ITS Installer/Technician CCTV systems are evolving from analog-based systems to a hybrid scenario and eventually moving to an IP-addressable system over a standards-based structured cabling network. Selecting an end-to-end cabling system will assure real-world performance for today’s and tomorrow’s CCTV and emerging building applications onto a common LAN environment to become part of an efficient ITS infrastructure. Together, Berk-Tek, JVC and NVT will provide an insight into how to best prepare your network for analog, hybrid and emerging IP data, voice and video (CCTV) applications. Topics include selecting cable media (UTP and fiber), connectivity equipment, media conversion, camera types and compression, bandwidth criteria and integration through best practices. 4-4:30 p.m. First Timers Orientation (repeat session) 4:30-7:30 p.m. BICSI Reception and Exhibits 5:30-6 p.m. and 6:30-7 p.m. What’s New? What’s it Do? q “Making MasterFormat™ 2004 Work for You,” Michael J. King and Henn Rebane, ARCOM, Alexandria, Virginia q “Truth about the new 802.11n Wi-Fi systems,” Joe Bardwell, Connect802 Corporation, San Ramon, California 3 CECs – RCDD, NTS, OSP, WD, ITS Installer/Technician First introduced in February 2005, MasterFormat™ 2004 transformed the 40-year-old, 16-division format (where ITS subjects were buried in Divisions 13 and 16) into a new 50-division format that has separate divisions for communications and electronic safety and security. These new opportunities come with some shortcomings, as well as the need to change our frame of reference through which we all view the construction project delivery process. This seminar focuses on where MasterFormat™ 2004 covers structured cabling, how to use that organization of subject matter to assist in making proposals for only the work in which you are interested and how to cope with management and cost issues imposed on the ITS contractor by the general and special conditions (Divisions 0 and 1). This seminar also covers how MasterFormat™ 2004 is adapted to design-build, design-bid-build, single general contractor, multiple contracts, construction manager process and commissioning activities. 3 CECs – RCDD, NTS, OSP, WD, ITS Installer/Technician 802.11n is gradually moving to the forefront for Wi-Fi deployment in corporations and educational institutions. Deploying an 802.11n network is very different from its 802.11b/g predecessor. The only way to avoid costly, timeconsuming and embarrassing mistakes is to understand the similarities and differences between emerging Wi-Fi and where Wi-Fi is today. This seminar provides a solid technical foundation that will be readily understood by all with design and deployment guidelines that will help identify and avoid potential implementation and budgetary pitfalls. q “understanding RF and Cable TV Headends,” James George, American Cable Services, Ocala, Florida 3 CECs – RCDD, NTS, ITS Installer/Technician Information technology specialists today need to understand the basic components of a cable TV headend and what to expect in RF levels and values. Once a basic understanding is obtained,

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