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TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) has released the TIA-568-C.0/ C.1 standard. This replaces the older (but commonly used) TIA-568-B.1 and its addenda.

The standards doc. TIA-568-C.0 and C.1 will be combined with the TIA-568-C.3 Fiber Optic Cabling Components Standards (published mid ’08) and TIA-568-C.2, Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components Standard (release date: TBA) to form the “TIA-568-C suite of standards”.

What does TIA-568-C standards give you over the older TIA 568-B?

The new standard will be more of a generic structured cable document emphasizing on efficiency and effectiveness. It aims to put all common cabling information within a single source; allowing cable usage in different types of facilities and premises within a multi product/ multi vendor environment. The TIA-568-C.0 standards document will cover cabling requirements, structure, topologies, distances, installation, performance and testing.

TIA-568-C suite of standards breakdown:

TIA-568-C.0 Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises
TIA-568-C.1 Commercial Building Telecommunication Cabling Standards – Part 1 General Requirements
TIA-568-C.2 Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components Standard (release date: TBA)
TIA-568-C.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard

Here is a podcast from TIA’s Henry Cuschieri and TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee Chair Herb Congdon, Manager of Standards and Technology for AMP NETCONNECT Systems at Tyco Electronics, discussing the recent updates to TR-42 cabling infrastructure standards, the recent updates to TR-42 cabling infrastructure standards, the work underway in the committee’s Green Issues Task Force, including the revision of the Building Automation Standard (BAS) TIA-568-C series.

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Press Release

TIA Online

Purchase TIA-568-C.0, TIA-568-C.1, TIA-568-C.3 here.

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This standard describes the elements contained in a cyber security management system for use in the industrial automation and control systems environment and provides guidance on how to
meet the requirements described for each element.