GUIDES
The lift-cabling reference.
Written by the people who make the cable, for the people who install it. Every guide answers the question in the first paragraph; the rest is the reasoning and the numbers.
DEFINITIONS
The vocabulary — travelling cable, FRLS, GI rope, 2+2 — defined in a sentence each.
CHOOSE
Flat or round, IP or HD, copper or fibre, how much cable.
CAT6 flat vs round CAT6 in a lift shaftInstallers put round CAT6 in lift shafts every week. Here is what fails, when, and what to use instead.Read →How much cable do you need for a lift camera?Travel height to cable length to coil pairs, with the two ways the cable can be hung.Read →Fibre, wireless or copper for elevator cameras — an honest comparisonAll three are used. Here is where each one makes sense, including the cases where CAT6 flat is not the answer.Read →
INSTALL
The sequence on site, the clamp, the plug, the acceptance test.
FIX
When a working lift camera stops working: what to check, in order.
Lift camera video flickers or drops when the lift movesThe four causes, in the order they are most likely, and the test for each.Read →IP camera in the lift keeps going offline — PoE over the travelling loopWhen the NVR shows the lift camera dropping and reconnecting, it is usually power, not network.Read →
BUYERS
For societies, facility managers and AMC decision-makers.
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