a board in the wiring closet that is used to connect the backbone wiring with the classroom termination wiring in an organized and maintainable manner.

A rack mount panel with jacks for temporary interconnection and patching of audio components.

A generic device that allows for organizing and connecting the fiber optic cables coming from the ASX-4000.

Device for manual switching and routing of signals. Connectors are provided for sources and destinations. The user makes the desired configuration with physical jumper links.

A panel used to tie a receiver or transmitter to its associated equipment.

A system of terminal blocks, patch cords & backboards that facilitates administration of cross- connect fields for moves & rearrangements.

An assembly of pin locations and ports which can be mounted on a rack or wall bracket in the wiring closet. Patch panels act like switchboards that connect workstations cables to each other and to the outside.

A device in which temporary connections can be made incoming lines and outgoing lines. It is used for modifying and reconfiguring a communications system or connecting devices such as test instruments to specific lines. A patch panel differs from a distribution frame in that the interconnections on a distribution frame are intended to be permanent.

A surface panel which serves as a junction board between the survey panels and various survey lines. The patch panel allows easy access to all cable and ground line conductors. Conductor functions can be interchanged or checked rapidly for continuity, insulation, or quality of signal brought to the surface. Also, provides easy access to output of surface panels.

Typically an EIA or a flat panel containing an array of connectors for the manual managing of input and output signals from two various devices.

A panel usually rack mounted with jacks on the front to allow a patch cable to connect any of the two jacks to each other. The jacks immediatelt above and below each other may be normalled. In a typical configuration, the microphone jacks located anywhere in a building are wired to the top row of the patch panel; each platform jack to one panel jack. The bottom row is then wired to the inputs ona mixing console. Then a patch cable is placed between the top row jack that a microphone is plugged into, and the bottom jack corresponding to the channel on the mixer that is to control the microphone.

A passive device, typically flat plate holding feed through connectors, to allow circuit arrangements and rearrangements by simply plugging and unplugging patch cables.

An array of connectors in the network cabinet to allow circuit rearrangements by plugging in patch cords.

A panel which allows different circuits to be connected to dimmer channels.

The common cross connect method used inside an equipment room. Typical Patch Panels utilize 110 or Krone connectors (on the rear) to connect to the horizontal cabling and modular jacks on the front to connect to equipment via patch cords.

a central point for things lie phone lines, alarm systems, Audio/Video wires (example wires for speakers, cable for satellite

a central wiring point for multiple devices on a UTP network and itself contains no electronic circuits

an interconnecting device through which horizontal cabling runs an be connected to other networking devices such as hubs and repeaters

a panel, typically rack mounted, that may house cable connections

An assembly of pin locations and ports, mounted on a rack or wall bracket. A patch panel acts like a switchboard where cable from schoolrooms can be connected to each other (forming a local network) and to the outside (linking to the Internet or other wide area network). Krone and 110 are the names of two kinds of patch panels; Krones are made by Krone, and 110s are made by many companies. The patch panel in each NetDay kit has 24 ports and enough pin locations to wire 24 cables.

A component that connects all of your CAT 5, CAT 5e, or CAT 6 computer cabling together. This is usually found near your Internet connection or your communications closet.

A junction or interface where telephone lines or computer network cables can be easily and quickly connected or moved using short patch cords. A patch panel saves time and costs when installing or reconfiguring telephone or computer access.

A panel where circuits are terminated and facilities provided for interconnecting between circuits by means of jacks and plugs.

A connecting hardware with a series of jacks in which a plug is inserted to make an electrical signal.

The board on which one connects circuits to dimmers.

Patch bay. Traditionally, a master controlling device in which patch cords were used to route various audio and video sources to appropriate pieces of production equipment. Today, patch panels rely on solid-state or computer-based switching.

A group of network ports stuck together for easy accessibility. Usually this panel resides in a wiring closet or server room. Connections are made between...

A device where data cables are terminated. Patch panels allow wiring to be easily reconfigured based on need. Patch panels are more for convenience and are not needed in order to make a successful data network.

A panel that contains means for changing circuit configurations; usually, it consists of receptacles/jacks into which jumpers/plugs can be inserted.

A rack-mountable panel (usually 19" wide) containing connecting hardware.Used to patch between groups of cables and equipment.

Connecting hardware that typically provides means to connect horizontal or backbone cables to an arrangement of fixed connectors that may be accessed using patch cords or equipment cords to form cross-connections or interconnections.

A device that connects computers on a LAN to one another and to all incoming and outgoing lines from another LAN, a WAN, or the Internet.

An electrical panel where individual circuits can be connected to the physical dimmers in a dimming system. Common patch panels look like large old-fashioned telephone switchboards. Patch panels have all but been replaced by dimmer per circuit systems in which the dimmer to circuit relationship is permanently fixed. A touring lighting system rarely includes a patch panel since individual connections between circuits can be made directly on the dimmer rack. See Also: Dimmer Per Circuit Dimmer Circuit

Termination and administration hardware designed to accommodate the use of patch cords. It facilitates administration for moves and changes.

A board to which connectors of one type have been attached on one side and connectors of another type have been attached to the other side.

A cross-connect system of matable connectors that facilitates administration.

A passive wiring device that facilitates manual patching of end users onto ports on one or more network hubs.

A connectorized cross-connect for interconnecting cables and devices.

An array of jacks through which a number of circuits can be connected or interconnected by patch cables.

A patch panel or patch bay is a panel, typically rackmounted, that houses cable connections. One typically shorter patch cable will plug into the front side, while the back will hold the connection of a much longer and more permanent cable. The assembly of hardware is arranged so that a number of circuits, usually of the same or similar type, appear on jacks for monitoring, interconnecting, and testing circuits in a convenient, flexible manner.