Not sure why but these bundles of 24’s are satisfying to look at. 15ft of ladder tray dressing them into swing out cabinet. Anyone else’s hands cramp up sometimes 😂

<div class="md">Not sure why but these bundles of 24’s are satisfying to look at. 15ft of ladder tray dressing them into swing out cabinet. Anyone else’s hands cramp up sometimes 😂
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Work in progress

Downsizing this install and organized the cabling- what do y’all think?

<div class="md">Downsizing this install and organized the cabling- what do y’all think?
</div>

Before and after

Rigid fire-rated mineral insulated cable (MIMS, MICC) in an old office building in Melbourne

What's everyone think of my home media closet?

Latest build. A double wide video switch system fly pack.

A few notes:

First of all Zipties. This is a fly pack. That means it spends a huge part of it's life in a truck going from place to place. It is industry standard to use Zipties on these and not Velcro wraps. If I was to use Velcro wraps the vibration of the truck will have caused them to all fall off within six months.

There are no service loops because in general these cables don't need servicing once built and space is a premium in a fly pack. These cables will live there for the life of this system and it is extremely rare one will go bad. The one common thing that does come loose is the Tally and GPIO connections which do have service loops.

The rack is designed so that any individual component can be removed and sent in for service should the need arise. That means no permanent cabling is attached to any piece of gear.

Pictured here with CCUs loaded. (Bottom right first picture) These are not a permanent part of the rack so they are not wired. They are added or removed per needs of the job the rack is going to. And various models of CCU can be used so no wiring harnesses are placed for them.

The coiled blue cable on the right is for removable control panels. Operators commonly pull these out and put them on a desk in front of the rack so we leave enough cable for them to do that.

All the network cable is just CAT5. Nothing crazy needed for networking. It is just used to control and change settings on various pieces of gear.

Everything that has a redundant power supply gets one power supply in a back up battery and one not in the battery.  That way either power or the battery could fail and you're still running. All battery power cables are blue for easy confirmation that it is wired correctly.

For the industry gear heads: we don't pre wire our systems. We use lots of freelance engineers and find that it's less time consuming for them to just start from scratch and wire it how they want than to read a Bible and decipher how someone else wired it. It also allows freelance engineers to use whatever workflow works best for them. We have also found that pre wired systems have a tendency to get ripped apart on site anyway when someone needs to do something we didn't predict.

The only prewirng done in this system is: power, network, genlock, scope, engineering monitors, and the Carbonite back plane to get high density BNC to full size BNC and to break out Tally GPIO etc.

This system is entirely 4K including all monitors. All pre wiring is done with Canare L 3.3 CUHD 12G SDI cable.

This system is paired with a Ross TD3S console.

A few ergonomic touches: 

Generally a table will be placed in front of this rack for the operator on site.

There are lights in the front of the rack to shine down on the faces of the gear for work in a dark backstage. They are placed under the monitors so they don't glare. They change color, here they are shown in red. The one above the router will also shine down on your table to light up any paperwork you may have or light up your powdered eggs and show bacon from catering.

There is power right at table level on the front. Six outlets just under the teranexes.

Lights in the back of the rack are in 45 degree diffusion tracks so they point in to the rack and not in to your eyes while you're patching.

There is also power open in the back of the rack at the top right if you need to place gear on top of the rack.

There are three sets of rack rails. This allows setting the backplane and lacing bars further in to the rack so you don't have to awkwardly reach around them to get to the shallower gear.

Genlock outs are color coded to the DAs. This way if you have some gear that needs bi-level and some gear that needs tri-level you can quickly see which output feeds which DA and mix your genlock flavors. All without tracing cables, reading a Bible, or trying to see the labels on cable that's buried deep after patching.

And that's it! Enjoy.

<div class="md">Latest build. A double wide video switch system fly pack.

A few notes:

First of all Zipties. This is a fly pack. That means it spends a huge part of it&#39;s life in a truck going from place to place. It is industry standard to use Zipties on these and not Velcro wraps. If I was to use Velcro wraps the vibration of the truck will have caused them to all fall off within six months.

There are no service loops because in general these cables don&#39;t need servicing once built and space is a premium in a fly pack. These cables will live there for the life of this system and it is extremely rare one will go bad. The one common thing that does come loose is the Tally and GPIO connections which do have service loops.

The rack is designed so that any individual component can be removed and sent in for service should the need arise. That means no permanent cabling is attached to any piece of gear.

Pictured here with CCUs loaded. (Bottom right first picture) These are not a permanent part of the rack so they are not wired. They are added or removed per needs of the job the rack is going to. And various models of CCU can be used so no wiring harnesses are placed for them.

The coiled blue cable on the right is for removable control panels. Operators commonly pull these out and put them on a desk in front of the rack so we leave enough cable for them to do that.

All the network cable is just CAT5. Nothing crazy needed for networking. It is just used to control and change settings on various pieces of gear.

Everything that has a redundant power supply gets one power supply in a back up battery and one not in the battery. That way either power or the battery could fail and you&#39;re still running. All battery power cables are blue for easy confirmation that it is wired correctly.

For the industry gear heads: we don&#39;t pre wire our systems. We use lots of freelance engineers and find that it&#39;s less time consuming for them to just start from scratch and wire it how they want than to read a Bible and decipher how someone else wired it. It also allows freelance engineers to use whatever workflow works best for them. We have also found that pre wired systems have a tendency to get ripped apart on site anyway when someone needs to do something we didn&#39;t predict.

The only prewirng done in this system is: power, network, genlock, scope, engineering monitors, and the Carbonite back plane to get high density BNC to full size BNC and to break out Tally GPIO etc.

This system is entirely 4K including all monitors. All pre wiring is done with Canare L 3.3 CUHD 12G SDI cable.

This system is paired with a Ross TD3S console.

A few ergonomic touches: 

Generally a table will be placed in front of this rack for the operator on site.

There are lights in the front of the rack to shine down on the faces of the gear for work in a dark backstage. They are placed under the monitors so they don&#39;t glare. They change color, here they are shown in red. The one above the router will also shine down on your table to light up any paperwork you may have or light up your powdered eggs and show bacon from catering.

There is power right at table level on the front. Six outlets just under the teranexes.

Lights in the back of the rack are in 45 degree diffusion tracks so they point in to the rack and not in to your eyes while you&#39;re patching.

There is also power open in the back of the rack at the top right if you need to place gear on top of the rack.

There are three sets of rack rails. This allows setting the backplane and lacing bars further in to the rack so you don&#39;t have to awkwardly reach around them to get to the shallower gear.

Genlock outs are color coded to the DAs. This way if you have some gear that needs bi-level and some gear that needs tri-level you can quickly see which output feeds which DA and mix your genlock flavors. All without tracing cables, reading a Bible, or trying to see the labels on cable that&#39;s buried deep after patching.

And that&#39;s it! Enjoy.
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Video Switch Fly Pack

<div class="md">Another closet redo.
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Anotha one.

Setting up recent rack and I ran into an issue with a fiber tray being too large to move rails back any further and the fiber boots being too long that door couldn’t close. After some searching I found a product called anyangle that has a small wire in the boot and can be bent up to 90 degrees it’s perfect for our use case, definitely solved the problem!

<div class="md">Setting up recent rack and I ran into an issue with a fiber tray being too large to move rails back any further and the fiber boots being too long that door couldn’t close. After some searching I found a product called anyangle that has a small wire in the boot and can be bent up to 90 degrees it’s perfect for our use case, definitely solved the problem!
</div>

AnyAngle Fiber to the rescue!

I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday: I don't expect I shall return. In fact, I don't mean to, and I have made all arrangements.... I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

<div class="md">I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday: I don&#39;t expect I shall return. In fact, I don&#39;t mean to, and I have made all arrangements.... I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
</div>

Deep breathe. 

Before and after. Apologies for somewhat offset angle, rack is in a spot you need to use wide-angle to get all of it.

This was my first major cleanup job at this scale (123 total patches, for now). Open to constructive feedback/criticism. Was running low on billed time and Velcro, so still needs some cleaning up but about 90% now I’d say. 

Yes, the asymmetric cables on the bottom patch panel have been corrected.

<div class="md">Before and after. Apologies for somewhat offset angle, rack is in a spot you need to use wide-angle to get all of it.

This was my first major cleanup job at this scale (123 total patches, for now). Open to constructive feedback/criticism. Was running low on billed time and Velcro, so still needs some cleaning up but about 90% now I’d say. 

Yes, the asymmetric cables on the bottom patch panel have been corrected.
</div>

First major cleanup job

<div class="md">🤌🏻
</div>

“Entropy”

Customer asked to add and extra cable and more pigtails and connectors to a panel previously installed by another contractor. Had to break all the fibres to be able to add the upgrade.

Panel holds 48 splices. Previous contractor split 24 splices over 2 cassettes. Also just rammed the pigtails in the splice tray was pretty tricky to open.

<div class="md">Customer asked to add and extra cable and more pigtails and connectors to a panel previously installed by another contractor. Had to break all the fibres to be able to add the upgrade.

Panel holds 48 splices. Previous contractor split 24 splices over 2 cassettes. Also just rammed the pigtails in the splice tray was pretty tricky to open.
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<div class="md">🤙🏻
</div>

“Icarus”

<div class="md">🫶🏻
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“The Dawning”

🫣

It’s not perfect, but it’s my best work to date. Cable lacing isn’t a perfect art and there’s always room to grow/learn new techniques. I hope to do even better next time!

Let’s get a few key misunderstandings out of the way. 

1. This is Belden 1855A COAXIAL cable. The only category cable you see is BLUE. 

2. Every single cable was tested, labeled prior to install. There is no need to “replace a cable” or have cables “go bad” as so many people seem to believe happens in this type of install. This is a permanent installation that will exist as long as this router does. Nobody will touch the cables between the router and patch.

3. This is in an existing broadcast television facility. 

4. Tie wraps are my preferred method of lacing but on this project velcro is required. I was approved to use zip ties only as a means of supporting the weight as long as they were on the outside of velcro and NOT cinched all the way right. Hence the little sagging you see.  

5. Service loops are in the floor in an adjacent rack where they should be. I’ve never been a fan of swooping loops in high density racks - it was approved by the team onsite. Each connector can be accessed with an insertion/removal tool without having to push a large loop out of the way. 


Other than that enjoy and feel free to ask me anything about it not listed here! Have a good one.

<div class="md">It’s not perfect, but it’s my best work to date. Cable lacing isn’t a perfect art and there’s always room to grow/learn new techniques. I hope to do even better next time!

Let’s get a few key misunderstandings out of the way. 

<ol>
<li>This is Belden 1855A COAXIAL cable. The only category cable you see is BLUE. </li>
<li>Every single cable was tested, labeled prior to install. There is no need to “replace a cable” or have cables “go bad” as so many people seem to believe happens in this type of install. This is a permanent installation that will exist as long as this router does. Nobody will touch the cables between the router and patch.</li>
<li>This is in an existing broadcast television facility. </li>
<li>Tie wraps are my preferred method of lacing but on this project velcro is required. I was approved to use zip ties only as a means of supporting the weight as long as they were on the outside of velcro and NOT cinched all the way right. Hence the little sagging you see. </li>
<li>Service loops are in the floor in an adjacent rack where they should be. I’ve never been a fan of swooping loops in high density racks - it was approved by the team onsite. Each connector can be accessed with an insertion/removal tool without having to push a large loop out of the way. </li>
</ol>

Other than that enjoy and feel free to ask me anything about it not listed here! Have a good one.
</div>

GV Sirius 850 broadcast router.

Biblically Acurate Hatsune Miku: goddess of machines

First time color coding in new install, 1/3 racks for this building. 6” slim patch cables are AWESOME

SM58s

In the tail of a 60 year old Beechcraft airplane. Even in the 60s people liked it neat! 

<div class="md">In the tail of a 60 year old Beechcraft airplane. Even in the 60s people liked it neat! 
</div>

60 years old

Qualify for a before & after?

Before and After - I can breath! and so can my servers!

Comms Cabinets, looming and Ceiling Entries.

Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users.

Looking for critique.

I know it’s not as pretty and straight as the pros, probably because I’m still up against strict timelines. 

I’d appreciate any constructive feedback. 

I do know the two bundles that dive over the others are incorrect, my apprentices routed those two while I was on another project. 

And because I think some will say to delete the service length, I’ll say that I’m required to include those. 

Thanks guys. 

<div class="md">I know it’s not as pretty and straight as the pros, probably because I’m still up against strict timelines. 

I’d appreciate any constructive feedback. 

I do know the two bundles that dive over the others are incorrect, my apprentices routed those two while I was on another project. 

And because I think some will say to delete the service length, I’ll say that I’m required to include those. 

Thanks guys. 
</div>

Am I worthy? Looking for critique

Switch and Vendor change (Before & After pictures)

Saw The Other Broadway Post - Here’s My Automation Rack

Operation De-Spaghettify the Server Closet

Saw somebody posting their audio tracks from a Broadway show. Here are some patch bays from a Cirque Du Soleil show

<div class="md">Saw somebody posting their audio tracks from a Broadway show. Here are some patch bays from a Cirque Du Soleil show
</div>

More Audio Racks

Backstage sound racks

A place for sharing links to good-looking cabling (primarily data centers) that could be considered art (or porn) to the network junkies of Reddit.

**Subreddit Rules**

**tl;dr: IF IT'S NOT NICE CABLING, EARN A BAN**

1. **IF IT LOOKS LIKE SPAGHETTI, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.** (Earns a long ban)

2. **SEE RULE #1**

3. **Please don't post non-cableporn stuff, or other low-effort content. NO MEMES**

4. **Image posts only, text posts can be directed to /r/cableadvice.**

5. **Small DIY projects belong in /r/cablemanagement or /r/homelab**

6. **Images contained in [this album of common re-posts](http://imgur.com/a/YohRj), should not be posted, and will be removed.**

7. **Reposts of any content posted within the last 6 months or in the [top 100 posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/cableporn/top/) on this sub will be removed.**

8. **Conduit / tubing isn't cable porn.**

9. Images only, no video posts.

While you are welcome to post photos of setups you didn't create, if the photos **are** of your own work, it's worth including a quick write up of what's going on for those curious.

Smaller projects are okay as long as they're exceptionally clean and interesting, and you include some explanation. A good rule of thumb is it should have at *least* 20 cables. Desktop PCs, your home desk, and similar, will be removed (see rule 5).

Please note we do **not** accept NSFW material. This is a subreddit that people view and post to from work.

This subreddit is growing constantly, and we encourage active involvement. If you want to see something here that isn't, get in touch with [iDemonix](http://www.reddit.com/user/idemonix) or the other mods.

**Related Subreddits:**

- /r/conduitporn: If your photo is of conduit, it probably belongs over here!

- /r/cableadvice: Advice on cabling-related projects, techniques, or products.

- /r/homelab: If you want to show off something cool you built, but it's not quite sexy enough for this sub, try here.

- /r/cablemanagement: If it's a picture of the inside of a PC, it probably belongs here.

- /r/cablefail: In case this sub is too tidy for you.

<div class="md">A place for sharing links to good-looking cabling (primarily data centers) that could be considered art (or porn) to the network junkies of Reddit.

Subreddit Rules

tl;dr: IF IT&#39;S NOT NICE CABLING, EARN A BAN

<ol>
<li>IF IT LOOKS LIKE SPAGHETTI, WE DON&#39;T WANT TO SEE IT. (Earns a long ban)</li>
<li>SEE RULE #1</li>
<li>Please don&#39;t post non-cableporn stuff, or other low-effort content. NO MEMES</li>
<li>Image posts only, text posts can be directed to <a href="/r/cableadvice">/r/cableadvice</a>.</li>
<li>Small DIY projects belong in <a href="/r/cablemanagement">/r/cablemanagement</a> or <a href="/r/homelab">/r/homelab</a></li>
<li>Images contained in <a href="http://imgur.com/a/YohRj">this album of common re-posts</a>, should not be posted, and will be removed.</li>
<li>Reposts of any content posted within the last 6 months or in the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/cableporn/top/">top 100 posts</a> on this sub will be removed.</li>
<li>Conduit / tubing isn&#39;t cable porn.</li>
<li>Images only, no video posts.</li>
</ol>

While you are welcome to post photos of setups you didn&#39;t create, if the photos are of your own work, it&#39;s worth including a quick write up of what&#39;s going on for those curious.

Smaller projects are okay as long as they&#39;re exceptionally clean and interesting, and you include some explanation. A good rule of thumb is it should have at least 20 cables. Desktop PCs, your home desk, and similar, will be removed (see rule 5).

Please note we do not accept NSFW material. This is a subreddit that people view and post to from work.

This subreddit is growing constantly, and we encourage active involvement. If you want to see something here that isn&#39;t, get in touch with <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/idemonix">iDemonix</a> or the other mods.

Related Subreddits:

<ul>
<li><a href="/r/conduitporn">/r/conduitporn</a>: If your photo is of conduit, it probably belongs over here!</li>
<li><a href="/r/cableadvice">/r/cableadvice</a>: Advice on cabling-related projects, techniques, or products.</li>
<li><a href="/r/homelab">/r/homelab</a>: If you want to show off something cool you built, but it&#39;s not quite sexy enough for this sub, try here.</li>
<li><a href="/r/cablemanagement">/r/cablemanagement</a>: If it&#39;s a picture of the inside of a PC, it probably belongs here.</li>
<li><a href="/r/cablefail">/r/cablefail</a>: In case this sub is too tidy for you.</li>
</ul>
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