SKY Satellite and Terrestrial Television Structured Cable Distribution System (CAT5e)

Marathon Oil CAT5e TV Distribution

Brief

To relocate the satellite and terrestrial television distribution system from the 4th floor Capital House onto the 3rd floor server room.

To employ a system to distribute the 12 television channels through the structured cabling. With individual channel selection using infrared remote control.

Solution

The Scion Technologies PRO 1000 16-channel video and audio distribution switch was chosen.

SKY digiboxes were retained to produce the seven satellite channels.

Stavekirk’s XChannel Pro television tuners were used to produce the terrestrial television channels.

Implementation

The existing television distribution equipment was removed and relocated in a 27U rack with the inclusion of suitable cable and power management.

Rack Diagram

Schematic Diagram

Cross Patch Reference Table

Date Location Data Outlet Scion Tech Remote Room
09/02/04 Trading room 240 #1 Hitachi 3/41
09/02/04 Russell Wall 099 #2 WinTV 3/41
09/02/04 John Bradley 103 #3 Sony 3/40
09/02/04 Reception 50” 195 #4 None Reception
09/02/04 Reception 46″ 196 #5 None Reception

Back of rack

Television and SKY digiboxes

SKY digiboxes, XChannel Pro’s and Scion Technologies PRO 1000

XChannel Pro TV Tuners and Aerial Distribution

Scion Technologies PRO 1000 and Phillips PAS7508E Satellite Multiplexer

Front of rack

Television and SKY digiboxes

SKY digiboxes

SKY digibox, Stavekirk’s XChannel Pro IR Front Panel, Scion Technologies PRO 1000 and cable management

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