<p>LOW VOLTAGE STRUCTURED CABLING STANDARD Standard Number: Operations (ITS) 05-1</p><p>Re-issue Effective Date: 04/01/2007</p><p>1. Purpose </p><p>Establish standards for low-voltage structured cabling for voice, data, video, office automation, fire alarm, security, and other low-voltage systems to be deployed for the state.</p><p>2. Revision History</p><p>Revision Revision Number Change Made Reviser Date 04/21/2007 01 Update Previous Standard J. Kuntz 05/14/2007 02 General Revisions R. Bauchle 6/10/2013 03 Update Previous Standard D. Neuenschwander</p><p>3. Persons, Groups, Systems Affected</p><p>All agencies within the Executive Branch of Indiana State Government</p><p>4. Standard</p><p>IOT establishes the State of Indiana "Structured Cabling System Installation & Material Specifications" as the standard for all inter/intra-building cabling; this standard applies to all occupied State facilities whether rented, leased, or owned. This standard supersedes the structured cabling standards previously listed in “Data Communications - Wiring, Equipment, and Management” published on March 13, 1996.</p><p>5. Responsibilities</p><p>5.1. Agency adopting IOT standard or completing “Request for Waiver” for non-standard hardware. 5.2. Indiana Office of Technology maintaining standard and associated contracts. </p><p>6. Definitions/References</p><p>Statutory Authority: IC 4-13.1</p><p>References:</p><p>1) The “National Electric Code” published by the U.S. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 2) ANSI/TIA/EIA’s “Commercial Building Telecommunication Standards” 3) United States Department of Administration, Rural Utility Services’ “Rural Utility Standards” 4) Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA) Specifications 5) The “Americans with Disabilities Act” ADA 6) State and Federal Regulations published by the “U.S. Federal Communications Commission” (FCC) and the “Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission” (IRC) 7) State and Local Building Codes 8) BICSI publications: a) Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual b) Telecommunications Cabling Installation Manual c) Customer-Owned Outside Plant Design Manual d) Network (LAN) Design Manual 9) State of Indiana, Department of Administration, Indiana Office of Technology’s (IOT) “Structured Cabling System Installation & Material Specifications” 10) All other industry standards that are referred to in the above referenced documents.</p>