Incorporating the latest technologies, BICSI’s ITSIM provides cabling installation personnel with the necessary guidelines for performing specific job tasks. This resource will prove itself to be indispensable to cabling installers and anyone working to achieve the ITS Installer 1, ITS Installer 2, or ITS Technician registration designations.

Updates to the 4th Edition
The fourth edition of BICSI’s Information Transport Systems Installation Manual (ITSIM) consists of over 800 pages, including more than 350 figures and tables. More than half of the contents have been revised since the previous edition.

Illustrated and indexed, complete with an appendix, glossary, and bibliography, the ITSIM includes 10 chapters:

• Background Information: Divided into 10 individual sections, updates to this chapter provide an enhanced overview of the background of structured cabling inside buildings. You'll also find updated data on codes and standards, common safety practices, and professionalism.
• Planning and Project Management: Under its new name, this chapter provides updates and additional information on project management and project documentation. It sets forth the latest information regarding construction management issues, retrofit projects, coordination with other industry trades, and working with general contractors.
• Installing Supporting Structures: This chapter now includes a power separation guidelines table that is referenced back to ANSI/NECA/BICSI-568. Other updates include telecommunications room layout, innerduct placement for use with optical fiber cables, U.S. and international standards, backboard equipment placement, and equipment racks and rack management hardware.
• Pulling Cable: This updated chapter brings you new cable slack provisions and the latest installation methods for pull strings, fill charts, cable bend radius, cable pulling methods for category 6 installations, and cable support information for both horizontal and backbone cable.
• Firestopping: Interested in the latest firestopping techniques? You'll find exactly what you need in this chapter which includes firestopping selection methods, UL numbering system information, approved firestopping methods, and firestopping decision-making methods.
• Cable Termination Practices: The chapter on cable termination practices provides details on updated methods, tools, and applications for terminating coaxial, balanced twisted-pair, and optical fiber cables. It promotes a further understanding of standards-based, high-performance cables and the proper termination procedures of these cables and their associated hardware (e.g. 110 and BIX). You'll also find a minimum bend radius table in this chapter.
• Splicing Cable: The new graphics and updated information in this chapter will enhance your knowledge of straight, butt, and branch splicing, as well as mass fiber automatic fusion splicers.
• Testing Cable: Here you'll find the addition of ISO/IEC 11801 cabling classes that correspond with category 3 (class C), 5e (class D), 6 (class E), and 7 (class F). Basic link references have been changed to permanent link. You'll have access to detailed information on several types of optical fiber test equipment and configuration methods, as well as updated performance specifications and information on FEXT, ELFEXT, PSNEXT, PSELFEXT, and insertion.
• Troubleshooting: This chapter's troubleshooting information has now been updated to coincide with the material in its copper cabling section. You'll find details on the test equipment used for troubleshooting copper and optical fiber cables, as well as the logical steps for isolating faults on both types of media.
• Retrofit Installations: Here you'll find all the up-to-date information you need to properly plan and execute a successful cutover. Look no further for the knowledge you need for replacing or augmenting existing installations and system upgrades.