Symbols

Size

1.

Telecommunications outlet with conduit stub-up

2.

Large (feeder) underfloor duct, trench header, or

header duct

3.

Standard (distribution) underfloor duct, or cellular

floor cell

4.

To telecommunications room: Home run conduit to

telephone terminal board

5.

To telecommunications room: Two wall outlets, home

run to telecommunications room and outlet boxes
tied together with conduit

6.

Aerial drop or wire

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Size

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7.

Conduit for placing ground wire

8.

Underfloor duct and junction box, triple system (number of lines entering a box in the header duct run indicates number of systems telephone, electric,
television, etc.)

9.

Conduit to floor outlet placed in slab

10.

Conduit (size and type as noted)

11.

Sleeve (size and type as noted)

12.

Ceiling outlet

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13.

Floor outlet

14.

Wall outlet (height as noted)

15.

Pull box (size as noted)

16.

Trench header feed on cellular or underfloor duct

system

17.

Header duct with access unit on cellular or underfloor

duct system

18.

Telephone panel (entry and security)

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19.

Duplex receptacle outlet

20.

Wall switch

21.

Individual fluorescent fixture

22.

Continuous row fluorescent fixture

23.

Incandescent fixture

24.

Power panel

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PL 70 m (230 ft)
BKMA - 400 pr

25.

Cross-connect

26.

Primary protector, not cross-connected

27.

Placing stamp

28.

Splice and splice number

29.

Transferred pairs in splice

30.

Fixed-count terminal block spliced to cable

1
125

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31.

Ready-access type connecting block; pairs terminated on a fixed-count basis

32.

Protected fixed-count type terminal block spliced to

cable

33.

Protected block spliced to cable with pairs terminated

on a ready-access type connecting block

34.

Optical fiber cable termination

35.

Cable or wire (denote type)

36.

Proposed cable

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37.

Future cable

38.

Cable to be removed

39.

Buried cable

BJ
CEG

40.

Buried in a joint trench (C=Communications,

E=Electric, G=Gas)

10 m (33 ft)

41.

Cable slack (denote slack length)

MH 2

42.

Underground duct or cable in duct with maintenance

hole

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43.

Sheath type, gauge, installation type, and pairs

(greater than or equal to 100 pairs)3 indicates the
number of 100-pair complements

BKMA-16 Pr

44.

Cable containing less than 100 pairs

SUBM

45.

Submarine cable

46.

Changes in cable size, count, type, or classification

47.

Point on cable (other than splice) where a division of

measurement or point of record is required

48.

Straight splice, no changes

BKMA-3

BKMA-3

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BKMA-2

310 m
(1017 ft)

103 m
(338 ft)

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49.

Straight splice, with changes

50.

Splice with branch cable

51.

Isolation gap

52.

Splice, buried cable, in pedestal

53.

Encapsulated splice

54.

Cable loopno splice involved

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Pairs cut and ends cleared in splice closure

56.

Cable cut, ends cleared and capped

57.

Insulating joint

58.

Fixed-count terminal

Type
53A4-50P
P 1347
1-50
Address
Count

114

NC 25 A1
51-75

P 1346

59.

Fixed-count terminal with cable protection

AT400-25P
76-100

P 1347

60.

Fixed-count terminal without cable protection

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PM

PM

61.

Interface with moisture plug

62.

Case with factory-equipped stub

63.

Load coils and case

64.

Ground

65.

Ground to multiground neutral vertical ground wire

66.

Power multiground neutral

LC

MGNV

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B.

N.

P.

Cable

Bond

67.

Telecommunications ground rod

68.

Power neutral bond

69.

Bond between separate cable strands

70.

Anchor only

71.

Guy only

72.

Anchor and guy

Cable

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73.

Anchor and insulated guy

74.

Sidewalk anchor and guy

75.

Push brace

76.

Anchor and guy owned by others

77.

Existing pole

78.

Proposed pole

Pole
number
P 1375
25 ft 7
Length
and class

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(25 ft 41)

79.

Pole to be removed

80.

Nonwood pole (indicate material type)

81.

Repeater stationtwo way

82.

Capacitor (wire diagram)

83.

Buildout capacitors located in case

84.

Optical fiber cable

Year originally set

(Type)

118

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Multiplexer

86.

Underground conduit, maintenance hole, and subsidiary conduit to poleP1388

87.

Proposed maintenance-hole type, length, width,

headroom, and type of frame and cover

88.

Trench meters (feet) of conduit and type of duct

89.

One 6-pair multiple drop wire

90.

Direct-buried wire

P 1388

Type A

3.7 m x 1.5 m x 2 m
(12 ft x 5 ft x 6.6 ft)
0.76 m (2.5 ft) B F & C

175 m (574 ft)

12 - 40
100 mm (4 in)

CMDW - 6 PR

5-B5

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L

120

91.

Nonprotected wire terminal

92.

Protected wire terminal

93.

Center line

94.

Drop pole

95.

2x2 Fluorescent light

96.

2x4 Fluorescent light

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97.

Electrical power panel

98.

Junction box

GB

99.

Ground bar

100.

Thermostat

101.

Boundary line

102.

Legacy boundary line

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BCC

BCC

103.

Backbone conduit for copper

BFC

BFC

104.

Backbone conduit for fiber

BC

BC

105.

Backbone conduit

OF

OF

106.

Fiber backbone

COP

COP

107.

Copper backbone

COAX

COAX

108.

Coaxial backbone

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TN

109.

Legacy thicknet cabling

110.

Interior pathways ring run

ST

ST

111.

Interior pathways strand

112.

Jhooks

113.

Cable tray

114.

Cable tray (size as indicated)

CT

CT

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Ladder rack

116.

Drop location

117.

Existing location to be rewired

118.

Public telephone

119.

Wall telephone

120.

Secure wall telephone

XTW

SP

124

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Security panel

122.

Emergency telephone

123.

Drop location with blank plate

124.

Future telephone location

125.

Ceiling-mounted telephone location

126.

Fire alarm panel

FP

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127.

Security or fire alarm dialers

128.

Floor mounted

129.

Ceiling access panel

130.

Multiwire splice

131.

Lightning protection

132.

Electronic door operator

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Electronic motorized door activation motion detector

134.

Push button (1170mm [46in] above finished floor)

TV

135.

Television location

TC

136.

Television location wired to call system

137.

Copier network box (457mm [18in] above finished

floor)

DL

138.

Electromagnetic door lock

MD

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139.

Electromagnetic door strike with monitoring contact

DM

140.

Magnetic door switch

CR

141.

Security system card reader

MD

142.

Motion detector

KB

143.

Security system magnetic lock key bypass switch

(1170mm [46in] above finished floor)

CC

144.

Closed-circuit surveillance camera outlet (2.3m

[7.5ft] above finished floor)

128

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Security system keypad entry station (1170mm

[46in] above finished floor)

CM

146.

Closed-circuit surveillance television monitor

(1170mm [46in] above finished floor)

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