1 Central New York Coax Design Specifications, Standards & Guidelines
Central New York
Coax Design S P E C I F I C AT I O N S, S TA N DA R D S & G U I D E L I N E S
2021
Document Version: 1.3
Date: January 4, 2021
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DOCUMENT VERSION HISTORY
The table below provides the document version number, the author of the changes, the date of the
incremented version, the name of the person approving the version, the date that particular version was
approved, and a brief description of the reason for creating the revised version
Document Name: Central New York Coax Design Specifications, Standards & Guidelines
Approval
Authority:
Jeff Ethier Reviewed
Date:
8/7/17 Effective
Date:
8/8/17
Responsible
Department:
HFC Engineering and
Design
Contact: [email protected]
This document will be reviewed annually for revisions to content. Suggestions for improvements or
corrections to this document are welcomed, and will be considered during the annual review process. Please
submit your suggestions for changes to your immediate Supervisor or Project Manager
Version # Author Revised Date Approved By Approval Date Change Description
1.1 Randall Kunkel 8/1/18 Russ Zima 7/27/18 Updated cable sizes
1.2 Amanda Foss 5/26/20 Jeff Ethier 05/21/20 Removed minimum pad
requirements
1.3 Amanda Foss 1/04/21 Lisa Law 1/04/21 Added Node Split/Node
Segmentation section
Purpose/Summary: The purpose of this document is to establish coax specifications, standards and
guidelines in the Central New York footprint
Impacted Users: Field Operations, Construction and Sales/Marketing
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1 Equipment
1.1 Cables
Primary Trunk Cable:
Central Region: 860QR(A) & 875P3 CIC(U)
Southern Region: 875P3(A) & 875P3 CIC(U)
Primary Feeder Cable:
Central Region: 540QR(A) & 625P3 CIC(U)
Southern Region: 625P3(A) & 625P3 CIC(U)
Notes:
-Cable inside of buildings will be designed with 500P3
-500 flex is an asbuilt feeder cable. Use only in design when communication came back from the field that
there are space challenges and cannot place standard coax.
-Ithaca nodes & Greene nodes 9-12 use Central Region cables, not Southern Region cables
1.2 Passives
Hub Aerial Taps UG/Bldg Taps Splitters
Alfred SA SA SA
Auburn (1 GHz) SA SA SA
Avoca (nodes 1-3) Philips Philips Philips
Avoca (Nodes 4-6) CCOR CCOR SA
Baldwinsville CCOR CCOR SA
Bath SA SA SA
Bolivar Philips Philips Philips
Boonville SA CCOR SE
Burdick CCOR CCOR SA
Burlington SA CCOR SE
Carthage SA CCOR SA
Champlain SA CCOR SA
Chaumont SA CCOR SA
Chimes CCOR CCOR SA
Clayton SA CCOR SA
Clymer SA SA SA
Cooperstown Philips Philips Philips
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Corning Philips Philips Philips
Cortland CCOR CCOR SA
Hub Aerial Taps UG/Bldg Taps Splitters
Cortland SA SA SA
Dansville Philips Philips Philips
Davis CCOR CCOR SA
Delhi Philips Philips Philips
DeRuyter CCOR CCOR SA
Dixon SA CCOR SE
Ellington SA SA SA
Elmira Philips Philips Philips
Forestport Regal Regal Regal
Fredonia SA SA SA
Friendship Philips Philips Philips
Fulton CCOR CCOR SA
Geddes CCOR CCOR SA
Gouverneur SA CCOR SA
Greene (nodes 1-8) Philips Philips Philips
Greene (nodes 9-12) SA SA SA
Hamilton SA CCOR SE
Henderson SA CCOR SA
Herkimer SA CCOR SE
Hornell Philips Philips Philips
Ilion SA CCOR SE
Indian River CCOR CCOR SA
Ithaca SA SA SA
Jamestown SA SA SA
Jefferson VHUB CCOR CCOR SA
Lawrenceville Philips Philips Philips
Liverpool CCOR CCOR SA
Lowville SA CCOR SA
Madison SA CCOR SE
Malone SA CCOR SA
Mapleview SA SA SA
Massena SA CCOR SA
Meridian CCOR CCOR SA
Montrose Philips Philips Philips
New Berlin Philips Philips Philips
Northshore SA CCOR SE
Norwich CCOR CCOR SA
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Ogdesnburg SA CCOR SA
Old Forge Regal Regal Regal
Hub Aerial Taps UG/Bldg Taps Splitters
Oneida SA CCOR SE
Oneonta Philips Philips Philips
Oswego SA SA SA
Otisco CCOR CCOR SA
Owego Philips Philips Philips
Plaza Philips Philips Philips
Potsdam SA CCOR SA
Rome SA CCOR SE
Saranac Lake Regal Regal Regal
Sayre Philips Philips Philips
Sidney Philips Philips Philips
Skaneateles (1 GHz) Arris Arris Arris
Spafford (SK016-SK020) SA SA SA
Stamford VHUB Philips Philips Philips
State Philips Philips Philips
Taft Philips Philips Philips
Utica Regal Regal 1 GHz - Regal, else
CCOR
Watertown SA SA SA
Watkins Glen Philips Philips Philips
West Carthage CCOR CCOR SA
1.3 Actives
Central Region - Auburn, Skaneateles, Spafford & Utica use FMB901 Amplifiers and FM331 Line Extenders. In
the Utica hub only, the first Amplifier placed off the node is a FMT901; then FMB901s will be placed
All remaining Central Region hubs use GNA601 Amplifiers & CCOR601 Line Extenders
Southern Region - Alfred & Bath use G4A828D40 Amplifiers & AMP0082001 Line Extenders. Norwich &
Jefferson use FMB901 Amplifiers, FM331TLC Thermal Line Extenders & FM331ALC AGC Line Extenders
Jamestown, Ellington, Clymer & Fredonia use FNB96CL Amplifiers, NL16CCJ Thermal Line Extenders,
NL14CCJ_ALC AGC Line Extenders
Ithaca & Cortland use GNA297/37 _46 Amplifiers, GNA197T_46.5 Thermal Line Extenders & GNA197A_46.5
AGC Line Extenders
Green nodes 1-8 and Avoca nodes 1-3 use GNA601 Amplifiers & CCOR601 Line Extenders
Avoca nodes 4-6 use FMB901 Amplifiers, FM331_TLC Thermal Line Extenders & FM331_ALC
Green nodes 9-12 use FM321G Amplifiers & FM601e_LE_A Line Extenders
All remaining Southern Region hubs use GNA601 Amplifiers and CCOR601 Line Extenders
New Mini Node Models: FTTM Pro Idiom Node Models: Lindsey 1Gig Plug In
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1.4 Cascade
Cascade Limit: Follows Charter Enterprise Standard
Active Type Hierarchy: All new actives will be designed as AGCs. There will be no differentiation of Thermal,
Manual and AGC in cascade
Email Contact for out of Cascade Designs: [email protected], [email protected] &
your immediate supervisor
2 Powering
2.1 Power Supply Info
Power Supply Model: AL_XM3_18_90_2_SB
Power Supply Max Load: 80% or 14.4a out of 18
2.2 Power Supply Naming
i.e. BR104A
BR104 A
Node Name Unique alphabetic supply ID
2.3 Status Monitoring
Status monitoring will be represented with a SM cell from the feature manager. The DC power inserter must
be used for all status monitoring.
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3 Customer Drops
3.1 Drop Codes
Syracuse builds RG6 off taps & deploys 2way, 3way or 4way RG splitters at the customer’s foundation. 8way
splitters will not be deployed in new builds
Drop Codes will be determined based off the distance from the tap to the customer, which will be taken
from the WOV
X Drop = 1-100’ Y Drop = 101’-150’ Z Drop = 151’-200’
Notes:
-Default to the ‘Standard’ or ‘STD’ drop if no drop distance is given (Generally same loss as X drop)
-A Drop cannot exceed corporate standard. Plant will need to be built out to the premises if a drop is greater
-If the WOV calls for RG cable other than RG6, then confirm with your Supervisor which drop code to use
(since the losses of the cable will be different per 100’)
-The Tap Window is set to 0 in the spec file, however up to a 3dB crossover is allowed
3.2 Utility Codes
Not used in this area.
4 Active Naming
4.1 Node Naming
i.e. BR10401A1413
BR104 01 A 1 413
Node name Node # Supply ID 1=SB, 2=Non SB supply Franchise Code
The Node # will always be 01. TWC will supply all new node names
Going forward you will have to request a node ID for any project outside of NYSBO county DID’s directly to
this DL: DL-CNY-NE-Regional-Design [email protected]
In other words, if it does not have a project name of “COUNTY NAME_ 1” , etc, you have to request a node ID.
We have had too many issues with the master node list not getting updated on BAU line extensions requiring
nodes. The Region is responsible for the integrity of node Id’s, billing updates, etc.
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4.2 Active Naming
i.e. BR10402B2
BR104 02 B 2
Node name Active # Supply α Supply #
On Active Naming, the first 5 characters stay the same for every active (except on seg nodes)
The Active # is an arbitrary number for each active. This will increase with each active off the node. This does
not reset for every leg off the node or for each power supply
The Supply α is the alpha character of the PS that supplies power to the active
The Supply # is based on the PS that supplies power to the active, 1 for SB and 2 for non SB
5 Wifi Designs
Not done in this area.
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6 Node Split/Node Segmentation
A minimum 60:40 percent of homes passed for new nodes, with a goal of 50:50 balanced homes passed.
• Ex. 1st port with 300 homes paused, 2nd port with 20 homes passed - Not approved
• Ex. 1st port with 160 homes passed, 2nd port with 160 homes is 50:50 - Goal reached
• Ex. 1st port with 192 homes, 2nd port with 128 homes is 60:40 – Approved
o There is not a governance on the maximum number of homes passed of a node.
o Design is authorized to add a new node on a segment to achieve a 60:40 split.
o Any variation from this rule requires approval from the Region VP of ISP and the VP of
Field Engineering.
7 Area Specific Notes
7.1 Hub Breakout
Central Region
AUBURN
BALDWINSVILLE
BOONVILLE
BURDICK
BURLINGTON
CARTHAGE
CHAMPLAIN
CHAUMONT
CHIMES
CLAYTON
CORTLAND
CUYLER
DAVIS
DERUYTER
DIXON
FORESTPORT
FULTON
GEDDES
GOUVERNEUR
HAMILTON
HENDERSON
HERKIMER
ILION
INDIAN RIVER
LAKEPLACID (1)
LAKEPLACID (2)
LAKEPLACID (3)
LIVERPOOL
LOWVILLE
MADISON
MALONE
MAPLEVIEW
MASSENA
MERIDIAN
NORTH SHORE
OGDENSBURG
OLD FORGE
ONEIDA
OSWEGO
OTISCO
POTSDAM
POTSDAM STATE
ROME
SARANAC LAKE
SKANEATELES
SPAFFORD
SUNYCANTON
UTICA
WATERTOWN
WEST CARTHAGE
Southern Region
ALFRED
AVOCA
BATH
BOLIVAR
CLYMER
COOPERSTOWN
CORNING
CORTLAND
DANSVILLE
DELHI
ELLINGTON
ELMIRA
FREDONIA
FRIENDSHIP
GREENE
HORNELL
JAMESTOWN
JEFFERSON VHUB1
LAWRENCVILLE
MONTROSE
NEW BERLIN
NORWICH
ONEONTA
OSTELIC
OWEGO
PLAZA
SAYRE
SIDNEY
STAMFORD VHUB1
STATE
TAFT
WATKINS GLEN
ITHACA
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7.2 Franchise Codes per Hub
ALFRED=757
AUBURN=125, 126, 130, 132
AVOCA=669
BALDWINSVILLE=051, 052, 053
BATH=762
BOLIVAR=676
BOONVILLE=235, 236, 237, 238, 241,
242, 244, 246
BURDICK=001, 002, 003, 005, 013,
019, 024, 035, 036, 037
BURLINGTON=311
CHAMPLAIN=568
CHAUMONT=462, 465
CHIMES=110
CLAYTON=471
CLYMER=720
COOPERSTOWN=846
CORNING=636
CORTLAND=100
CUYLER=043, 044, 046, 045, 048
DANSVILLE=695
DAVIS=039, 040, 041, 042, 054
DELHI=844
DIXON=231, 233, 234
ELLINGTON=716
ELMIRA=624
FORESTPORT=345
FREDONIA=752
FRIENDSHIP=673
FULTON=061, 062, 063, 064, 068, 069
GEDDES=009, 010, 013, 015, 016
GOUVERNEUR=513
GREENE=784
HAMILTON=226
HENDERSON=419
HERKIMER=296, 297, 305
HORNELL=666
ILION=293, 299, 310, 851
INDIAN RIVER=437
ITHACA=602, 608, 616
JAMESTOWN=700
JEFFERSON VHUB1=865
LAKEPLACID VHUB1=572, 576
LAKEPLACID VHUB2=572, 576
LAKEPLACID VHUB3=572, 576
LAWRENCVILLE=741
LIVERPOOL=007, 008, 040
LOWVILLE=417
MADISON=213, 216, 228, 310
MALONE=559
MAPLEVIEW=085, 089, 091
MASSENA=506
MERIDIAN=010, 017, 018, 020, 021,
023, 030, 031, 052
MONTROSE=724
NEW BERLIN=800
NORTH SHORE=272, 273, 274
NORWICH=882
OGDENSBURG=541
OLD FORGE=346
ONEIDA=218, 260, 262, 263, 264,
267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 276, 277,
279
ONEONTA=818
OSTELIC=115
OSWEGO=071, 073, 074
OTISCO=015, 019, 026, 027, 029
OWEGO=792
PLAZA=776
POTSDAM=526
POTSDAM STATE=527
ROME=201, 202, 204, 205, 207, 208,
210
SARANAC LAKE=574
SAYRE=859
SIDNEY=843
SKANEATELES=128, 129, 131
STAMFORD VHUB1=838
STATE=769
SUNYCANTON=521
TAFT=774
UTICA=315, 316, 317, 319, 320, 322,
325, 326, 330, 331, 337, 339, 340,
342
WATERTOWN=480
WATKINS GLEN=656
WEST CARTHAGE=436
*Hubs can have multiple Franchise codes; always verify the franchise code of the nodes around yours before
naming your new node
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7.3 Plant Identification
Identify each community or hub that falls in this market area, along with the design platform that
the maps are kept in and the MHz of the system
Community Name Design Platform MHz
Jamestown BentleyComm 1000/750
Syracuse BentleyComm 1000/860/750
Binghamton BentleyComm 1000/750
Utica BentleyComm 1000
North Country BentleyComm 1000/860/750
Montrose BentleyComm 750
Sayre BentleyComm 750
Shinglehouse BentleyComm 860