Edtech Insight | What Are the Common Types of Patch Panels?
Patch panels are the most important components in a management subsystem, serving as the hub for the intersection of vertical main and horizontal cabling subsystems, mainly used for terminal user lines or trunk lines, and are typically mounted on racks or walls. If you're not familiar with the common types of patch panels.
I. Summary of the Functions of Patch Panels:
1. Conversion Between Cables and Wires: For example, a large number of cables are converted into pairs of telephone lines distributed to various offices through a voice patch panel. Similarly, optical cables are converted into individual fibers plugged into optical transmission equipment through a fiber optic patch panel.
2. Hub of the Cable Matrix: Patch panels are located at the crossroads of various subsystems of the comprehensive cabling system, serving as the traffic hub for cable channels. We can adjust the cable channels arbitrarily by inserting patch cords on the patch panel, achieving modularity and flexibility in the comprehensive cabling system.
II. Patch Panels Categorized by Function:
1. Network Patch Panel: A modular device used at the local end to manage front-end information points, connecting network modules to switches via RJ45 patch cords.
HKS-Cable 12-port Network Patch Panel QF9150-24 RJ45 UTP
HKS-Cable 12-port Network Patch Panel QF9150-48 RJ45 UTP
2. Voice Patch Panel: The connection point between individual telephone lines and large pair cables, allowing mutual conversion.
HKS-Cable 25-port Voice Patch Panel QF9050-24 RJ11 UTP
HKS-Cable 25-port Voice Patch Panel QF9050-48 RJ11 UTP
HKS-Cable Voice Patch Panel 110 QF9350-100
3. Fiber Optic Patch Panel: A wiring connection device between optical cables and optical communication equipment or between optical communication devices, mainly used for terminating and distributing main trunk optical cables at the local end in fiber optic communication systems, facilitating the connection, distribution, and scheduling of fiber optic lines.
HKS-Cable Fiber Optic Patch Panel 24-50 port
4. Electronic Patch Panel: This device is also widely used in high-end projects, capable of performing link detection and port detection. Further details are not provided here.
