Patent ID: 6974911

Claim:
A building zone wiring system for providing a data connection between a patch panel having a data channel and a workstation, comprising: a first cable for connecting the data channel with a node, the cable having a first male compound connector for plugging into the patch panel and a first female compound connector for location at the node, the first male compound connector having at least two commercially available plugs, each commercially available plug receiving one communication signal of the data channel, and the first female compound connector having at least two commercially available jacks, each commercially available jack being coupled to a corresponding commercially available plug; and a second cable for continuing the data channel from the node to the workstation, the second cable having a second male compound connector configured identically to the first male compound connector and for plugging into the first female compound connector, and a second female compound connector identically configured to the first female compound connector for location at the workstation.