Planning & Design Tools

Cabling Reach Calculator

Smart buildings run on well specified networks. With our purpose-built tools, we bring decades of technical expertise to simplify planning and increase confidence to support any critical IoT application in the building or across the campus. Designing and planning for the right connectivity solution is not straightforward. Whether you are connecting CCTV cameras around the building perimeter, wireless or AV applications within your building, your cabling needs to deliver high-performance connectivity.

Our cabling reach calculator tool is designed to support day one planning and ensure that you make the right, future-proof connectivity choice. It will help you determine the right cable type, based on your specific real-world installation conditions and for the distance required. This is especially important when planning for distances beyond the standard 100-meter rule.

The cabling reach calculator tool assesses the following critical parameters:

Cable Type
Number of Connectors
Application Speed
PoE Type.
Ambient Temperature
Segment Pathway Type and Size
Cable Bundle Quantity and Shape

Based on the data entered for the above (some of which can very and specified by segment), the tool computes if the application is supported or if you need to adjust your cabling choice. It is intuitive and easy to use. Moreover, it is backed by third-party testing and verified to give you peace of mind.

This tool will be available shortly via our Siemon Connect portal. If you would like to be notified once live or if you would like to request access to the portal, please complete this form

Wired for Wi-Fi Tool

At Siemon, we support day-one planning by clarifying design choices, helping teams move from design to deployment with confidence.

The Wired for Wi-Fi tool – which features a database of popular wireless access point (WAP) manufacturers from around the world – identifies each manufacturers requirements and guides our customers on how to connect a specific WAP with the right cabling solutions and products in different implementation scenarios.

The tool guides the user through a step-by-step process, enabling you to select the different Wi-Fi features such as Wi-Fi generation, Indoor/ outdoor, number of ethernet ports, PoE support for a specific manufacturers access point. Based on these parameters, the tool guides the user on the recommended cabling solution, including connector, outlet, faceplate, Wi-Fi mounting plate, cable, patch panel etc.

This tool is available via our Siemon Connect portal.

If you would like to request access to the portal, please complete this form

Fiber Backbone Calculator

Planning for backbone connectivity is key when it comes to preparing for a large-scale Wi-Fi deployment. Whether you’re considering Wi-Fi 6 or a Wi-Fi 7 network, within a building or across a campus, the data transmission between controllers and switches is key. And given the volume of data that they need to transmit – which could be as high as tens of gigabytes or indeed more – system architects and designers need to plan how to connect them and how much fiber connectivity is required.

But how do you know what is the peak traffic volume transmitted over the fiber optic backbone cable? With our backbone calculator, we can help you plan for and design the fiber backbone required to support your Wi-Fi deployment, so as to ensure that the infrastructure planned will support the wireless systems and platforms being installed. Calculations are based on the number of users and other key parameters that impact the network.

By inputting requirements into the fiber backbone calculator, the tool then calculates the backbone gigabit fiber requirement. So, whether your considering multimode or single mode, futureproof your wireless network for tomorrow, by planning for the optimal fiber backbone connectivity solution today.