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TAP is OpenHouse's Total Answer to Simplified Structured Wire Terminations (23/12/2003)

Total Access Port, or TAP for short, is a line of wall plate products for facilitating the convergence and termination of various household technologies, including video, audio, computer, telephone, and home automation control signals. Manufactured by OpenHouse Structured Wire Systems, part of the Linear Electronics Group, TAP wall plates are home-theater-ready and household-network-ready, dramatically simplifying the job of installing home entertainment, communications, safety, and automation equipment. Each TAP comes pre-configured and pre-assembled to save installers time and assure a tight connection. Each is also self-mapping for clear terminal assignments, saving more time and adding to installer accuracy.

A variety of TAP models are available, providing tremendous flexibility in tailoring connection options (telephone wiring, video signals, computers) to specific rooms throughout the house.

* The Dual Data (WPx-DD) model combines two CAT5e RJ-45 connectors for hooking up computer networks.

* The Data/Telephone (WPx-DP) model has one CAT5e RJ-45 connector for computers and four RJ-25 telephone jacks breaking out each line to an individual jack.

* The Data/Telephone/Coax (WPx-PDC) model offers one CAT5e RJ-45 connector for computers, two RJ-25 telephone jacks, plus two knockouts for use with coax barrel connectors (included with the plate).

* The Telephone/Coax (WPx-PC) model includes four RJ-25 telephone jacks for break-out lines for telephone, plus two knockouts for use with supplied coax barrel connectors.

TAP wall plates will be on display at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2004 in Las Vegas. The Linear Electronics Group booth is #17682 in the Las Vegas Convention Center South, 1 and 2.

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