Predictika · structured cabling projects: copper and fiber cable and connectivity, application limits, plenum, manufacturer warranty and discounts

An AI sales agent's structured cabling quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares a structured cabling quote for a fictional customer. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika’s validator, which checks it against the cable, connectivity, application and warranty rules, compares the net total the agent states with the one it computes, and returns a verdict with every reason.

Scope: structured cabling project quotes for the Datacomm product line. See everything this validator covers

This validator models structured cabling quotes in the style of Graybar Datacomm: structured cabling projects built from Panduit, CommScope and Leviton copper and fiber cable with connectivity. It handles any quote made of these products and rules, not just the scenarios shown below.

Cable and connectivity — Six copper and fiber cable types and six jack or adapter types from Panduit, CommScope and Leviton, matched on media (copper, multimode, singlemode) and, for copper, on category (Cat6 and Cat6A).
Applications and limits — Gigabit Ethernet, 10GBASE-T, 90 W PoE and a 40G backbone, checked against each cable's length limit, 10 gigabit distance, PoE rating and fiber reach; plenum-rated cable for air-handling spaces; and a sign-off for 10 gigabit on Cat6 within 55 m.
Warranty program — The manufacturer 25-year system warranty, which needs the cable and the connectivity from one manufacturer and a certified installer.
Pricing, discounts and the stated total — Cable footage with 10 percent slack, two connectivity ports per link, warranty fees, contractor tier discounts of 20, 15 or 10 percent, a project discount with an approval band above 3 percent and a limit at 6 percent, and a check that the net total the agent states matches the total the validator computes.

It does not cover other cable and connectivity products, real list prices, channel certification testing and installation labor, or tax and multi-currency quoting.

The AI sales agentBuilds the quote from the conversation and says it is ready.

Predictika validatorChecks the quote against the product and contract rules and returns every finding it has.

7 scenarios in workflow pairs · click one to switch

What the agent says

Before sending, the agent must call

Predictika validator Recorded run

Waiting for the call.

What this means

Run the validator to see the outcome

The explanation appears here once the validator returns.

Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong

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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ or Revenue Cloud) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

What the validator catches	Typical rules-based CPQ	Predictika
Cable and jack match	Only with workarounds Media and category compatibility between two catalog items usually becomes one rule per combination of cable and jack.	Compatibility is a property of the items, checked on every call.
Application limits by cable	Only with workarounds Ten gigabit distance, PoE rating and fiber reach differ by cable, so each application needs its own set of validation rules.	Each limit is read from the cable record and checked together.
Manufacturer warranty program	Only with workarounds The warranty spans the cable maker, the jack maker and an installer flag, which rules-based CPQ spreads across several rules.	The same-manufacturer and certified-installer conditions are evaluated together and reported together.
Sign-off for a borderline case	Only with care Allowing 10 gigabit on Cat6 only within 55 m and only with sign-off needs a separate approval rule that stays in step with the hard limit.	The hard limit and the approval band are evaluated together.
The total the agent states	Only with workarounds Comparing a stated total with a computed one means a separate rule per quote layout, and price rules rarely run on stated figures.	The stated net total is a field in the request and is checked against the computed total.
Every problem returned in one answer	Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.	All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

What this validator catches

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Every rule is checked on every call, in whatever order the choices arrive, and one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

Rule	Effect	What it checks
Cable and connectivity media	block	Cable and jacks or adapters must be the same media: copper, multimode or singlemode
Copper category	block	Copper cable and jacks must be the same category; a channel is rated only to the lower one
Link length	block	The longest link must be within the cable's length limit
10GBASE-T	block	10 gigabit over copper needs copper cable and a link within the cable's 10G distance
10G on Cat6	needs approval	10 gigabit on Cat6 within 55 m needs alien-crosstalk mitigation sign-off
40G backbone	block	A 40G backbone needs fiber; OM4 multimode is limited to 150 m
90 W PoE	block	90 W Type 4 PoE needs Cat6A copper rated for bundled PoE
Plenum space	block	An air-handling space needs plenum-rated (CMP) cable
Warranty manufacturer	block	The manufacturer warranty needs cable and connectivity from the same manufacturer
Warranty installer	block	The manufacturer warranty needs a certified installer
Discount limit	block	A project discount above 6 percent beyond the contractor tier
Discount approval	needs approval	A project discount above the 3 percent a rep can give, within the limit
Stated net total	block	The net total the agent states differs from the computed total by more than USD 1