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RE: Panel-mount CAT5 sockets?


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  • Subject: RE: Panel-mount CAT5 sockets?
  • From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:07:10 +0100
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This sounds interesting, I have been thinking about uses for 'wasted' wires
in the CAT5 supplying phone sockets. I was thinking of having an IR
receiver
by each phone, but in fact I can see that there might be an argument for
some little 'dongle' to be made that has RJ45 plug, RJ11 socket and
incorporates DS1820 and IR receiver. Unless I have my sums wrong, it would
be possible for IR, Temperature and Phone to all work along a single CAT5
cable. Back at the patch pannel a corresponding 'dongle/splitter' could be
built that divided the RJ45 into the three signals (mind you this would
probably be easily acomplished using Krone Blocks). Comments?

Graham

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Griffiths [mailto:mike@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 August 2001 14:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Panel-mount CAT5 sockets?
>
>
> I cut some vereboard
> Mounted a transistor holder and a 4 tag punchdown strip
> I then mount these in each  phone extension socket pushing the DS 1820
> through a hole grilled in the side
> and use the spare wiring from the phone
> All my extensions are connected to an exchange
> Works a treat and you can't see them
> You must make sure that they are never hit by direct sunlight though
> Otherwise you get some very strange readings
>
> Mike
>



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