RE: Telephone over CAT5/Patch panel

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The other option is to use standard multiway adaptors in your BT
master
socket - there are 2,3 & 4 way adaptors so that may give you enough for
you
needs. Then just use Paul's suggestion to make up the RJ12 to RJ45 cables
from the multiway adaptor to the patch panel outlets. This makes it easy to
isolate any individual connection as you don't have multiple ports
connected
at the punch down blocks. However if you do need lots of wired phones then
punch down is the only practical way to do it.



Neil B.



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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon
Sent: 07 March 2006 14:44
To: UKHA_D Group
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Telephone over CAT5/Patch panel



John,

First of all, - you don't *have* to use CAT5/BT adapters - you *could* cut
the BT RJ11/RJ12 (never can remember which it is!) off of each phone, and
crimp on an RJ45 plug in it's place... - this is obviously a "no going
back"
operation though...

Rather than buy (and pay over the odds for) "proper" CAT5/BT
adapters, you
can instead just go to your local "Poundland" and buy a load of
standard
telephone extension leads, cut them in half, and crimp on an RJ45 plug to
the bared ends, - this will give you the correct adapter to use at both the
patch panel end, and the outlet end. (this is what I've done for all my
phones, and it works perfectly).

To common a number of outlets together at the patch panel you basically
need
to punch the same wire into several sets of terminals on the back of the
patch panel. - you know that to connect a cable to one outlet on the
patchpanel, you will strip back the outer sheath about 2-3cm, and punch
down
the inner cores onto the terminals for one of the ports... - to common
several together, merely strip back much more outer insulation, - about
10-15cm say, and punch each core down to multiple ports by using the longer
length you've exposed... - obviously you punch each core to the same
terminal on each port.

See a picture of mine here for an example...

http://paulgordon.homeip.net/photogallery/img_0655.jpg

HTH

Paul G.



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