Re: Connecting BT lines into home cat5 network

[Nigel Orr <Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:51 19/07/00 +0100, you wrote:
>However I cannot find an addapter which will allow me to patch from my
BT
>master socket into my patch panel. I tried Maplin but they didnt seem
to
>be able to help.

Do you have a linebox or an older master socket?  If you've got a linebox,
just get an RJ45 cable, chop one end off, and put it on the terminals
behind the 'first layer' front cover.  Older master sockets have a single
front panel, lineboxes have a 2-part panel, you are allowed to remove the
first part, which reveals yet another BT socket underneath and some
terminals, and wire to the terminals you can see.  Older sockets, when you
remove the panel, have all the surge arrestor and ring capacitors visible
on the back of it, and you're not supposed to wire to them.

You could make up a BT-RJ45 lead, but then you can't hide your wiring so
easily...

Not sure what pairs in the RJ45 the adaptors use, I'd expect them to use
blue for the line and orange for the ring, if that's correct, you would
wire blue w/white stripe to 2 in the BT box, White w/blue stripe to 5,
Orange/White to 3 and White/Orange to 4.  If that doesn't work, or only
works partially (eg no incoming ring on some phones), they probably use
different pairs and you'll need to use a multimeter/continuity
tester/manual/repeated experimentation to find out which

I expect Keith will be along in a minute to repeat all this, add to it...
or maybe even disagree!!

Nigel