Re: Connecting BT lines into home cat5 network

["Alex Durkin" <alexpd@xxxxxxx>]

All,

Thanks for the info that is flooding in!

Can I directly attach to the sockets on a Home Highway unit (the analog
ones)?

Thanks

Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Doxey" <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
To: "ukha_d" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Connecting BT lines into home cat5 network


> Hi All,
>
> Just checked a couple of our adapters with a multimeter.
>
> Nigel is correct in what he says....couldnt disagree with a mate could
I !
>
> However, there are differences between the two types of adaptors
>
> Master adapter fitted with ringing capacitor between 2&3 in BT
socket
> Colour - RJ45 - BT Socket - Function
> WHITE/Orange -  1 - 4 - Earth (seldom used)
> BLUE/White   -  4 - 2 - B leg
> WHITE/Blue   -  5 - 5 - A leg
> NOTE....Pin BT3 the bell wire is NOT connected through to RJ45.
> Master adapters are really intended for PBX extensions only.
>
> If you have multiple phones you should use secondary adapters and the
point
> from which the line is distributed should be fed from a master socket
or
> have a capacitor connected to the krone connectors at the patch panel.
> Secondary adapter (no capacitor fitted)
> Colour - RJ45 - BT Socket - Function
> WHITE/Orange -  1 - 4 - Earth (seldom used)
> ORANGE/White -  2 - 3 - Bell Wire (Ringing)
> BLUE/White   -  4 - 2 - B leg
> WHITE/Blue   -  5 - 5 - A leg
>
> The neatest way of doing this is to have a block of sockets on your
patch
> panel that have the required pins connected together so that you just
plug
> normal patch cords in and patch over your structured wiring. Run a bit
of
> cable from the rear of the rack to your BT Master socket.
>
> You can also just cut patch cords in half and join all the wires up
but
that
> gets pretty messy :-(
>
> As Nigel said, there is a removeable plate that you are allowed to
wire to
> on the more modern NTE5. If you have an older master socket you are
not
> supposed to wire directly to it but .......
>
>
>
>
> .......lots of people do. (I DIDNT REALLY SAY THAT) :-))
>
> HTH
>
> Keith
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nigel Orr [mailto:Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx]
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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