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Re: New Jointer intro, plus Alternatives to Clipsal?



See http://www.kat5.tv and http://www.multiplextechnology.com/channelplus/newproducts/svc10.html for
S-Video over Cat5.

Can also use it for Clipsal's C-Bus, PIR sensors, wired IR transport and other low voltage stuff
including (I believe) line level audio.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake Liddell" <jake.liddell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:34 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] New Jointer intro, plus Alternatives to Clipsal?


> Nope.  Speaker cable for speakers.  Cat5 for the home network that will
> fire digital music from my server in the office.  I've been putting it
> anywhere I am putting other wires, just in case.  For example, I've
> brought 6 lights down to a switch point, so I can control them all from
> one point, but I also bunged in some cat5, so I'll be able to control
> them remotely in the future.
>
> But it's an interesting idea.  What else can you stuff down cat5 apart
> from phone and data?  I don't know too much about the physics of these
> bits of wire.  Could you use cat5 instead of a coax TV or radio wire,
> for instance?
>
> Jake.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 05:14
> To: UKHA List
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] New Jointer intro, plus Alternatives to Clipsal?
>
>
> > I'm quite new to all of this, but am learning fast (because no one
> else
> > round here seems to know anything about HA!).  I'm half way through a
> > home cinema install, which became the beginnings of a HA install as I
> > learnt about what was possible down a bit of cat5.  I've now got the
> > wires in the walls and ceiling of my lounge for 6.1 sound, 4 zone
> > lighting, and cat 5 to the office, and up through the ceiling in
>
> You're not planning to use cat5 for speaker level audio are you? as this
> is generally considered a "Bad Thing(tm)". Something to do with the
> current in the cable being too high for the ratings of cat5 ... ?
>
> Hopefully someone will clear this up.
>
>
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