Fw: Re: RJ45 to BT Converters needed !

["Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Gareth Cook <g@u...> wrote:
> Patrick
>
> Those are PABX not PSTN adators.

They are interchangeable, unless I have misunderstood what you are
trying to achieve?

> Mebe I have it wired wrong at the master socket ? As the NTE5 socket
(the
> incoming feed) I have the following wired to the patch panel :
>
> 2 - Blue/White
> 3 - Orange/White
> 5 - White/Blue
>
> Then the patch panel is wired in series to the other sockets. I can
take
> all other connections off so I have one phone plugged in. If I use a
> secondary pbx socet, it's all fine - except the phone doesnt ring.

If the phone doesn't ring when you use a secondary PBX socket, then
you have mis-wired the "ring wire" (pin 3) from the NTE5.

If I
> plug in a master into another socket (with no phone in it) the phone
> rings. but I get echo.

...because pin 3 is mis-wired, I reckon.

I don't know off-hand what the correct match between patch panel
wiring and the NTE5 is, but a multimeter, a secondary socket and a
chopped up BT lead should get you there.

HTH

Patrick