RE: Telephone over CAT5/Patch panel

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Don't forget your REN!
C


>From: "Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Telephone over CAT5/Patch panel
>Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:35:11 -0000
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>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.
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>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
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>John,
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>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
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>HTH
>
>Paul G.
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