Re: Patch panel, ethernet & phone advice

["Lee" <muddyboots@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul

A couple more questions on the phone wiring.

Do you mean you run a cable from your BT master socket (using internal
connections) to the rear of the patch panel ?
Would you do this using solid-core cat5 cable ? I assume terminating
flexible cat5 in the patch panel wouldn't be very effective ?

Also, not sure if you know the answer to this, but:
I will shortly be getting my Comfort system, which requires a phone
connection. The Comfort box itself will be remote from my node zero (where
my patch panel and BT master will be), but (luckily!) I did run a couple of
cat5 cables to it.
IIRC, Comfort has a "phone in" and "phone out"
connection and needs to be the "first" device on the phone line,
so it can take control of the line, disconnecting any other devices that
may be using it at the time of an alarm, in order to dial out.
My thoughts were to take the BT master to one port on the patch panel, from
there run the phone line to Comfort using some cores of a cat5 cable, into
Comfort, out of Comfort, then back to the patch panel using remaining cores
of the same cat5 cable. I would then share these return cores over other
sockets in the patch panel for other phones round the house.
Does that make any sense ?
Any issues with return a phone line down & back up the same cat5 cable
?

Cheers
Lee

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Paul Gale <groups2@...> wrote:
>
> On the telephone front - a lot of us hard wire into the back of one of
the patch panel ports i.e. run a cable from the back of the BT port where
the screw terminals are to the patch panel. Then simply daisy chain the
required number of ports together by connecting brown to brown, blue to
blue etc etc etc.
>
> Then you can use standard Cat5e infrastructure wiring and RJ45 outlets
throughout the house with RJ45 to BT adapters (pretty cheap). You just need
to use the correct pair to run the BT line on (cant remember what it is
though off the top of my head but a google will reveal this).
>
> For patch panels I've used this company recently:
>
> http://www.homestead.co.uk/productslist.aspx?CategoryID=51390&onspecialoffer=False
>
> (I bought 5 of the 48 port 1U ultra high density panels which are very
good and pretty cheap compared to the alternatives - the high density meant
I used 5U of space compared to 20U I would have had to use with the panels
they were replacing - a whole cabinet!!!)
>
> Re mounting - you could get one of these:
>
> http://www.homestead.co.uk/productslist.aspx?CategoryID=51390&onspecialoffer=False
>
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Lee
> > Sent: 21 May 2009 20:56
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Patch panel, ethernet & phone advice
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > During my selfbuild I have run cat5 and coax cables back from
every
> > room to my node zero (aka under the stairs).
> >
> > Now, although I'm not fully ready to wire everything up yet, I
have to
> > get a phone and ethernet connection to one room in order for some
home
> > working.
> >
> > I've not wired a patch panel up before, so am after advice...!
> >
> > Firstly, telephone wiring.
> > Assuming I have a BT socket near the patch panel, what is the
normal
> > method of wiring from the BT socket to the patch panel, and then
at the
> > patch panel, how do you share the BT connection across several
patch
> > panel sockets ?
> > I assume in the room, I just need an RJ45 -> to BT adapter
lead.
> >
> > Secondly - the patch panel itself. Are there any features I
should look
> > for, and recommended suppliers ? Price is a key consideration...
At
> > this point in time, this is just a temporary lash-up, and I don't
have
> > a rack - so if any panels come with some sort of wall stand-off
or
> > similar that could be useful. Probably looking at a 24-way panel.
> >
> > Any tips/advice welcome !
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Lee
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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