RE: Re: Patch panel, ethernet & phone advice

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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 ?

Yes. Solid core is what the patch panels are designed for - stranded might
work but may not be good over time?

> 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
> ?

Good - I have Comfort too. Wiring sounds OK but I wired the phone line
straight into Comfort first then into the patch panel. Your way is OK but
you potentially waste a port but on the other hand, it gives you some
additional flexibility. Only other down side is if you were to accidentally
disconnect or bypass Comfort - you won't get the ring out features.


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