WiringClosetNew
2025-03-24
Installed the wiring on the lowest tier of the 110 block that will allow direct tie-in to the main phone line ahead of it entering the PBX.
The three (3) twelve-place CAT5e patch panels are installed on brackets that allows for simple detachment and access to the 110-style wiring blocks for each port on the rear.
For those ports that are wired to destinations that are sharing telephone with Ethernet over the same CAT5 cable, the FastEthernet wiring will use the Brown pair in place of the Orange pair since the Orange pair is used already for the telephone (Blue and Orange pairs).
| PIN | ETHERNET JACK | [ref. 586A PINOUT] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green/White | Green/White |
| 2 | Green | Green |
| 3 | Brown/White | Orange/White |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | Brown | Orange |
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
For those ports that are wired to destinations with two (2) four-wire FastEthernet ports, the wiring will use the Green and Brown pairs for the first port, and the Blue and Orange pairs for the second port.
| PIN | ETHERNET JACK #1 | ETHERNET JACK #2 | [ref. 586A PINOUT] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green/White | Blue/White | Green/White |
| 2 | Green | Blue | Green |
| 3 | Brown/White | Orange/White | Orange/White |
| 4 | Blue | ||
| 5 | Blue/White | ||
| 6 | Brown | Orange | Orange |
| 7 | Brown/White | ||
| 8 | Brown |
For those ports that are wired to destinations with a single eight-wire GigaEthernet port, the wiring will follow the 586A standard.
| PIN | ETHERNET JACK | [ref. 586A PINOUT] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green/White | Green/White |
| 2 | Green | Green |
| 3 | Orange/White | Orange/White |
| 4 | Blue | Blue |
| 5 | Blue/White | Blue/White |
| 6 | Orange | Orange |
| 7 | Brown/White | Brown/White |
| 8 | Brown | Brown |
2025-03-19
Over the last few weeks I have been working to completely trace all CAT5 cables to their various destinations.
I have been using a Klein wire tester/toner that actually works very well when one of the toner's leads is grounded via the household electrical cabling grounding wire. With this grounded configuration the toner sensor can actually pick up the tones through the wall and floors. This how I found several wires that were otherwise 'destination unknown.'
All cables have been marked at the wiring closet on the cable jacket, both where the cable emerges from behind the wiring closet wall and at the jacket's end where the twisted pairs are exposed.
Interesting items:
- In addition to the 'main' cable to the Shop (which is marked 'Out Garag') there are three (3) more cables in the adjacent single-gang box that has a simple cable of just black+white wires protruding from it. Also, that same box has two (2) thermostat-type wires and a COAX cable. Lots of stuff in there.
- There are three (3) cables that run to the Office's sound system cabinet. These appear to be 'add-on' cables since the house was first constructed.
- Another cable runs from the Office's sound cabinet to the outdoor Rise Broadband antenna. I have choices on getting the Rise Broadband signal to the wiring closet:
- use a coupler joining the Rise Broadband cable to one of the other 'extra' cables which then runs to the wiring closet. (easiest)
- pull the Rise Broadband cable from the sound system cabinet, back down into the crawlspace, and using a couple to connect to a newly run CAT5 cable to the wiring closet. (medium hard) Advantages: Don't loose use of the other 'extra' cable.
- pull an entirely new cable all the way from the Rise Broadband antenna through the crawlspace terminating at the wiring closet. (hardest) Advantages: No coupler, and, don't loose use of the other 'extra' cable.
- There is a 'second' cable that goes to the front door location, where the DoorPhone (front doorbell) is, yet the end of the cable is not in the wiring box, but buried inside the wall at that location.
- There are two "CAT2" cables that come to the wiring closet. These are very loosely twisted pair cables and are not really suitable for carrying data:
- Master BR TV cabinet niche
- An initial test using the Green and Brown pairs for Ethernet produced only 10Mbps.
- Family Room TV cabinet
- Master BR TV cabinet niche
Today, I finished installing two Leviton 50-pair 110 blocks, and terminating all CAT5/CAT2 cables there. This finally tidies up all of the CAT5 cabling coming to that location:
| MASTER BR ext.11 | OFFICE ext.12 | KITCHEN ext.13 | LAUNDRY ext.14 | GARAGE ext.15 | SHOP ext.16 |
| BASEMENT ext.17 | LIBRARY BR ext.21 | TAYLOR BR ext.22 | CRAFT BR ext.23 | ASHLEY BR ext.24 | BALCONY BR ext.25 |
| OFFICE CAB #1 | OFFICE CAB #2 | OFFICE CAB #3 | SHOP EXTRA #1 | SHOP EXTRA #2 | SHOP EXTRA #3 |
| OFFICE DATA | DOORPHONE #1 | DOORPHONE #2 | GATE | GATE EXTRA | |
| MASTER BR TV | FAMILY RM TV | ||||
| phone bridge | phone bridge | phone bridge | phone bridge | phone bridge | Wiring Closet Tap ext.26 |
Locations marked with "ext." will have a USOC telephone connection to the Panasonic Easa-Phone PBX (analog only) using the Blue and Orange pairs, and Ethernet on the Green and Brown pairs.
Other locations will be wired for one (1) GigaEthernet or two (2) FastEthernet connections.
Locations marked 'phone bridge' will be available for direct connection to the main phone line without going through the PBX
- Lutron HoweWorks TEL-09 interface
- (perhaps), Intercom at gate (DoorFon)
- etc.
11--MASTERBR-- 12--OFFICE---- 13--KITCHEN--- 14--LAUNDRY--- 15--GARAGE---- 16--SHOP------ 17--BASEMENT-- 21--LIBRARYBR- 22--TAYLORBR-- 23--CRAFTBR--- 24--ASHLEYBR-- 25--BALCONYBR- --OFFICE#1-- --OFFICE#2-- --OFFICE#3-- --SHOP#1---- --SHOP#2---- --SHOP#3---- --OFFDATA--- ------------ --DOORPHONE- --DOORPHONE2 --GATE------ --EXTRAGATE- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ dc--MASTERTV-- dc--FAMILYTV-- 18 19 20 26-wiring closet jack dc-wiring closet jack