Punchingdown a phone line to a patch panel

Hey Guys/Gals,

I've punched down RJ-45 to patch panels in the past but I may need to punchdown a RJ-11 to the panel but can't find any good documentation or diagrams. Have any of you done this before?

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Priston

What is it your trying to do exactly?

qwertyiop

Priston wrote: »

What is it your trying to do exactly?

The phone line will be patched into a jack in one of the offices. Now we have 2 others that were done a few years ago but its hard to tell which wires go where, thats why im looking for a diagram or how to.

QHalo

Is it a 6 pin or a 4 pin? I believe red/green on a 4 pin should go to blue/blue-white. Been a long ass time since I've done this.

On a 4 pin, the outside wires are one pair and the inside are another on an RJ11. I don't remember which one hits blue and which one hits blue/white though. I think its red to blue, green to blue/white.

Priston

For punching down the side in the office, normally the jack has a color scheme on the jack http://cloudfront.zorotools.com/product/full/5LR67_AS01.JPG

For punching down the side in the phone closet it depends on your phone system and how its set up.

qwertyiop

Priston wrote: »

For punching down the side in the office, normally the jack has a color scheme on the jack http://cloudfront.zorotools.com/product/full/5LR67_AS01.JPG

For punching down the side in the phone closet it depends on your phone system and how its set up.

Thanks, I'll need to double check what I already have there but I believe its exactly what I have in-place

Priston

@QHalo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RJ11#RJ11

TheNewITGuy

so Cat3 phone wire has 2 pairs right? red/green yellow/black - your red/green are your inside pairs and yellow/black are outside pairs (2 lines) the inside pairs are your primary and outside pairs are your 2nd line

If you're punching down 110 8 slots (for cat5) use the blue/white-blue pairs - ring is your blue (red on cat3) and white-blue (green on cat3) is your tip.

Most jacks dont care about polarity anymore so it might work if you have the pairs swapped.

QHalo

Looks like I was right then.

TechGuy215

Technically...your terminating not patching...patching would take place in the telco closet/demarc with either 66 or 110 blocks.

Priston

TheNewITGuy wrote: »

so Cat3 phone wire has 2 pairs right?

Some cat 3 cables have 4 pairs some have 2 pairs. Also depending on the phone system they might only need 1 pair.