[lug] Cat 5e cable color codes

[D. Stimits]

j davis wrote:
> 
> if you go to graybar in denver you can get pandouit products
> jd

FYI, after actually figuring out the two superimposed standards color 
codes (the connector has two very small close-together color code 
listings with a small "A" and "B" on the sides), the Panduit RJ-45's 
worked quite well, and do not require a real punch-down tool (there is 
plastic tool that works nicely for $2 or so).

D. Stimits, stimits AT idcomm.com


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>> From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
>> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>> To: BLUG <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>> Subject: [lug] Cat 5e cable color codes
>> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:05:04 -0600
>>
>> I know if I am consistent, and use the same wire straight through on 
>> all of the RJ-45 connectors for the ethernet wire, it will work. 
>> However, there are color codes, and therefore some "expected or 
>> traditional" color-to-pin design. Unfortunately, the color codes on 
>> the connector are different than the actual cable colors, so this is 
>> not entirely possible. I am trying to find out recommended 
>> color-to-pin for these wall connectors.
>>
>> The cable:
>>   Cat 5e, 8 wires, NOT stranded, in 4 twisted pairs.
>>   Colors of cable twisted pairs:
>>     - Solid Green; white w/ green stripe.
>>     - Solid Blue; white w/ blue stripe.
>>     - Solid Orange; white w/ orange stripe.
>>     - Solid Brown; white w/ brown stripe.
>>
>> The RJ-45 modular socket colors are more difficult to describe, partly 
>> because they are not really "paired". It is a push-down type of 
>> connection, with a 2x4 set or rows of self-cutting wire receptacles. 
>> So I place the insulated wire over the notch, and when the housing 
>> pushes down on it, it simultaneously cuts through the insulation of 
>> each wire and connects to it (no soldering, no crimp tool, just push 
>> the locking plastic onto it and the wires squeeze down and connect). 
>> The problem is the color coding (diagram on side of connector); the 
>> 2x4 row of colors are:
>>  ORG/org  blu/grn  BLU/GRN  brn/BRN
>>  GRN/grn  blu/org  BLU/ORG  brn/BRN
>>
>> In the above, small letters are "stripe", capital letters are 
>> "solid"...where stripe is a small diagonal colored line, and solid is 
>> a rectangular block. [I can draw something in gimp if this is confusing]
>>
>> Can anyone give me recommendations on what color "should" go where? 
>> Although simply being consistent would make it work, I don't want to 
>> leave "non-standard" color arrangements if possible.
>>
>> FYI, the modular jack is from "NETKEY", a division of Panduit Corp. 
>> Unfortunately, I was not able to find anything on their websites, nor 
>> via google. The part number if anyone knows about this brand is NK5EMWH.
>>
>> D. Stimits, stimits AT idcomm.com