Some Techno-info for phone cabling, Most new business phones are currently being wired with "4 pair" cable. this has been going on for quit some time. here are the color codes and some of the common uses of these wires. Color codes. ------------- The cable is Usually grey. The 4 pairs of wire inside have 4 colors: blue, orange, green and brown. "4 pairs" of wire means "8" wires. (no shit) Each pair is twisted together. thus 4 twisted pair. (no shit, no shit) The "blue" pair consists of a blue/white wire and a white/blue wire. this means: the blue\white wire in the pair is mostly blue with a white mark here and there. the white/blue wire is mostly white with a blue mark here and there. this goes for the other three colors also. thus so far: 1 cable = 4 pairs = 8 wires 1 blue 1 white/blue 1 grey 2 blue/white (or blue or clear) 2 orange 3 white/orange 4 orange/white 3 green 5 white/green 6 green/white 4 brown 7 white/brown 8 brown/white * It is "standard" to refer to these wires in the above order. * the dominant white of each pair is like a ground to the dominant color. Think of them as four different speaker wires in one cable. Are we getting any where yet? *Note -------- You should not play with these wires in "Your" place business. In some phone systems you can Burn-Out the KSU if you touch/short the Pair. (Now-a-days the system is usually protected from this.) hmm... your boss will get shorted(temper) and you will get burnt! Uses -------------------------------------- Some background: In most cases these wires lead to a "KSU". It is like a phone server that lets many phones share a few "Bell" lines. The phone uses the white/blue pair, and sometimes also the white/orange pair (meaning both pairs simutainiously). Sometimes there is more than one "item" on a cable ------------------------------------------------ In some cases a phone might get hooked up to the white/blue pair; and a MODEM! or Fax to the white/orange OR white/green pair. If there is a modem/fax line, It does not go thru the KSU. It goes directly to a "Bell" dial tone. isn't this fun? ;) Free long distance? ------------------- In some really old buildings, Its been heard that a phone man will take a wire out side of the building to get a line "down stairs and five rooms over." Or they may run a line to the biulding next door. My cable tv guy ran my cable out near the basement window and up to my 2nd floor.(dick-head!) (get your laptop and modem ready, next we'll make a "jumper".) A quick lesson on 25 pair cable ------------------------------- 25 pair? holy shit, thats 50 wires! Yep, the cable is about 5/8 of an inch round. It uses the same scam, I mean scheeeem, as the 4 pair.(but different) Main rule: "Like" pairs. blue orange green brown and slate(gray). white Wht/Blu wht/orng Blu/wht orng/wht ( a l l l i k e b e f o r e ) yellow ylw/blu ylw/orng ylw/grn ylw/brn blu/ylw orng/ylw grn/ylw brn/ylw black blk/blu blu/blk violet ( y o u f i l l i n t h e r e s t ) red red/blu red/ylw blu/red ylw/red What else about 25 pair? ------------------------ It is usually used in pairs. If you were looking for Dial Tone you would First check the wht/blu pair. and work your way down all the pairs with white, Then check all the pairs with yellow, and so on. *Note --------------- UnAuthorized "Pair Checking" may be viewed by your piers as UnEthical. :) -What does that statement really mean?..... Don't get caught! hmm.... one other cable. (usually in homes) ----------------------- cable => 4 wires grey 1 green or tan 2 red or black 3 black 4 yellow The phone jack (and cable) -------------- "cable" to "jack" | "cable" to "jack" ---------------------------|--------------------------------- at home: green to green | and red to red | at business: wht/blu to green | and blu/wht to red wht/orng to blk | orng/wht to ylw Well, I've had Enough for one Day. This was writen Just so I could download more stuff. (from The Temple Of The Screaming Electron BBS ) 1-510-935-5845 I am not associated with "TOTSE" BBS. hell... I don't even know those guys. ______________________ | | | This was writen by: | | Dick Sacke | |______________________|____________________ | | | and can be contacted by Internet: | | (not for Official Use) | | | | To: ken.wood@boothill.com | | Subject: to Dick Sacke | |__________________________________________| THIS PARAGRAPH YOU ARE READING IS SHAREWARE IF YOU DO NOT SENT YOUR 5.00 DOLLAR REGISTRATION FEE. YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY ENTITLED TO FINISH READING IT.