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Mod-Tap
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Deweyhumbolt
Technical User
My memory is of a company that makes data wiring products.
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google brought it up for me
heres a tester
what is it your looking for ?
heres a tester
what is it your looking for ?
The usage I always heard was a 66 or 110 punchdown to modular jack adapter. You can see one in the bottom left hand corner of this catalog page:
mattKnight
Programmer
In the UK a Mod-Tap is a generic name for a RJ45 plug to BT line socket adapter.
They come in 2 types - Master (with ringing capacitor) and secondary (without capacitor)
You can also obtain ISDN mod taps with are RJ45 to RJ45 with termination resistors
Take Care
Matt
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
They come in 2 types - Master (with ringing capacitor) and secondary (without capacitor)
You can also obtain ISDN mod taps with are RJ45 to RJ45 with termination resistors
Take Care
Matt
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
oldtimerbob
Technical User
There seems to be a confusion of terms here.
Mod-Tap was taken over by Molex at about the same time as a couple other mfg companies were themselves taken over by others. They changed all their part numbers and catalogues,which gave many of us at the time quite a headache when trying to order the correct items for installs.
The word 'Tap' is also used in our business to refer to gadgets we use for testing,monitoring or patching in from one type of panel to another or to testers,butt-sets,etc.
For instance:
You can get one,two,three,four and 25 pair taps for 66 blocks.(normally used with RJ 11 or 12 plugs, except for the 25 pair one that you have to use what we call a harmonica or an amphenial connector)
You can also get one,two,three and four pair taps for 110 type blocks.(these normall used with RJ45 plug connectors, but with the new design, an RJ11 or 12 will fit into them too)
Krone and Bix are different animals but I am sure those that install these often have to correct taps for them also.
Graybar has quite a selection of these,which may or may not be in stock at your local location, and I am sure other suppliers can get them for you too.
Good Luck,
Has been in the cabling business for about twenty years and is now the Sr PM for a cabling company located in the Los Angeles area.
Also a General Class Amatuer Radio Operator.
Mod-Tap was taken over by Molex at about the same time as a couple other mfg companies were themselves taken over by others. They changed all their part numbers and catalogues,which gave many of us at the time quite a headache when trying to order the correct items for installs.
The word 'Tap' is also used in our business to refer to gadgets we use for testing,monitoring or patching in from one type of panel to another or to testers,butt-sets,etc.
For instance:
You can get one,two,three,four and 25 pair taps for 66 blocks.(normally used with RJ 11 or 12 plugs, except for the 25 pair one that you have to use what we call a harmonica or an amphenial connector)
You can also get one,two,three and four pair taps for 110 type blocks.(these normall used with RJ45 plug connectors, but with the new design, an RJ11 or 12 will fit into them too)
Krone and Bix are different animals but I am sure those that install these often have to correct taps for them also.
Graybar has quite a selection of these,which may or may not be in stock at your local location, and I am sure other suppliers can get them for you too.
Good Luck,
Has been in the cabling business for about twenty years and is now the Sr PM for a cabling company located in the Los Angeles area.
Also a General Class Amatuer Radio Operator.
Yes it is confusing, when terms such as "RJ" are constantly being misused and misapplied in the industry!
The term RJ is an abbreviation for Registered Jack, which was a program started by the FCC in the 1970s for CPE, and administered by the Telcos. "RJ" is a wiring arrangement for specific modular jack hardware for analogue "dialtone" lines and tie circuits. It does NOT refer to any plugs or data anything! In fact the only data related circuits that have an RJ wiring arrangement are DigitalData Service(DDS) and DS1, and that would be RJ48S and RJ48C/X respectively.
But misinformation abounds... It is very interesting how many industry engineers and manufacturers don't even know this fact!
....JIM....
The term RJ is an abbreviation for Registered Jack, which was a program started by the FCC in the 1970s for CPE, and administered by the Telcos. "RJ" is a wiring arrangement for specific modular jack hardware for analogue "dialtone" lines and tie circuits. It does NOT refer to any plugs or data anything! In fact the only data related circuits that have an RJ wiring arrangement are DigitalData Service(DDS) and DS1, and that would be RJ48S and RJ48C/X respectively.
But misinformation abounds... It is very interesting how many industry engineers and manufacturers don't even know this fact!
....JIM....
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