Plug converter?

[marker2001]

Switching out a Nortel system to a TDA200.

Some jacks are set up with only one pair - i.e. 4 jacks on a cable.

Is there a device out there that will swap pair one and pair two? As most of you know out there - the TDA only uses the 2nd pair for the digital phones and Nortel uses the center pair.

I'm not looking forward to rewiring most of the 32 jacks and want to cheat.

I know that I can manually swap the pairs in a splitter jack but am looking for something cleaner.

Any takers?

 

[LkEErie]

Whenever I do new construction, I wire 2 pairs or 4 pairs.
Are you saying that the person who wired the jacks only did one pair?

Sorry 'bout your luck.

LkEErie

 

[marker2001]

This is a business running out of a converted three level residence of some sort in West Hollywood. It's old, 1940's, but they have a good location.
Anyway, the wiring was put in before I got there and most of it was run in Panduit type conduits which have been caulked and painted several times.
I guess it was easier to split pairs than run new wire.

 

[cwc3]

if it was me i'dd take the time and rewire the jacks
adapters sound to much like a hack job to me

 

[LkEErie]

In some old motel installations I've seen where they make up special base cords where the inner pair is on one end and it becomes the outer pair on the other. It was done to prevent guests from using the phone lines with standard modems.

I like the idea of rewiring the jacks, but you could do that in a pinch.

LkEErie

 

[marker2001]

Oh well, looks like I get to spend an afternoon crawling under desks re-wiring jacks.

Thanks Guys,

- Mark

 

[Trotski]

as Lkeerie says, modify the handset cords if you don't like crawling under desks