Wiring for a Partner at Home 1

[lduran67]

Ok, bear with me here. I am more of a programmer than I am a tech, and also have been working on (programming, training etc) on the Partners for 10 years, however.... I have never had to wire my home phone jacks for a Partner. I will be installing 2 lines, and 6 extensions, but need some advice on the wiring scheme. I currently have 2 pair running to each jack, but is there a different wiring scheme required? My home is very old and has individual "home runs" terminating (on a 66 block) in my basement for each jack in the house. Where I need more help is understanding exact jack config with wiring and also in putting an RJ11 at the end of each run in the basement to plug into the Processor/308 (color/pin config). Thanks for any advice you can give me.

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Actually, you're in good shape, if the wire runs are truely home runs. Is it twisted pair, or "quad" (just 4 conductors, Green-Red-Black-Yellow)? If twisted pair, just wire each jack as if it were an "RJ-14", that is 1st pair on Green/Red or 3/4 of a 6-position jack, and the 2nd pair on Black/Yellow or 2/5 of a 6-position jack. (or 4/5 and 3/6 if you're going to use 8-C jacks)

At the backboard, with the wire runs punched down on a 66 block, we use a premade 4-conductor "line cord", except it is made with SOLID copper conductors. Cut it in half, plug one end into the station port of the Partner, and punch the other end down on the 66 block. Do it neatly and you'll have a great installation.

If the dialtone doesn't also terminate in the basement, you'll need to run a cable from the telephone company's Minimum-Point-Of-Entry there also, to connect to the system.

Another way you could do it would be to reterminate the cables on jacks in the basement, and use patch cables to connect from the partner to the station cables.