2 Line Phone Telephone Splitter Wiring Diagram
Cat5 connectors rj45 have 8 contacts 4 wire pairs.
2 line phone telephone splitter wiring diagram. Rj 11 connector wiring comes in two standard types. In the diagrams on this page pair 1 wht blu voice connections for line one. If both phone lines are wired into a single physical jack in each room meaning that you don t have two phone jacks one for line 1 and one for line 2 you must use a two line splitter to connect your ooma telo base station to the second line. Pair 2 wht org voice connections for line two if present pair 3 wht grn dsl data connections.
Where possible i would recommend actually using the pairs shown for the purposes indicated. Once you have completed all your connections it is possible you may have some problems. The patch panel was. A telephone near the adsl modem with additional telephones wired back to a master socket in star wiring configuration.
You will have a wide variety of telephone jacks to choose from but the wiring for a single line phone service will be standard. Now you have the home telephone wiring you have always desired. Though the rj 11 connector has a total of 6 connector positions typically either only 2 or 4 are used. For this specific project the phone lines running into the building are wired to 2 separate rj45 connectors that use pins 4 5.
Additional lines would be need for a fax machine or second phone line naturally great. Pins 4 5 are used for the first line and pins 3 6 are used for the second line. Or you can get a 2 line splitter adapter at radio shack which splits the one jack with two lines into two jacks each with one line. Business style two line phones have cords with four wires and if you have two phone lines going to one jack the 2nd line uses the halloween pair which is the two outer wires.
If the adsl line is the same line being used in monitoring the alarm system then a good quality central filter remote filter or network termination device must be fitted to the premises ensuring that. Pair 4 wht brn line connection from the nid to the splitter. There s a untwisted and b unshielded twisted pair. Wiring a telephone jack after installing the cat 3 3 pair phone wire i am ready to install the wall jack.
The above wiring diagram shows which lines from the cat5e patch cable will be used for each phone line. Two line phones instantly recognize both phone lines and detect which one is ringing it s possible to use two phone lines without using a two line phone but you have to either rewire your wall jacks or purchase a two line splitter these devices plug into a standard two line jack and split the line directing the first line to one jack and the second line to the other jack.