I am working on a customer's home with ChannelPlus H616 Telephone Master Hub and ChannelPlus H628 Ethernet Hub 110 blocks wired to Cat6 cables going throughout the house.
The cables are numbered with corresponding numbers where the wires come out throughout the house. I don't believe all were tested before sheetrock was put up.
I think the electrician wired the 110 blocks incorrectly.
Here is a photo of the whole box. Note the numbered wires and numbered / locations written above and below.
This is a diagram I found on the web. It appears to be the same for Telephone as Network.
Dark color then light color. IE Brown then Striped (light) Brown
This is a photo of the actual telco 110 block connections.
Note the colors are reversed. Light color then Dark color. I think they wired this Dark / Light (striped) backwards.
1st mistake. Wiring wrong.
2nd mistake. This is a ChannelPlus H616 Telephone Master Hub. The phone jack from the telco is plugged in to the master plug. Some are actually used as telco connectors to some rooms. The others should be connected to the H628 Hub, but are not. See below.
From the H616 Manual
Actual
3rd mistake: Some of these cables go to places where Network is required, not telco.
There is a ChannelMaster H628 below the H616.
I think the owner should buy another H628 Hub and I should move the wires that should be used for network from the H616 to the second H628 hub.
I'm not sure if I should rip everything out and start over, punching the wires down in the correct order (or make the electrician do it to correct his mistakes).
MY NEXT QUESTION:
When connecting the RJ45 connectors in the various rooms for ethernet, I would use RJ45-T568B colors.
If the wires are correctly punched on the H628 and network cables from a network hub connected to the H628 RJ45 connectors on top, I can just follow the wiring colors for T568B. Is this correct?
I realize this a lot of stuff to go through. I really appreciate any help and suggestions you have.
The cables are numbered with corresponding numbers where the wires come out throughout the house. I don't believe all were tested before sheetrock was put up.
I think the electrician wired the 110 blocks incorrectly.
Here is a photo of the whole box. Note the numbered wires and numbered / locations written above and below.
This is a diagram I found on the web. It appears to be the same for Telephone as Network.
Dark color then light color. IE Brown then Striped (light) Brown
This is a photo of the actual telco 110 block connections.
Note the colors are reversed. Light color then Dark color. I think they wired this Dark / Light (striped) backwards.
1st mistake. Wiring wrong.
2nd mistake. This is a ChannelPlus H616 Telephone Master Hub. The phone jack from the telco is plugged in to the master plug. Some are actually used as telco connectors to some rooms. The others should be connected to the H628 Hub, but are not. See below.
From the H616 Manual
Actual
3rd mistake: Some of these cables go to places where Network is required, not telco.
There is a ChannelMaster H628 below the H616.
I think the owner should buy another H628 Hub and I should move the wires that should be used for network from the H616 to the second H628 hub.
I'm not sure if I should rip everything out and start over, punching the wires down in the correct order (or make the electrician do it to correct his mistakes).
MY NEXT QUESTION:
When connecting the RJ45 connectors in the various rooms for ethernet, I would use RJ45-T568B colors.
If the wires are correctly punched on the H628 and network cables from a network hub connected to the H628 RJ45 connectors on top, I can just follow the wiring colors for T568B. Is this correct?
I realize this a lot of stuff to go through. I really appreciate any help and suggestions you have.