LAN and Telecom Cabling RJ45 to 110 Cross-Connects

>I'm planning the wiring for new office space. 125 Cat5 cables for
>voice (plus 125 for data) from the offices will terminate on patch
>panels in a rack. 1 pair lines from the phone switch terminate on a
>110 block mounted on a plywood board about 8 feet away. I'm trying to
>figure out the best way to cross-connect the two that will make it
>easy to make changes when folks change offices.
>
>I'm familiar with both RJ45 and 110 patch cords (in this case, I could
>use the 1 pair clips) and I presume that I could get patch cords with
>one of each. But I'd really rather not have 125 (expensive) patch
>cords running from the rack to the wall. Please suggest some other
>options I should consider.
>

> wrote:

>>I'm planning the wiring for new office space. 125 Cat5 cables for
>>voice (plus 125 for data) from the offices will terminate on patch
>>panels in a rack. 1 pair lines from the phone switch terminate on
>> a
>>110 block mounted on a plywood board about 8 feet away. I'm trying
>> to
>>figure out the best way to cross-connect the two that will make it
>>easy to make changes when folks change offices.
>>
>>I'm familiar with both RJ45 and 110 patch cords (in this case, I
>> could
>>use the 1 pair clips) and I presume that I could get patch cords
>> with
>>one of each. But I'd really rather not have 125 (expensive) patch
>>cords running from the rack to the wall. Please suggest some other
>>options I should consider.
>>
>> Mount another patch panel in the rack. Cable it with 25pair cable, one

> pair per port, terminating on the white/blue punchdown. Terminate the
> other end on a 110 block next to your dial-tone 110 block. Cross
> connect your various extensions to the 110 feeding the patchpanel.
> Viola. Modular extension jacks on the rack, ready for you to patch
> with standard patch cords to the workstation outlets.

>If Bob is looking for a cheapest solution, this may not be it. You would
>just exchange the cost of the (rather expensive) 110-to-RJ45 cords onto
>the costs of the patch panel, 25-pair, labor and RJ45-to-RJ45. Depending
>on your labor it may become even more expensive than to just take the 10FT
>cords from the wall directly into the rack.
>In case Bob is in for a most convenient solution, I totally agree with
>you. If both voice and data patch panels are in the same rack,
>cross-connects will be a snap and the mass of the cords will be more
>manageable.

> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:00:38 GMT,
> info_at_cabling-design_dot_com@foo.com (Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com))
> wrote:

>>If Bob is looking for a cheapest solution, this may not be it. You
>> would
>>just exchange the cost of the (rather expensive) 110-to-RJ45 cords
>> onto
>>the costs of the patch panel, 25-pair, labor and RJ45-to-RJ45.
>> Depending
>>on your labor it may become even more expensive than to just take
>> the 10FT
>>cords from the wall directly into the rack.
>>In case Bob is in for a most convenient solution, I totally agree
>> with
>>you. If both voice and data patch panels are in the same rack,
>>cross-connects will be a snap and the mass of the cords will be
>> more
>>manageable.

> Tommy and Dmitri,
> Thanks for the suggestion. I only have one question:
> Instead of terminating the wall side of the 25 pair cables on another
> 110 block and cross-connecting to the dial tone block, why not
> directly punch down on the top of the dial tone block's 110 clips?

> This would make the blue/white connections on the new patch panel
> simply an extension of the dial tone block onto the rack. All
> cross-connects would then be done via RJ45 patch cords.

> --
> Bob Simon
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