We're moving into our new bldg, and we spec'd Avaya jacks when we did the req for bids, but I guess since Avaya sold to Commscope, the contractor decided to replace them with Panduit Cat5E jacks. The jacks are CJ5E88TWH white color, which is the same color as the voice jacks, which leads people to plugging the telephones into the data jacks. Oh, well.. Anyway, here's the URL for the instruction sheet on installing the jacks. Interestingly, it says that it can handle stranded wire.
So now I gotta learn how to terminate these new jacks, since I've been a diehard Avaya/Lucent/AT&T fan for so many years. But just a couple Qs.
They show using a special "CGJT" tool to squeeze the back half onto the jack, OR use a small channellocks to do the same thing. Anyone try both and find any problems with either? They also show a "CWST" tool to cut off the conductors, which looks to me like a regular dikes or sidecutters. Any comments here? I didn't notice if they conformed to our usual 568B ternminations, so I'll have to check, but assuming they didn't, I will do the same to maintain consistency. Obviously I'll still have to use the same patch panels. Thanks.