NTE5 Master Socket - What Type?

My NTE5 Master Socket is a genuine BT version (with the embossed BT Piper
logo top left). The lower, removable faceplate has 'BT Digital Access'
screen-printed across it. There is one (presumably filtered) BT telephone
outlet socket only provided on the faceplate (i.e. no RJ11/45 ADSL sockets
are provided).

On the rear of the removable faceplate are two terminal blocks:

1. 4-way Green terminal block, numbered 2, 3, 4, 5
I assume this is a filtered connection point for hardwired extension
phones.

2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for hardwiring
to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal references, other than
the obvious A & B terminals.

Can anyone provide any information on this faceplate?

TIA
--
Mike





mlv

On 27/08/2007 14:26, mlv wrote:

> 2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
> I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for hardwiring
> to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal references, other than
> the obvious A & B terminals.

Sounds like one of the "modified" solwise or clarify versions, the BT
ones don't have the unfiltered side on the punch-down block, just the
filtered side (and the screw down connectors for the line itself which
obviously you shouldn't touch as it's "their" side)

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:26:13 +0100, "mlv" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>My NTE5 Master Socket is a genuine BT version (with the embossed BT Piper
>logo top left). The lower, removable faceplate has 'BT Digital Access'
>screen-printed across it. There is one (presumably filtered) BT telephone
>outlet socket only provided on the faceplate (i.e. no RJ11/45 ADSL sockets
>are provided).
>
>On the rear of the removable faceplate are two terminal blocks:
>
> 1. 4-way Green terminal block, numbered 2, 3, 4, 5
> I assume this is a filtered connection point for hardwired extension
>phones.
>
> 2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
> I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for hardwiring
>to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal references, other than
>the obvious A & B terminals.
>
>Can anyone provide any information on this faceplate?
>
Did you previously have ISDN?
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Regards,
Stuart.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:34:27 UTC, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:26:13 +0100, "mlv" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>
> >My NTE5 Master Socket is a genuine BT version (with the embossed BT Piper
> >logo top left). The lower, removable faceplate has 'BT Digital Access'
> >screen-printed across it. There is one (presumably filtered) BT telephone
> >outlet socket only provided on the faceplate (i.e. no RJ11/45 ADSL sockets
> >are provided).
> >
> >On the rear of the removable faceplate are two terminal blocks:
> >
> > 1. 4-way Green terminal block, numbered 2, 3, 4, 5
> > I assume this is a filtered connection point for hardwired extension
> >phones.
> >
> > 2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
> > I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for hardwiring
> >to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal references, other than
> >the obvious A & B terminals.
> >
> >Can anyone provide any information on this faceplate?
> >
> Did you previously have ISDN?

Surely an ISDN box is bigger, and has 'NTE8' on it? (he says, quickly
checking on the wall).

Or am I missing something?
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Lurch asked:
>
> Did you previously have ISDN?

No, but the previous owner might have.

It seems there was also a (now redundant) BT NTE9E Digital Access box with
the NTE5.
--
Mike

On 27/08/2007 14:26, mlv wrote:


> 2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
> I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for hardwiring
> to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal references, other than
> the obvious A & B terminals.

As Lurch suggested, the CA/CB/CS names do sound like the contacts on an
old highway faceplate. Have you got (or did you used to have) a large
NTE9 somewhere else?
http://www.mckerracher.net/highway/

Alternatively does it look like
http://www.clarity.it/telecoms/adsl_faceplate_mod.htm
or
http://www.solwiseforum.co.uk/downlo...psplitters.pdf

On 27 Aug 2007 13:43:19 GMT, "Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:34:27 UTC, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:26:13 +0100, "mlv" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>>
>> >My NTE5 Master Socket is a genuine BT version (with the embossed BT Piper
>> >logo top left). The lower, removable faceplate has 'BT Digital Access'
>> >screen-printed across it. There is one (presumably filtered) BT telephone
>> >outlet socket only provided on the faceplate (i.e. no RJ11/45 ADSL sockets
>> >are provided).
>> >
>> >On the rear of the removable faceplate are two terminal blocks:
>> >
>> > 1. 4-way Green terminal block, numbered 2, 3, 4, 5
>> > I assume this is a filtered connection point for hardwired extension
>> >phones.
>> >
>> > 2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
>> > I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for hardwiring
>> >to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal references, other than
>> >the obvious A & B terminals.
>> >
>> >Can anyone provide any information on this faceplate?
>> >
>> Did you previously have ISDN?
>
>Surely an ISDN box is bigger, and has 'NTE8' on it? (he says, quickly
>checking on the wall).
>
BT used to sometimes fit an NTE5 type thing for the business and home
highway services. The NTE8 would be for ISDN2 and ISDN2e.

>Or am I missing something?

Yep, unusually!
--
Regards,
Stuart.

On 27/08/2007 15:15, Lurch wrote:

> BT used to sometimes fit an NTE5 type thing for the business and home
> highway services. The NTE8 would be for ISDN2 and ISDN2e.

If you wanted the NTE9 remote from where the master socket originally
was (either for convenient computer access, or if no mains outlet was
nearby the master socket) the incoming line was looped to where you
wanted the NTE9 and the analogue port of the highway got looped back
down to where the master socket used to be.

mlv wrote:
> My NTE5 Master Socket is a genuine BT version (with the embossed BT
> Piper logo top left). The lower, removable faceplate has 'BT
> Digital Access' screen-printed across it. There is one (presumably
> filtered) BT telephone outlet socket only provided on the faceplate
> (i.e. no RJ11/45 ADSL sockets are provided).
>
> On the rear of the removable faceplate are two terminal blocks:
>
> 1. 4-way Green terminal block, numbered 2, 3, 4, 5
> I assume this is a filtered connection point for hardwired
> extension phones.
>
> 2. 6-way Blue terminal block, numbered A, B, (blank), CA, CB, CS
> I assume this might be an unfiltered connection point for
> hardwiring to ADSL devices, but I don't recognise the terminal
> references, other than the obvious A & B terminals.
>
> Can anyone provide any information on this faceplate?
>
> TIA

It's the faceplate used for the soon to be defunct Home Highway & I'm
afraid it's as useful as a chocolate teapot for anything else...

Andy Burns wrote:
>
> As Lurch suggested, the CA/CB/CS names do sound like the
> contacts on an old highway faceplate. Have you got (or did
> you used to have) a large NTE9 somewhere else?

Yes, it does seem that there used to be a NTE9 associated with the NTE5.

Is my NTE5 lower faceplate usable for hardwiring phone extensions and ADSL
devices, or should I buy a new one, such as the ADSL Adaptor for BT NTE5
offered by:

<http://www.clarity.it/xcart/product.php?productid=16134&cat=262&page=1>

Thanks.
--
Mike