Wiring a modified BT ADSL faceplate

Well my modified BT ADSL faceplate has finally arrived from clarity,
but I need help to wire it up. I'm ok at the faceplate end, Wires
2,3,4 & 5 are self explanitory. I intend to use the other two wires (1
& 6) to push ADSL around the rest of the house using the A & B
terminals. I have also bought an ADSL plate for the phone socket by
the computer. Here is where I need confirmation. Clarity say on their
site to wire up the two blue terminals of the ADSL plate (sticker says
586B and they are labelled Blue1 & Blue/White1). Is this correct? Does
it matter which way round they are connected (ie A could go to either
blue1 or blue/white1 or must A go to blue1).

TIA for any help,
db.

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db <x-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Well my modified BT ADSL faceplate has finally arrived from clarity,
> but I need help to wire it up. I'm ok at the faceplate end, Wires
> 2,3,4 & 5 are self explanitory. I intend to use the other two wires (1
> & 6) to push ADSL around the rest of the house using the A & B
> terminals. I have also bought an ADSL plate for the phone socket by
> the computer. Here is where I need confirmation. Clarity say on their
> site to wire up the two blue terminals of the ADSL plate (sticker says
> 586B and they are labelled Blue1 & Blue/White1). Is this correct? Does
> it matter which way round they are connected (ie A could go to either
> blue1 or blue/white1 or must A go to blue1).
>
> TIA for any help,
> db.

The ADSL signal isn't polarity conscious - so it doesn't matter which way
round it's wired. What *does* matter though is that it's presented on the
middle 2 pins of the outlet socket. So on RJ11 (6 pins) you use 3&4 and on
RJ45 (8 pins) you use 4&5. [I don't know whether your faceplate has an RJ11
or RJ45 outlet - but it doesn't matter as long as you use the right pins -
the RJ11 plug on your modem lead will fit either type of socket].
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Tiscali Tim says...

>
> The ADSL signal isn't polarity conscious - so it doesn't matter which way
> round it's wired. What *does* matter though is that it's presented on the
> middle 2 pins of the outlet socket. So on RJ11 (6 pins) you use 3&4 and on
> RJ45 (8 pins) you use 4&5. [I don't know whether your faceplate has an RJ11
> or RJ45 outlet - but it doesn't matter as long as you use the right pins -
> the RJ11 plug on your modem lead will fit either type of socket].
>
Chuffing hell Tim, you'll have Mark and Bob telling you you're a
heretic. 2 wires? How dare you fly in the face of convention? 4
connections on a RJ11 so you'd better well wire em all up. Didn't you
know that the ADSL modem won't ring without the third wire hooked up?
:-p


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On 17 Nov 2004 08:40:09 -0800, x-(E-Mail Removed) (db) wrote:

>Does
>it matter which way round they are connected

it would make sense to stick to a convention so that all the sockets
have the A wire on the pin to the left of centre and the B wire on the
other side (or vice versa).

Phil
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