From: Matt Howe (matthowe_at_comcast.net)
Date: Wed Jul 06 2005 - 12:03:58 PDT
Another use for the two outer wires is lighted dials. (wooo that goes back)
Back when there were still dials on phones, ones with a lighted dial,
specifically the "Princess" phone used the second pair of wires to power the
lights. Nowadays, in the US anyway, standard color coding is Red/Green for
the first line, Black/yellow for the second line, optionally, the yellow
wire may also be used for ground.
Matt "Ducky" Howe
matthowe_at_comcast.net
mywebpages.comcast.net/mhowe41
-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of ADyson
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:43 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] PhoneNet RJ11 cabling
Normally the home telephone wiring has four wires but only uses the two
inner ones if you have only
one incoming phone line. If you have two incoming telephone lines the second
line will be normally
wired on the outer two wires unless you specifically wanted separate wiring
for the second phone.
Depending on who originally wired your home, you may not have all four wires
connected to your wall
jacks. You'll have to trace it back to the junction box to verify.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Elliott" <jie_at_ou.edu>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] PhoneNet RJ11 cabling
> It uses the two wires not used by your phone (unless you have caller
> ID, I think). Are you saying you only use two-wire cables from your
> wall to your phones or that the wiring in the walls is only two-wire?
> I assume the former. If that's the case and you want to run LocalTalk
> through your house lines, all you need is regular four-wire cabling for
> the LocalTalk devices and a bit of modification to the box where your
> phone connection enters your house. Hit me offlist and I can help you
> set it up.
>
> -James
>
> Martin Joseph <martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 5, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Mac User wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I I put my hand on a few Phonenet Adaptor for localtalk. My cabling
> >> in my houses are on 2 wire only. If I'm correct, the wiring specs
> >> need to be 4 cables all the way to work for those adaptor, right?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > No, it also only uses two wires. You can set it up to use the other
> > two and use your existing phone house wiring...
> >
> > Marty
>
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