On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Robert Schaefer wrote:
> From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
> > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> >
> > > I could have sworn that the regular single-pair telephone connector is
> > > RJ11, and the two-pair/two-line one is RJ14.
> >
> > Sounds right to me...
> >
> > Quiz: Anyone know what an RJ31X jack is for? Google is cheating ;)
>
> Allows one to sieze a phone line for e.g. fire alarm system. Has an in pair
> and an out pair with a shorting jumper that's moved when a (RJ45?) connector
> is inserted. I'm gonna be putting in couple, one to keep the data calls
> uninterruptable, and one for a future fire alarm. Cheaper than a second
> phone line! A breakout cable should just take a few seconds to make, to
> mate the one-connector 31X to a modem w/ phone in & out.
Gosh, I figured that one would stump people for awhile. Heres a quick
reference style list of RJ type connectors for anyone interested:
http://www.shout.net/~wildixon/telecom/rj/rj.html
-Toth
Received on Mon Dec 31 2001 - 15:14:34 GMT