beelzerob
Senior Member
I think I'll call around tomorrow and see if I can find some surface mount RJ45s....Now that I think about it, it's true that stripping the wire wouldn't be so bad, since it's solid core. But if I can afford a half dozen punch down RJ45's, I'd rather go that route. Hopefully that will last us. Besides, in places where I wired several of the same color cat5e's, I'm going to have to wire up all of them just to test one, because there's no way on the other end to know which was chosen.
For future, I ran a Cat5 and a 22/4. Those were mainly for motion sensors and whatever else, but also for keypads. I can't find many regular keypads for sale, whether on automatedoutlet or elsewhere. Do people sell just keypads, or are they always sold with a specific security system? I think I could seem some value in a keypad that communicated via RS232 and told you what key was pressed and let you display text or light up various keys on the pad...that'd be pretty neat. Either way...is a cat5 and a 22/4 enough for most keypads out there, including those that allow audio (1 or 2 way)?
For future, I ran a Cat5 and a 22/4. Those were mainly for motion sensors and whatever else, but also for keypads. I can't find many regular keypads for sale, whether on automatedoutlet or elsewhere. Do people sell just keypads, or are they always sold with a specific security system? I think I could seem some value in a keypad that communicated via RS232 and told you what key was pressed and let you display text or light up various keys on the pad...that'd be pretty neat. Either way...is a cat5 and a 22/4 enough for most keypads out there, including those that allow audio (1 or 2 way)?