Cat 5---t tap

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If there was a run of cat 5 cable and you had a LV switch that utilized cat 5 cable and you wanted to tie/splice the switch into that run at a particular location how would do that? Would that be a t tap or some sort of splice? Thanks
 
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fmtjfw said:
If you are running Ethernet over the Cat5, you cannot tap it. Twisted pair Ethernet is ONLY point-to-point.
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It is cat 5 for shades & blinds. How would I know it is considered Ethernet or not? In short..... The cat 5 runs from a isolator/repeater to a bus supply located in an enclosure by the shades/blinds. The cat 5 with a RJ 45 plugs into the bus supply then control cable from the bus supply to the shades/blinds.

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mstrlucky74 said:
It is cat 5 for shades & blinds. How would I know it is considered Ethernet or not? In short..... The cat 5 runs from a isolator/repeater to a bus supply located in an enclosure by the shades/blinds. The cat 5 with a RJ 45 plugs into the bus supply then control cable from the bus supply to the shades/blinds.

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Is the switch just a switch, or is it something with electronics?

If just a switch the Cat5 is just a wire and you can do what you want.

Try googling the equipment by name and model number. See if the web can tell you assuming there are no instructions with the devices.
 
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mstrlucky74 said:
This is the system....the switch is on page 14

http://www.somfypro.com/documents/531668/1850382/SDN+Databook
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Interesting. They show a 3 way tap which is a passive component (just wires). You can get one of these from them (or someone else). You could also take 3 RJ-45 sockets (cat 3 or cat 5) and just wire each parallel -- blue to blue, blue/white to blue/white, etc. for all 8 wires for all 3 sockets (mechanically that may be hard since they are often designed for the wires to dead-end rather than pass through).

RS-485 is an electrical bus that allow multiple taps. The software running the bus sorts out each device connected. You may have to set a unique address for each thing you add.
 
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fmtjfw said:
Interesting. They show a 3 way tap which is a passive component (just wires). You can get one of these from them (or someone else). You could also take 3 RJ-45 sockets (cat 3 or cat 5) and just wire each parallel -- blue to blue, blue/white to blue/white, etc. for all 8 wires for all 3 sockets (mechanically that may be hard since they are often designed for the wires to dead-end rather than pass through).

RS-485 is an electrical bus that allow multiple taps. The software running the bus sorts out each device connected. You may have to set a unique address for each thing you add.
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Thanks for your help
 
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fmtjfw said:
Interesting. They show a 3 way tap which is a passive component (just wires). You can get one of these from them (or someone else). You could also take 3 RJ-45 sockets (cat 3 or cat 5) and just wire each parallel -- blue to blue, blue/white to blue/white, etc. for all 8 wires for all 3 sockets (mechanically that may be hard since they are often designed for the wires to dead-end rather than pass through).

RS-485 is an electrical bus that allow multiple taps. The software running the bus sorts out each device connected. You may have to set a unique address for each thing you add.
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If the cable is run free air does the tap have to be in a box by code?
 
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