Date   : Sun, 03 May 2009 03:44:04 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

In article <2f806cd70905020202w60166cd7lecf8016980733e4b@...>
, Rob <robert@...> writes

>Boy, I'd forgotten just how much I hate soldering DIN plugs -
>heat them up too long and the blooming pins wander about!

Plug them into the mating socket before soldering...

>Anyway, made up the cables, found the Cat5 splitters (takes 4 pairs
>and splits out to 2 pairs each per two sockets) behind the TiVo, and
>connected it all up to the cable going upstairs.

Not gonna work... No earth.

>and it works!

I don't see how.  You need D+, D-, C+ and C- AND an earth for Econet.
That's five wires.  A Cat5 cable splitter gives you 4 wires (two pairs).

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