UTP (Unshielded twisted Pair) 25 Pair Cable Colorcoding

UTP (Unshielded twisted Pair) 25 pair cable colorcoding as is often used in telephony systems.

1	WHITE-BLUE	BLUE-WHITE
2	WHITE-ORANGE	ORANGE-WHITE
3	WHITE-GREEN	GREEN-WHITE
4	WHITE-BROWN	BROWN-WHITE
5	WHITE-GREY	GREY-WHITE
6	RED-BLUE	BLUE-RED
7	RED-ORANGE	ORANGE-RED
8	RED-GREEN	GREEN-RED
9	RED-BROWN	BROWN-RED
10	RED-GREY	GREY-RED
11	BLACK-BLUE	BLUE-BLACK
12	BLACK-ORANGE	ORANGE-BLACK
13	BLACK-GREEN	GREEN-BLACK
14	BLACK-BROWN	BROWN-BLACK
15	BLACK-GREY	GREY-BLACK
16	YELLOW-BLUE	BLUE-YELLOW
17	YELLOW-ORANGE	ORANGE-YELLOW
18	YELLOW-GREEN	GREEN-YELLOW
19	YELLOW-BROWN	BROWN-YELLOW
20	YELLOW-GREY	GREY-YELLOW
21	PURPLE-BLUE	BLUE-PURPLE
22	PURPLE-ORANGE	ORANGE-PURPLE
23	PURPLE-GREEN	GREEN-PURPLE
24	PURPLE-BROWN	BROWN-PURPLE
25	PURPLE-GREY	GREY-PURPLE

RJ-45 CABLE (STRAIGHT)			RJ-45 CABLE (CROSSED)
TIA-568-A is a document; T568A is a jack wiring pattern.
What a difference two letters and hyphens can make-at a glance these terms look so much alike it's easy to see how people can confuse them. But it's an important distinction. TIA-568-A is the Commercial Building Wiring Standard; T568A is one of two jack wiring patterns which comply with that standard (the other pattern is called T568B). For more information on wiring patterns, see page 2-9, Figure 2-9. The U.S. Government requires the use of the preferred T568A standard for wiring done under federal contracts.
T568A and T568B are the two wiring standards for an 8-position modular connector, permitted under the TIA/EIA-568-A wiring standards document. The only difference between T568A and T568B is that the orange and green wire pairs (pairs two and three) are interchanged.
Here's the cabling for telephone, or LocalTalk over PhoneNet, on a two-pair RJ-11. Telephone uses the innermost two wires for line 1. The outermost two wires are line 2, or used for PhoneNet.
	T568-A			T568-B
ISDN equipment : wires 3 & 6 and 4 & 5
CROSS Cable wiring diagram:
STRAIGHT Cable wiring diagram :
Network Cables
How do i make a networkcable for an ethernet network ? Wat er dan meestal bedoeld wordt is in welke volgorde moet je nu die 8 draadjes van die kabel in de stekkertjes doen? Daar is niet zomaar een antwoord op te geven, rond die simpele kabeltjes valt namelijk nog veel meer te vertellen.
The Network Cable
First the cable itself. It is not enough just to twist 8 wires, wrapping an extra isolation around and you are ready. Forget it !! Here we are talking about UTP-cable (Unshielded Twisted Pair). Unshielded, because this cable is not, like the COAX cables that where used for networks in the past and still is used as antenna cable, shielded. That "shield" in these cables is a metal protection, that shields the wires inside for the radiation (so called "Faraday cage").
Twisted Pair because the 8 wires that are twisted around in pairs of two. The 4 "pairs" are twisted again on their turn. The following colors are used in pairs: ORANGE/ORANGE-WHITE, GREEN/GREEN-WHITE, BLUE/BLUE-WHITE en BROWN/BROWN-WHITE. There are different categories of UTP cables. We d'ont gonna talk about the older types, they are nearly not more available on the market. We start therefore by CAT 5. In most cases CAT 5 UTP cable is more than sufficient, only if you need extreme long cables.
An overview: CATEGORY maximum length CAT 5 100 meter CAT 5e 350 meter CAT 6 550 meter CAT 7 700 meter
The RJ-plug		The crimp tool
Push the 8 wires from the UTP-Cable in the RJ-plug. With a special crimp tool, crimp the wires in the RJ-plug, and the cable and plug are secure. The crimp tool pushes the contacts in the wires and crimps the end notch in the cable to secure them. Such a crimp tool is available for about 30 €.
The RJ-plug and the cable
We know what we need. Now we can put the plugs on the cable. But in what order we have to put them in the plug ?
This depends on the kind of cable you want to make:
Straight thru, you want to connect a few pc's with each other by means of a cable on an HUB (or SWITCH or a ROUTER).
Crossover, you want to connect 2 pc's straight with each other, without a HUB (SWITCH or ROUTER). You also need a "crossover"-cable for a straight connection between a ROUTER and a pc.
Voor deze twee soorten kabels moeten de 8 draadjes in verschillend volgorde in de RJ45 stekkers gestopt worden.
Uiteraard is daar weer een standaard voor, er zijn er zelfs twee:
Je kunt aan de volgorde van de draadjes in het stekkertje dus zien wat voor standaard of gebruikt is. Zelf gebruik ik altijd de 568B standaard voor normale (straight thru) netwerk kabels. In Nederland is dat ook min of meer de standaard.
A networkcable in fact only uses 4 wires: these on the pins: 1, 2, 3 and 6. The other wires d'ont do anything !!
That's not completely true, surely by longer cables, the other wires want zeker bij de langere kabels zorgen de overige draden doordat alle draden in elkaar gedraaid zijn voor een goede ontstoring. Daarom is het ook belangrijk de draden volgens één van de standaarden in de stekkers te doen.
Nu kunnen we een kabel maken. Eerst de eerste stekker, de draadjes moeten in de volgende volgorde geplaatst worden (568B standaard):
Hier zie je nog eens 4 afbeeldingen van een "Normale" UTP stekker !!!
Vervolgens schuif je de acht draden in de RJ45 stekker en met behulp van de krimptang zet je de RJ45 stekker vast aan de UTP kabel.
UTP patch-kabel
Naming:	UTP Straight Thru Patch cord
Standard:	Standard EIA/TIA T568B
Alternatif names:	AT&T specification. (Used to be named 258A.)
Layout (clip is on the underside)
pin 1: WHITE-ORANGE (TxData +) pin 2: ORANGE (TxData -) pin 3: WHITE-GREEN (RecvData +) pin 4: BLUE pin 5: WHITE-BLUE pin 6: GREEN (RecvData -) pin 7: WHITE-BROWN pin 8: BROWN Pin 1 en 2 vormen een paar (Transmit data) en pin 3 en 6 vormen een paar (Receive data).
UTP cross-cable
Naming:	UTP Cross-cable cord
Layout (clip is on the underside)
Side 1 pin 1: WHITE-ORANGE (TxData +) pin 2: ORANGE (TxData -) pin 3: WHITE-GREEN (RecvData +) pin 4: BLUE pin 5: WHITE-BLUE pin 6: GREEN (RecvData -) pin 7: WHITE-BROWN pin 8: BROWN Side 2 pin 1: WHITE-GREEN pin 2: GREEN pin 3: WHITE-ORANGE pin 4: BLUE pin 5: WHITE-BLUE pin 6: ORANGE pin 7: WHITE-BROWN pin 8: BROWN
Specific Cabling
Use of pairs
The used paires (and associated pin's) from some types of schemes: Cabletype Used pairs Associated pin's ATM 155Mbps pair 2 and 4 pin's 1-2, 7-8 Ethernet 10Base-T pair 2 and 3 pin's 1-2, 3-6 Ethernet 100Base-T4 pair 2 and 3 (4T+) pin's 1-2, 3-6 Ethernet 100Base-T8 pair 1,2,3 and 4 pin's 4-5, 1-2, 3-6, 7-8 Token-Ring pair 1 and 3 pin's 4-5, 3-6 TP-PMD pair 2 and 4 pin's 1-2, 7-8 100VG-AnyLAN pair 1,2,3 and 4 pin's 4-5, 1-2, 3-6, 7-8
Short explanation:
If there is stated that pairs 2 and 4 are used, there has to be read 4 wires and pin's. These pin's are mentioned per pair (ex. pin 1 and 2, pin 7 and 8, get mentioned like 1-2, 7-8).

UTP (Unshielded twisted Pair) 25 pair cable colorcoding as is often used in telephony systems.