KX-RJ5174 Installation

OVERVIEW

The KX-RJ5174 is a Translation Cable designed specifically for use with the Panasonic KX-NS700 PBX in the United States and with KX-NS500 & KX-NS300 PBXs in other world markets.

Translation Cables are used whenever Digital Telephones, Analog Single Line Telephones, Loop Start Central Office Trunks or Door Phones are being deployed on these systems.

Refer to the complete list of Translation Cables in Table 1.

EZCORDS transform the non-standard and/or high-density pin-out used on the NS Series PBX into separate RJ45 jacks with Industry Standard EZ pin-outs. Once the jacks are Industry Standard, they may be plugged into a patch panel for delivery to wall outlets throughout the building.

Optionally, the single non-standard, high-density circuit on the Panasonic NS Series PBX can be plugged directly into a House Patch Panel and then the Translation Cable installed at the far end. This technique sometimes works well when there are a limited number of Category 5/6 cables feeding an office.

The KX-RJ5174 Translation Cable plugs directly into a single jack on the face of a Panasonic MCSLC8 or MCSLC16 Analog Single Line Card. Once inserted, it routes the card’s circuit to 4 separate blue-colored ANALOG jacks, each wired to pins 4 & 5, which is the Panasonic wiring scheme for analog devices. The same KX-RJ5174 cable is used for both the MCSLC8 and MCSLC16 cards.

At the jack end of the Translation Cable, there are 4 short, staggered whips as illustrated in Figure 1. The shortest whip is Circuit #1 and the longest whip is Circuit #4, as illustrated below. Certain Panasonic documentation also refers to these circuits as A, B, C & D, but it is all the same.

Figure 1

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INSTALLATION – METHOD A

Step-1: At the PBX, plug the 8-pin, RJ45 plug of the KX-RJ5174 Translation Cable into any of the 4 jacks on the face of the MCSLC8 or MCSLC16 card – whichever you are using.

Step-2: Verify that the ports on the Panasonic NS Series MCSLC8 or MCSLC16 card are properly programmed.

Step-3: Test the EZCORD by simply plugging an analog, single line telephone directly into any of the 4 blue-colored jacks labeled “ANALOG.”

Step-4: Insert an Industry Standard, 8-pin patch cord of a length appropriate for your application into Jack #1 and then plug the other end of that patch cord into the patch panel port that you are using.

Step-5: Repeat Steps 3 & 4 for circuit #2, #3 & #4 using additional patch panel ports as needed.

INSTALLATION – METHOD B

Step-1: Verify that the ports on the Panasonic NS Series MCSLC8 or MCSLC16 card are properly programmed.

Step-2: At the PBX, plug one end of a standard 8-pin, RJ45 patch cord into any of the 4 jacks on the face of the MCSLC8 card, or into either of the jacks on the face of the MCSLC16 card – whichever you are using.

Step-3: Plug the other end of the patch cord into the port on the Patch Panel that feeds the location that you are adding phones to.

Step-4: At the far end, plug the 8-pin RJ45 plug of the KX-RJ5174 Translation Cable into the other end of the cable that you used on the patch panel (usually a wall outlet).

Step-5: Plug an analog, single line telephone or other analog device such as a fax machine or credit card reader into the blue-colored Jack #1 labeled “ANALOG.”

Step-6: Repeat Steps 5 for circuit #2, #3 & #4 as necessary.

EZCORDS are passive devices, meaning that they have no electronics that could go bad.

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NOTE (*):

The DHLC4 card can be split into either two (2) 4-wire Hybrid Ports or 2 Digital Ports PLUS 2 Analog Ports using the XDP feature. The KX-RJ5170 Translation Cable has 2 Hybrid jacks. The KX-RJ5179 Transition Cable has 2 Digital jacks and 2 Analog jacks.