KX-RJ5170 Installation

OVERVIEW

The KX-RJ5170 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
Translation Cable

For Use With Panasonic NS Series PBX Modules

KX-RJ5162

KX-NS5162

DPH2

KX-RJ5170

KX-NS5170

DHLC4 *

KX-RJ5172

KX-NS5171

DLC8

KX-RJ5172

KX-NS5172

DLC16

KX-RJ5174

KX-NS5173

MCSLC8

KX-RJ5174

KX-NS5174

MCSLC16

KX-RJ5179

KX-NS5170

DHLC4 *

KX-RJ5180

KX-NS5180

LCOT6

KX-RJ5171

Built-In

EXTN1-2

KX-RJ5173

Built-In

EXTN1-4

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-RJ5170 Translation Cable plugs directly into a single jack on the face of a Panasonic DHLC4 Digital Hybrid Line Card. Once inserted, it routes the card’s circuit to 2 separate slate-colored HYBRID jacks. Each HYBRID jack is wired to pins 3 & 6 for the DIGITAL pair and pins 4 & 5 for the ANALOG pair. When using Panasonic HYBRID circuits, pins 3 & 6 are for digital telephones with pins 4 & 5 as the analog XDP port. Hybrid ports are also used whenever 4-Wire APT type telephones are used such as the Panasonic KX-T7700 Series.

At the jack end of the Translation Cable, there are 2 short, staggered whips as illustrated in Figure 1. The shorter whip is HYBRID Circuits #1 and the longer whip is HYBRID Circuit #2. Certain Panasonic documentation also refers to these circuits as A & B but it is all the same.

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Figure 1

 

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INSTALLATION – METHOD A

Step-1: Verify that the ports on the Panasonic NS Series DHLC4 card are properly programmed.

Step-2: At the PBX, plug the 8-pin, RJ45 plug of the KX-RJ5170 Translation Cable into either of the 2 jacks on the face of the DHLC4 card – whichever you are using.

Step-3: Test the EZCORD by simply plugging a 4-wire APT device into either of the 2 slate-colored jacks labeled “HYBRID.” You can also test the analog pair by itself by plugging an analog, single line telephone directly into either jack. And you can even test the digital pair by itself by plugging a digital telephone directly into either jack. However, the best test of the HYBRID jacks is using a 4-wire APT Telephones.

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 Step 3 for HYBRID Jack #2.

 

INSTALLATION – METHOD B

Step-1: Verify that the ports on the Panasonic NS Series DHLC4 card are properly programmed.

Step-2: At the PBX, plug the 8-pin, RJ45 plug of the KX-RJ5179 Translation Cable into either of the 2 jacks on the face of the DHLC4 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-RJ5170 Translation Cable into the other end of the cable that you used on the patch panel (usually a wall outlet).

Step-5: Plus plug a 4-wire APT device into either of the 2 slate-colored jacks labeled “HYBRID.” As in Method A above, you can also test the analog pair by itself by plugging an analog, single line telephone directly into either jack. And you can even test the digital pair by itself by plugging a digital telephone directly into either jack. The best test of the HYBRID jacks is using a 4-wire APT Telephones though.

Step-6: Repeat Step 5 as necessary for an additional device.

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.

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