nicoll wrote:
Searching the web I'm struggling to find and easy way to patch our BT
phone lines to the panel.
I have found RJ45 plugs to BT sockets which would allow me to plug a
phone into a RJ45 outlet. But at the panel end I want the opposite a
BT plug to RJ45 socket to fit in the BT socket so I can then patch to
the panel. Do these things exist or is there and easier way to
achieve what I want.

What I did seems pretty neat and works nicely. Designate 4 or so ports on a
patch panel for each incoming phone line. Run a CAT5 from each master
socket's extension connections to the patch panel, daisy chaining through
the 4 ports. You can then make any patch up to 4 sockets onto any one line.

To keep things simple at the other end, I used plain BT face plates where
only a phone was ever likely to be connected, but still ran two lots of CAT5
to it, such that it could be swapped for a double RJ45 plate if desired.


Chris Key