Wiring for Amethyst PRI recording solution

[Belinda Frick]

Description of card and cable:

DP3209
Digital recording card for primary rate ISDN (PRI).
1 x 4m cream flat cable with 8 wires, RJ-45 connector on one end, all 8 wires
connected.

DP6409
Digital recording card for Primary rate ISDN (PRI)
2 x 4m cream flat cables with 8 wires, RJ-45 connector on one end, all 8
wires connected.

Specifications of the cable:

Very important!: Shielded Cat5 cable that is properly earthed on both sides.

Suggested cable lengths: 4 meters

Card and connection Supplied length Maximum recommended Comments SmartWORKS DP (E1 PRI) 4 metres 16 metres For recording Primary Rate ISDNE1 is the European standard for ISDN, used in South Africa. SmartWORKS DP (T1 PRI) 4 metres 30 metres For recording Primary Rate ISDNT1 is the American standard for ISDN, used only in the USA.

Pin layouts:

Make sure that the cable is disconnected or the PC is off before you connect
it to the PRI.

On the Telecom chrono-block, there will be 2 pairs of wires, CUSTOMER TX OUT,
and CUSTOMER RX IN.

Turn the RJ-45 connector so that the clip points downwards, and the
cable is towards your body. The pins are numbered from the left,
starting at 1. We are only interested in pins 1,2,4 and 5.

4-wire cables
On the cables supplied by Datatex, pin 1 is a YELLOW wire, pin 2 is a GREEN
wire, pin 4 is a BLACK wire, and pin 5 is a YELLOW wire. Just remember that
the YELLOW wire in the middle is pin 5, and the YELLOW wire at the end is
pin 1.

Connect pin 1 of the RJ45 (YELLOW wire) to pin 2 of the CUSTOMER TX OUT.
Connect pin 2 of the RJ45 (GREEN wire) to pin 1 of the CUSTOMER TX OUT.

Connect pin 4 of the RJ45 (BLACK wire) to pin 2 of the CUSTOMER RX IN.
Connect pin 5 of the RJ45 (YELLOW wire) to pin 1 of the CUSTOMER RX IN.

8-wire cables
On the cables supplied by Datatex, pin 1 is a GRAY wire, pin 2 is an ORANGE
wire, pin 4 is a RED wire, and pin 5 is a GREEN wire.

Connect pin 1 of the RJ45 (GRAY wire) to pin 2 of the CUSTOMER TX OUT.
Connect pin 2 of the RJ45 (ORANGE wire) to pin 1 of the CUSTOMER TX OUT.

Connect pin 4 of the RJ45 (RED wire) to pin 2 of the CUSTOMER RX IN.
Connect pin 5 of the RJ45 (GREEN wire) to pin 1 of the CUSTOMER RX IN.

Telekom Krone CUSTOMERTX OUT CUSTOMERRX IN 1 2 1 2

1TX 2TX 3 4RX 5RX 6 7 8 DP Recording CardRJ-45


Plug the cable into the server, and switch it on.
When the Amethyst PRI software is started, the light on the card must turn green.