[Build] RJ45 crimp tool / plugs available

Henner Zeller h.zeller at acm.org
Tue Aug 12 05:03:57 UTC 2014


On 11 August 2014 20:19, Chris Albon <mrchrisalbon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just got home. Are you still there? Hmm I'm thinking about continuing this
> tomorrow at 3pm... unless people are doing it now, then maybe I can swing
> over... I live in The Bayview... hmmm this could be a good excuse for a
> burrito
>

I put the cable through the wall for the RFID reader which needs a RJ45
plug, added a label ("this needs an RJ45" :) ).
There are two cables next to each other, the other one does not need a plug
(also labelled as such).

I haven't prepared the 'loose' cables (the other knee-high to shelf and the
gate to shelf. If you only do one, then knee-to-shelf is more important).
If we want to have our gate running soon again, then the blue-cable
connection downstairs is as well very important.

I'll be there tomorrow evening at the meeting.

Cheers,
  Henner.


>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> On 11 August 2014 15:21, Chris Albon <mrchrisalbon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Henner,
>>>
>>>   I'm heading over to the space now. I ran over to Central Computers
>>> this morning... they were out of crimpers. Office Crap and Office Dickhole
>>> no longer sell them as well. Tried to get one at the Radio Crack on Potreo,
>>> but it had been remodeled as a "concept store" which means they sell mostly
>>> cell phones... luckily I found one at the Radio Shack on San Bruno -- which
>>> was still a "classic" store yet to be remodeled. It was all rather
>>> ridiculous, but hey, I got the tool.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, I'm swinging by ...
>>>
>>
>> Alright, I will not be there before evening (7pm-ish).
>>
>> I have the following TODOs that would involve crimping:
>>    o Cables for upstairs RFID/door-gate locking
>>       - two cables. Length: from the knee-height from the floor up to the
>> shelf left above the door (I'd guess ~4meter-ish). One cable only needs one
>> connector, one two.  ( ==> 3xRJ45)
>>      -  one cable with two connectors. Length: from left of the elevator
>> gate, up the gate, along the wall to the right, along the bike rack to the
>> shelf. (==> 2xRJ45)
>>    o Connect a cable: Downstairs at the start of the stairs, there is a
>> loose blue cat5 cable (coming down the staircase), hanging next to the
>> building intercom box. And there is another blue cable coming from phone
>> outside the gate, through a conduit [ between gate and glass door ], coming
>> out of the wall left of the glass door ... as well loose. These cables need
>> to be connected with each other. The complicated way would probably to
>> solder it together, but maybe a simpler way would be to add a RJ45
>> connector on both sides which we then can bridge with an RJ45 extension
>> coupler. Also the cable going to the gate is a bit janky, so we might want
>> to replace that at some point, so the two-connector solution would be nicer
>> (==> 2xRJ45) (Don't worry if you don't have an extension coupler for now,
>> we find that). (You might need a ladder for that; maybe ask someone to hold
>> the ladder while you're standing on it)
>>
>> There is a box with Cat-5 cable in the server room I have been told.
>>
>> -h
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Chris Albon <mrchrisalbon at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> I'll stay tunned.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>> (make sure to add all the mailinglists; by default the settings are
>>>>> 'non-spam' so you need to make an effort to 'reply-all')
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 August 2014 20:51, Chris Albon <mrchrisalbon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   New to the space. I was going to buy one of the Belkin cheep models
>>>>>> from radio crack to get some work done on some freelance IT work this week.
>>>>>> I'm a little rusty and haven't made a patch cable since about 15 years or
>>>>>> so ago.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> yeah, me too :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm totally capable, but remember getting all of the wires to line up
>>>>>> and look pretty was rather a pain in the ass. Anyhow, if anyone is
>>>>>> interested in this (being new I have no idea what needs to get done) Could
>>>>>> do some work Monday night... Plus the practice would make me look like less
>>>>>> of a boob for when I charge for the work later in the week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for offering help!
>>>>>
>>>>> On my TODO list are only a couple of ethernet cables that ultimately
>>>>> will be used as serial cables for the access control stuff.
>>>>> Also, there is one cable to splice together, which either could be via
>>>>> soldering and heatshrinkining or by crimping a plug and a connector (are
>>>>> these available for crimp ? Not sure). I try to be at the space on Monday,
>>>>> or make a little list of what I need done for you to pick up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe there is something to be done for the networking stuff, I think
>>>>> Patrick might know best if there is need for crimping there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>   Henner.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Was planning on swinging by Monday to do a little painting or
>>>>>> anything else that needs to get done. ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone wants to work on this Monday afternoon or evening, let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9 August 2014 11:55, Jeffrey Carl Faden <jeffreyatw at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just for completion's sake, I did look in the space just now -
>>>>>>>> found some crimping tools, but none for RJ45. Mitch says he's never seen
>>>>>>>> one in the space, and that Central Computers has them at a good price. Then
>>>>>>>> there's the one that Rachel has in Oakland.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think I might get one at Central Computers and donate it to the
>>>>>>> space.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -h
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> I want to connect some ethernet and access control serial cables
>>>>>>>>> today. Does anyone have access to a RJ45 crimp tool and plugs for that to
>>>>>>>>> bring ? Or is there some in the space (uhm, that is not hidden in one of
>>>>>>>>> the boxes somewhere ?)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>   Henner.
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Chris Albon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (415) 685-3812
>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-t-albon/7/52b/15a
>>>>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=tab_pro>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Albon
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
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>
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> Chris Albon
>
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