[Build] RJ45 crimp tool / plugs available

Mon Aug 11 22:49:13 UTC 2014

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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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
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