Digipage Remote Wiring

Some installers have returned Digipage Remote Wall Panels to us stating that they don’t work. In all cases so far we have found that the units are not faulty and the problem stems from the way that they are wired by the contractor.

The Digipage manual outlines the wiring colours for  the Ethernet wiring standard T-568A only.  However, not all installations will be wired this way and may be wired for T-568B. (In fact, it appears that most Ethernet CAT5 cables you buy are wired to standard 568B). This makes a big difference when connecting these devices up!  If you look at the colour codes below, you can see that the differences between standard 568A and 568B are easily recognisable. 

 

Make sure that you know which standard you are wiring to before connecting the unit up and the remote should work first time. 

If in doubt as to which standard you have, simply measure the 18V power line on the cable to find out which colour standard it is wired to. 

Plug the RJ45 Plug end into the Digipage and note that for standard 568A, you can measure 18V across cables "White/Green" and "Green" and standard 568B you can measure 18V across "White/Orange" and "Orange".

Once you know this, just wire up the remote as per one of the methods shown below.

Wiring for standard 568A:

RJ45 Pin	Digipage R Terminal	Digipage Function	Wire colour
Pin1	1	Ground	White/Green
Pin2	2	+18V	Green
Pin3	3	Data +	White/Orange
Pin4	4	- Busy	Blue
Pin5	5	+ Busy (+18V)	White/Blue
Pin6	6	Data -	Orange
Pin7	-	Not used	White/Brown
Pin8	-	Not used	Brown

 

Wiring for standard 568B:

RJ45 Pin	Digipage R Terminal	Digipage Function	Wire colour
Pin1	1	Ground	White/Orange
Pin2	2	+18V	Orange
Pin3	3	Data +	White/Green
Pin4	4	- Busy	Blue
Pin5	5	+ Busy (+18V)	White/Blue
Pin6	6	Data -	Green
Pin7	-	Not used	White/Brown
Pin8	-	Not used	Brown

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