voyager 0 Posted February 12, 2022 I bought a Swann Security Camera System [8 Camera-16 Place]- SWNVK 156808. I installed 4 cameras when I first got it. They have worked fine when installed, and ever since. After over a year, I'm installing 2 more with 1 more later. #5 is working well also. I am attempting to install # 6 and am having problems. They are being installed in various locations around our 1 acre property. I bought a 1000-ft roll of network cable for the cams and am cutting lengths as needed. The problem I'm having with cam #6 leads me to believe the cable cut for this cam has a broken wire in it. Picked up a Wire Tracker/Tester to see what might be wrong. The cables that came with the security system have 4 wires, #s 1,2,3 &6. No others are in the cables. The new cable has 8 double strand twisted wires G/GW, O/OW, Bl/BlW, & Br/BrW. I'm assembling the end connectors per EIA 568A with GW as #1, G as #2, OW as #3 and O as #6. Blue and Brown wires are not being used. Checking the new cable shows wires #s 4, thru 8, are not active. I'm thinking #6 [O] may be broken inside the cable. The cable is about 125' long. Any way to locate the break? Keep cutting it in half until its found, & splice back together ... throw it away and start over, or...? Maybe repurposed the blue or brown wires? Open to thoughts and suggestions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted February 12, 2022 Hi you are just doing unneeded work there is only 1 right way to wire a rg45 connection and it is standard around the world if you don’t follow this pin out you will have problems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
