atcomsystems.ca/forum Forums Wiring - Telecom Carriers - Trunks & Services T1's, CSU's and DSU's Can a noob do inside wiring for T1?

You're right I did mis-read that. The T&R 1&2 are the receive, from the network. The T1&R1 4&5 are the transmit to the network. Sorry.

I don't have DCD. I did get a shock when I touched the wires

Outside on the box I have a green and red screws.
I hooked up RX pin 4 to red and 5 to green. Then I did TX 1 to green and 2 to red.

I went into the router config and I don't see DCD.

Since I'm pretty sure I have TX and RX right, should I switch the pairs? Also, I'm using a regular Cat 5E Patch cable to go from my jack to the router. is this OK?

Thanks for the all the help.

Yes you can switch the pairs, you'll do no harm. Your straight through patch cord should work. You could also tie 1 to 4 and 2 to 5 to loop it back and see if the NID syncs up, that would test your wiring. If you have a mod plug and crimper just make yourself a loopback plug to plug into you jack, that will check everything you've done. Another way to do it if you don't have the crimper is take another 8pin jack and tie the rec and transmit to make a loopback and plug you patch cord into it, again you'll check everything you've done.

How would I tell if the NID syncs up?

Also, since I haven't talked to At&t or Verizon since the installation am I wasting my time because the circuit might not be turned on? Earlier in the thread it was mentioned that they might have to turn the circuit up.

There should be lights on the NID that indicate it's getting a signal. Not knowing what NID it is I don't know what lights you have, but it will make sense when you look at it. Some even have a sync light, some will have a transmit and receive light.

Ok I see. I have LP, AL, and CD. Cd isn't on.

I switched the pairs around. I guess I'll just wait to see what the vendor says tomorrow.

LP=loopback CD=carrier detect AL=not positive but I think it's for Active Link. If no CD your aren't receiving a signal same with AL if I'm correct on what it means. If it is Active link you'd have to have a signal bothways for it to light, so that would be where your loopback plug could determine circuit wiring.

I see how you told me to create a loopback plug, but I'm missing something. If I connect the loopback plug into my jack, where will I see a light that there is a connection?

Thanks for helping on Sunday!

At the NID, but if you don't have a CD light at the NID you're not receiving anything.

Thought I'd let everyone know how I made out. The verizon installers were great. They came back on the following Monday and put the smartjack in. I guess hooking up my 2 pair myself wasn't worth it.

After they finished, they reported to AT&T that everything was done. I did a test with AT&T and they reported they could see the router.

since I was configuring my own router, I spent a day or two playing with the config, asking some friends, etc, and I still couldn't get online. I finally hired a Cisco expert and he told me that AT&T needed to turn on some routes.

I spent several days trying to convince AT&T that they needed to turn on routes, they had me rebooting my PC and other silly things.

Finally I emailed the tech that was responsible for the turn on. I Told her I thought some routes were missing. She told me that she was "just thinking about my circuit" and was checking things out and noticed she didn't turn on one of my routes. Everything was fine after that.

Thanks for all the help from here. I was a little disappointed that I can only get 178Kbps download from newsgroups, but I can get all of my work done, and I haven't had an outage yet.

Jack