Hills Home Hub Owner’s Manual
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Additional Help
Patch Cables
Never connect a patch cable between a telephone and data module!
Phone
Computer
If you don’t know which socket is the right one to change on the HDM-808 Data/Patch
Panel:
When you want to change a
telephone socket to a data socket
.
1. Plug in a telephone into the wall socket you want to change (keeping in mind you
cannot exceed a REN of 3 as noted before).
2. Unplug in turn, each of the patch cables connected to the bottom of the HDM-808
Data/Patch Panel ( ) until the phone does not work. This is the correct patch cable
to use.
3. Plug it back into the HDM-808 Data/Patch Panel ( ).
4. Unplug the other end of the patch cable from the HTM-408SRJ Telephone module
( ), and insert it into a free socket on the HES-108 Ethernet Hub ( ).
When you want to change a
data socket to a telephone socket
.
1. Plug in a computer into the wall socket you want to change and turn it on, check
that your network functions.
2. Unplug in turn, each of the patch cables connected to the bottom of the HDM-808
Data/Patch Panel ( ) until that computer tells you that the cable is unplugged or
your internet no longer works. This is the correct patch cable to use.
3. Plug it back into the HDM-808 Data/Patch Panel ( ).
4. Unplug the other end of the patch cable from the HES-108 Ethernet Hub ( ), and
insert it into a free socket on the HTM-408SRJ Telephone Module ( ).
Connecting Phone & Data - Patching Phone and Data Outlets
