Atlas' list price for XpressNet RJ11 cable is US 6.50 or about Can $10.00 per 15ft length. This would be EXPENSIVE for a moderate size layout. Therefore, my question:
How do you make your own RJ11 or RJ12 Xpressnet compatible cable? Are they simply 4 or 6 wire telephone cable with the end connectors reversed or are they special twisted wire cable with reversed end connectors?
The Atlas/Lenz literature says that care must be taken to use reverse style modular phone cables to interconnect the UNIVERSAL PANEL CONNECTORS. Looking at a piece of RJ12 cable I notice that the end connectors themselves are reversed (ie. upside down from each other) yet the cable itself looks like it is a simple 6-wire straight run (ie. coloured wire is oriented the same at each end).
Lenz's literature indicates that ExpressNet must use twisted cable. Given that the wires of my example cable is encased in solid black, I can't tell if the wires are twisted or if 'twisted" refers to the connectors.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
EWOR NOR
(name spelled reversed)