Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: William Degnan Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Color Codes (was: Where to Obtain the USOC Book) Message-ID: <11616@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 1 Sep 90 18:22:56 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 68 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 613, Message 3 of 7 In a message of annala%neuro.usc.edu@usc.edu writes: >Anyone know where to get a book of standards (e.g. USOC - Universal >Service Order Code) for things like the order of colors to punch down >on '50 blocks from 50 pair, 100 pair, 200 pair, etc cables? Sure. I've got a half a dozen USOC books on the shelf, but what you _say_ you want won't be in them. Here is a diagram of a typical block. An article I saw in one of the trade magazines recently actually called one of the colors "grey". Folks who don't know that much, shouldn't own a punch-down tool. The color is "slate". Promise me that if you need help, you'll call a professional. Don't mess with anything you can't afford to replace. [Our moderator asked me to reformat this chart prior to publication. Normally, you would expect to see this information in a single column. -- wd] COLOR COLOR COLOR 26 W-BL 36 BK-BL 46 V-BL 1 BL-W 11 BL-BL 21 BL-V 27 W-O 37 BK-O 47 V-O 2 O-W 12 O-BK 22 O-V 28 W-G 38 BK-G 48 V-G 3 G-W 13 G-BK 23 G-V 29 W-BR 39 BK-BR 49 V-BR 4 BR-W 14 BR-BK 24 BR-V 30 W-S 40 BK-S 50 V-S 5 S-W 15 S-BK 25 S-V > > 31 R-BL 41 Y-BL 6 BL-R 16 BK-Y 32 R-O 42 Y-O 7 O-R 17 O-Y 33 R-G 43 Y-G 8 G-R 18 G-Y 34 R-BR 44 Y-BR 9 BR-R 19 BR-Y 35 R-S 45 Y-SL 10 S-R 20 SL-Y > > 36 BK-BL 11 BL-BL 37 BK-O 12 O-BK 38 BK-G 13 G-BK 39 BK-BR 14 BR-BK 40 BK-S 15 S-BK > Regards, Disclaimer: Contents do not constitute "advice" unless we are on the clock. William Degnan | wdegnan@mcimail.com Communications Network Solutions | !wdegnan@at&tmail.com -Independent Consultants | William.Degnan@telemail.com in Telecommunications | UUCP: ...!natinst!tqc!39!William.Degnan P.O. Drawer 9530 | ARPA: William.Degnan@f39.n382.z1.FidoNet.Org Austin, TX 78766-9530 | Voice +1 512 323 9383