QuinLED-Diff RS-485 wiring

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QuinLED-Diff might be compatible with other RS-485 solutions out there, also if you’d want to run other cabling then RJ45 UTP cable it can be useful to understand which signals travel over which wire and pair. Below will be a an explanation of which wires are used how on the various options QuinLED-Diff boards available.

All CAT cables (CAT5e, CAT6, CAT6A, CAT7, etc. etc.) should be wired using the T568B standard, no cross cables or anything like that, just normal cable you also use for Ethernet.

QuinLED Diff-Solo

RJ45 pin	UTP Cable Color	Function
1	Orange/White	Not Connected
2	Orange	Not Connected
3	Green/White	Not Connected
4	Blue	Not Connected
5	Blue/White	Not Connected
6	Green	Not Connected
7	Brown/White	A - Negative
8	Brown	B - Positive

QuinLED Diff-Adv

RJ45 pin	UTP Cable Color	Pair	Function
1	Orange/White	Pair - 4	A - Negative
2	Orange	Pair - 4	B - Positive
3	Green/White	Pair - 2	A - Negative
4	Blue	Pair - 3	A - Negative
5	Blue/White	Pair - 3	B - Positive
6	Green	Pair - 2	B - Positive
7	Brown/White	Pair - 1	A - Negative
8	Brown	Pair - 1	B - Positive

QuinLED Diff-Power “PowerDiff”

RJ45 pin	UTP Cable Color	Function
1	Orange/White	Power - Negative
2	Orange	Power - Positive
3	Green/White	Power - Negative
4	Blue	Power - Negative
5	Blue/White	Power - Positive
6	Green	Power - Positive
7	Brown/White	A - Negative
8	Brown	B - Positive