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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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PN375C

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TX6 PLUS Shielded Modular Plug

T568B & T568A

Part Number: SPS688-C

• Thread boot and collar onto cable.

• Remove 1.5" of the outer jacket using wire stripping tool

(CJAST).

• Cut foil flush with cable jacket. If cable is braided, form braid

into a drain wire. Bend the drain wire back so it is against the

cable jacket.

• Fan twisted pairs into respective quadrants. The brown pair

should be opposite the orange pair.

• Cut spline flush to fanned pairs using wire snipping tool

(CWST).

and collar first!

(Cable ends 1 & 2)

90°

CWST

Specifications

• Cable jacket diameter 0.225-0.250 in.

• 24 AWG solid or stranded conductor maximum

insulated diameter 0.040 in.

• Panduit recommends T568B wiring scheme for

use with cable constructed with the brown pair

opposing the orange pair.

• For use with FTP, ScTP, SFTP and STP/PIMF

type cables. Cable must have drain wire or braid.

Conductor holes and contact slots

Strain relief boot

Strain relief collar

Divider

Load bar

Plug housing with shield

Load Bar

1

8

Divider

Conductor slots and “V” channel

• Align the conductor divider “V” channel with the green pair.

• Insert divider posts into the cable. If the cable has an internal

spline, insert divider posts into the brown and orange

quadrants of the spline.

2

BLU

GRN

“V” channel

BRN

ORG

GRN

BLU

BRN

ORG

(Cable end 2)

(Cable end 1)

“V” channel

Drain wire

Drain wire

• Arrange conductors to T568B wiring scheme while minimizing

untwist.

• Seat conductors into proper divider slots while holding divider

flush with cable jacket.

3

“V” channel

(Cable end 1)

(Cable end 2)

T568B Wiring Scheme

T568B BRN

8

WHT

7

BRN/

6

GRN WHT

5

BLU/

4

BLU WHT

3

GRN/

2

ORG WHT

1

ORG/

Pin #

(Cable end 2)

(Cable end 1)

“V” channel

Conductor holes

Contact slots

Divider post

Pins