Cable pinout

[PaulHutch]

This old forum post describes the telecom industry standard nomenclature for modular cables and how it is represented in telecom industry standard drawings. Could be a good starting point for working out what to do to improve the datasheet.

Modular Cable Pin-out Style: Reverse or Straight

There has always been some questions regarding the pin-out on Modular Cables. When doing a search for modular cables one filter to look at is the Style. [image] If you choose the Reverse and Standard style These Cable options are what will come up. What is the difference between the Reverse and Standard style? A quick way to determine the difference on the Flat Cables assemblies is to lay them flat. The Reverse style will have a plug with a Tab up and the other end will have the Tab down. …