packen Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Two of my controllers (CTB16PCg3)have one of the cat5 ports stopped working. I had everything hooked up in the house and working fine. I moved it out, hooked it all back up and now on my #1 and #2 controllers, only one of the cat5 ports work. I've tried different cables but still no go. I have 4 controllers so I need to be able to use these ports. Any ideas on what to do? I was hoping to fire it all up this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Take a good look at the pins on the RJ-45 connectors. One of the more common causes of this is one or more of the pins gets moved out of position. You should see 8 little wires that are nice and parallel. If one is crossed over to the next position, carefully take a small hook (and hook bent from a small paperclip works) and move the wire back in position. If you see one that's wrong, it will be obvious that it's wrong and what needs to happen to make it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packen Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Pins all look good. I worked fine until I unhooked them and hooked them back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packen Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) I have noticed that there is also a place to hook a phone line. Is it possible to use a phone line instead of cat5?Or would it be possible to use a splitter plugged into the one good port? Edited November 25, 2014 by packen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packen Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 ok, as I further looked, there are half the pins that didnt come back up. So, i've been working trying to get them up but not having much luck. Anybody had this problem before and what did you use to bend the pins back up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basis21b Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I used a dental pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I have noticed that there is also a place to hook a phone line. Is it possible to use a phone line instead of cat5?Or would it be possible to use a splitter plugged into the one good port?Yes, you can use a phone line rather than a cat5e cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve synek Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 It's not recommended to use a splitter, but you can't hurt anything by trying it. I've had success with a splitter for a different reason. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Remember, there is DC power, distributed by two of those pins. Don't probe in there while the power is on and make sure you don't short any pins out.I have had a USB adaptor fried by stuck pins in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packen Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 It took a couple of hours but I finally got them back out and working. I hope it doesn't happen again. It was a pain. Thanks to all that replied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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