macjeff Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I am currently using this with my PLM. You need this adapter from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DCPVLBC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and up to a 50 foot ethernet cable. I am running with 50 foot now. They say it will work with 100 foot but Michel said he would stick with 50. ** Very Important- You MUST use both adapters with an ethernet cord in the middle. I hooked it up to the original cable that cable that came with the PLM but you CANT plug one end of the 50 foot cable into the PLM. If you dont have the original cable I am sure there is an adapter out there. Link to comment
lilyoyo1 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 36 minutes ago, macjeff said: I am currently using this with my PLM. You need this adapter from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DCPVLBC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and up to a 50 foot ethernet cable. I am running with 50 foot now. They say it will work with 100 foot but Michel said he would stick with 50. ** Very Important- You MUST use both adapters with an ethernet cord in the middle. I hooked it up to the original cable that cable that came with the PLM but you CANT plug one end of the 50 foot cable into the PLM. If you dont have the original cable I am sure there is an adapter out there. Good find. Cheap way for someone to get a new cable as well if they don't have their original one Link to comment
macjeff Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, lilyoyo1 said: Good find. Cheap way for someone to get a new cable as well if they don't have their original one Actually not because the PLM needs the RJ-45 into it. YOU CANT plug the RJ-45 into the PLM These 2 cables are a set. They need to be used together as the pinout is not the same as the PLM uses. This is just a passthough. So you end up with a serial cable connector that DOES connect into the original PLM cable. If someone has a link for the original PLM cable or even a short one that does Serial to RJ 45 with the correct pinout for the PLM please post here. I did try using only one of the two adapters and they dont work unless you use them as a pair. The big thing is it allows you for a VERY long cable. My ISY is not in another room than my PLM. My PLM works better for communication in the room its in. Link to comment
lilyoyo1 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, macjeff said: Actually not because the PLM needs the RJ-45 into it. YOU CANT plug the RJ-45 into the PLM These 2 cables are a set. They need to be used together as the pinout is not the same as the PLM uses. This is just a passthough. So you end up with a serial cable connector that DOES connect into the original PLM cable. If someone has a link for the original PLM cable or even a short one that does Serial to RJ 45 with the correct pinout for the PLM please post here. I did try using only one of the two adapters and they dont work unless you use them as a pair. The big thing is it allows you for a VERY long cable. My ISY is not in another room than my PLM. My PLM works better for communication in the room its in. That sucks. Still a good find anyway Link to comment
macjeff Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 Just now, lilyoyo1 said: That sucks. Still a good find anyway Someone has to make a PLM cable. But I just put a post in IoP about a wireless only PLM replacement that Michel said will work with IoP not ISY 994i. Link to comment
macjeff Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, MrBill said: THANKS. So now you can get your adapter and the cables I recommended and make a 50 foot PLM cable. Link to comment
MrBill Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 the above link posted while i was finding the other link to go with it: https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Serial-adapter-DB-9-RJ-45/dp/B00006IRQA/ Link to comment
Goose66 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Not to be that guy, but isn't it WAY easier to run an ethernet drop and move your ISY/Polisy to the location of your PLM than it would be to make some special cable and hope that it works (and doesn't void some kind of warranty). Link to comment
macjeff Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, Goose66 said: Not to be that guy, but isn't it WAY easier to run an ethernet drop and move your ISY/Polisy to the location of your PLM than it would be to make some special cable and hope that it works (and doesn't void some kind of warranty). Not in my house. I have an ethernet drop in every room including the one with the breaker boxes. I have moved PLM to every room and the best room is where I have it now. Isssue is lots of metal in that room so Z-Wave does not get through. So I have to move my ISY out of the room and the PLM stays there. Link to comment
brians Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 The pinouts for 2413S PLM are in the PLM manual. It has been posted about elsewhere how to make a cable, but here is a screenshot of it here... I had thrown out my cable (probably accidentally) like most others did. When I moved to Polisy, I made my own PLM cable for 2313S out of a blue cisco console cable. I just cut off old end, crimped on a new RJ45 end with the correct wiring - only pins 1, 7, and 8 are used. If you don't have a crimper, just cut the cable in middle and re-connect the wires accordingly and test with a multi-meter. Link to comment
Brian H Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Make sure the two TTL signals are not connected to anything. Link to comment
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