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Terminating an Outdoor Network Cable with Shielded RJ45 Connectors
Prepare the following tools.
RJ45 connector crimping tool
Prepare an outdoor network cable and shielded RJ45 connectors.
Strip the cable.
a
b
Length of the stripped
Remove the outer
cable: 20 mm
jacket.
When stripping off the outer jacket, take care not to damage the braid shield or aluminum foil.
Arrange the core wires according to the pin assignments and cut them neatly (exposing a length of 12 mm).
Length of each exposed core wire: 12 mm
12 mm
Cut the core
wires neatly.
Diagonal pliers
1. Core wire
2. Aluminum foil
3. Braid shield
4. Outer jacket
5. Shielded RJ45 connector
c
Strip off the braid shield and
cut the aluminum foil and
unwanted materials.
8: brown
7: white and brown
6: green
5: white and blue
4: blue
3: white and green
2: orange
1: white and orange
Insert the arranged core wires into an RJ45 connector according to the pin assignments and crimp the
connector with the crimping tool.
Crimp the RJ45 connector.
Before crimping, ensure that the core wires are fully inserted in the RJ45 connector.
Use the crimping tool to crimp the connector with force.
After crimping, verify that the connector has been crimped tightly.
Cut off the exposed braid shield and materials along the edge of the connector.
Cut off the exposed braid shield and materials.
Strip off the sheath of the cable according to the
peeling indicator on one side of the equipment
to expose the shield layer.
Peeling indicator
29 mm
9
Optional: Use a multimeter to measure the impedance of core wires. The impedance difference between
core wires must be less than 5%.
6
Pin assignments of an RJ45 connector
8
Terminate a connector on the other end of the network
cable, and then test the cable for continuity using a
network cable tester.
The pin assignments of the connectors at the two
ends must be the same. Outdoor network cables are
straight-through cables.
Outdoor network cable
Stripped
cable
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