Wiring arrangement for a communication interconnection system

Abstract

A wiring arrangement for providing communications channels to a plurality workstations having at least one communications connector provided at each workstation is disclosed. The workstations are linked by a plurality of modular assemblies comprising a pair of connectors joined by connecting cables. Each connector includes data transmission, data reception and phone terminals. The connecting cables connect the terminals of the first connector to the terminals of the second connector of the modular assembly such that corresponding types of terminals are connected in inverted order. The connectors are electrically coupled to ports at each workstation. One end of one modular assembly is used to link the workstations to a communications center. Interconnection modules at each workstation connect the ports, and therefore the modular assemblies, in a predetermined wiring pattern, depending on the desired configuration of the workstations. Specifically, the interconnection modules provide access to communications channels at the workstation, pass communications channels to branched workstations, and pass communications channels along the main line of workstations. The channels passed along the main line of workstations are inverted within the interconnection module. The other channels are passed through the interconnection module in the order in which they enter the module.