A few weeks ago, while I was on vacation, I noticed that one of my cameras had stopped working. After some investigation, I discovered that a squirrel had mistaken the cable for a snack! After searching for a replacement, I found the perfect solution on Aliexpress.com.
I paid $1.97/each.
Now the next challenge with only 1/2" of cables sticking out of the jack I was able to determine the colors corresponding to the Ethernet jack pin outs. The replacement cables I purchased were wired correctly with the Pin7,8 and Pin4,5 joined together. I soldered the wires to the new harness. Here are the colors that were used and joined to the camera cable:
New Cable -- Dahua Cable -- Ethernet Jack Pin
Color Color
Gray -------- Brown -------- Pin7,8
Green ------- Green -------- Pin6
Yellow ------ Blue -------- Pin4-5
Green/White --- Green/White -- Pin3
Blue -------- Orange ------- Pin2
Blue/White -- Orange/White - Pin1
I didn't bother connecting that external POE connector as I have never used it. I also put some Silicone on the ends of the heat shrink to make sure the cable is waterproof. Hopefully, this tip will help others repair their cables when animals decide to chew on them! My camera is now working again.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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I paid $1.97/each.
Now the next challenge with only 1/2" of cables sticking out of the jack I was able to determine the colors corresponding to the Ethernet jack pin outs. The replacement cables I purchased were wired correctly with the Pin7,8 and Pin4,5 joined together. I soldered the wires to the new harness. Here are the colors that were used and joined to the camera cable:
New Cable -- Dahua Cable -- Ethernet Jack Pin
Color Color
Gray -------- Brown -------- Pin7,8
Green ------- Green -------- Pin6
Yellow ------ Blue -------- Pin4-5
Green/White --- Green/White -- Pin3
Blue -------- Orange ------- Pin2
Blue/White -- Orange/White - Pin1
I didn't bother connecting that external POE connector as I have never used it. I also put some Silicone on the ends of the heat shrink to make sure the cable is waterproof. Hopefully, this tip will help others repair their cables when animals decide to chew on them! My camera is now working again.
![image2.png](/data/attachments/202/202014-0d5062a80834ad1770a490d25546057d.jpg)
![Image1.png](/data/attachments/202/202016-ae404ece87dff145dc24783eacc3c7e2.jpg)
![IMG_8459s.jpg](/data/attachments/202/202018-409fdb4f508dd66fa2019ef35615bd43.jpg)
![IMG_8460s.jpg](/data/attachments/202/202019-84edf4144e02dfaaee655ae45049e2a4.jpg)