Adapter Cable Research

[tjhorner]

There are many different standing desk brands out there, and most of them use the RJ45 pinout that this project does. However, there are a few that do not! How do we add support for them? I think the best solution is to create adapter cables which can easily and cheaply modify the pinout or physical connector so that the Upsy Desky can communicate with the desk.

For example

• LoctekMotion desks
  • Uses RJ45
  • Different pinout (see here)
  • Solved with a custom cable which is wired differently at one of the terminating ends
• Autonomous.ai desks
  • Uses RJ50
  • Different pinout
  • Solved with a custom cable which terminates in RJ45 at one end and RJ50 at the other

I think this is a good way to solve the problem, but I'm not entirely sure how to manufacture these at scale. I'll be researching different ways to do this.

Edit: Ah, I just thought of something. What about the passthrough? I guess I would need to ship cables in pairs, since you would need two if you want to use the original keypad. Wondering if there's a more economical way to do that?

[tjhorner]

Autonomous Desk Adapter

• Connector: RJ50 (10p10c)
• Pins in use: 5

Pin Functions

Position	Color	Function
1	N/A	N/A
2	N/A	N/A
3	N/A	N/A
4	Red	Sleep
5	N/A	N/A
6	N/A	N/A
7	Orange	GND
8	Yellow	RX
9	Green	TX
10	Blue	+5V

Pin Mapping

Function	RJ45 Position	RJ50 Position
Sleep	1	4
RX	2	8
GND	3	7
TX	4	9
+5V	5	10
N/A	6	N/A
N/A	7	N/A
N/A	8	N/A

[tjhorner]

Reached out to a cable manufacturer to get prototypes of the Autonomous adapter cables made based on the above info.

[rosstadude]

I would be interested and willing to test on my Autonomous desk. Please let me know how much for the cable. Thank you

[Jolanrensen]

Also willing to test on my locktech desk! I don't have an upsy desky yet, but I'm on the waiting list