can't get my hdmi extender to work using residential cabling.

[u/Naemus]

The scenario is I wanted to send an hdmi feed from one part of the house to the next utilising the home structured cabling. So the source feed will be transmitted via a network cable to an access point, the access point goes to my patch panel, patch panel will go to the receiving transmitter. (phase 2 is I might go from patch panel to another access point if I want to change rooms).

When I test the extenders directly to each other it works, once i introduced the access point to patch panel step the receiver doesn't connect to the transmitter.

I tested the entire intended network wiring path and have full data connectivty etc but I'm wondering if the wiring standards between access points and patch panel are breaking something.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot this?

purchased this hdmi extender from amazon .com/dp/B07Q7YCZ9N?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

Attached pictures show the different wiring standards used at each point of termination.

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[u/FreddyFerdiland]

The extenders are not ethernet .

They just use cat6 cables to transmit hdmi.

Put a cat6 cable at the patch panel to join the two sockets

[u/Naemus → u/FreddyFerdiland]

Yea but the receiver says no synch. So they don't rely on specific pinout patterns etc? Just continuity? Is there some way to troubleshoot?

[u/doopdoopderp]

Have you tested them sitting next to each other? As in connect them using a short Ethernet cable no patch panel or wall ports between them to make sure the extenders themselves are working correctly?

Also you say they are going into access points, I don't think they can work that was as they probably don't have IP addresses and need to be connected directly to each other, no other devices between them

[u/Naemus → u/doopdoopderp]

Yes I've tested them directly connected. Perhaps access point was the incorrect choice of words, I basically meant using the network points in the wall. From an ethernet point of view I know the wall boxes are correctly wired as I've been able to get a working regular network connection with them but I'm trying to repurpose them to basically create an extended "patch" cable to link the rooms I want to use the transmitter and receiver... When I do that there won't be any switching or network equipment inbetween just all cat wiring

[u/doopdoopderp → u/Naemus]

Ah in that case, next step would be testing it directly from the patch panel, plug the receiver in at the patch and if that works try the other port in the same way. If they both work and the only time they don't is when the ports are connected to each other maybe you're going over the 196ft max distance or the shielding on the cables/patch panel isn't good enough and it's getting too much signal loss over the distance

[u/xMebesx]

Are you running it through the access point or switch as shown in your pic?

This should be just a jumper from port to port without going through a switch.

[u/Naemus → u/xMebesx]

Hey thanks, no switch.

Transmit extender -> cat6 to wall box -> structured cabling to patch panel -> cat6 to receive extender.

The only thing changing in my mind potentially was the pin assignments but another poster said it's not doing "ethernet". I've validated continuity with all the wires through this entire flow unless the tester is bad but I tested at each leg too

[u/xMebesx → u/Naemus]

Updated drawing with yellow jumpsr https://ibb.co/gLBVgwVP

To test this I would start at the structured wire panel. Remove the jumper from port 2 and plug it into receiver and test. If it doesn't work try a different jumper cable.

[u/Naemus → u/xMebesx]

No luck. The only thing I think i can try here is rather than punching down at the patch panel, put on an rj45 and see... That would mean either the first room wall network point module wiring or the patch wiring is somehow incompatible.

[u/xMebesx → u/Naemus]

Did you verify that both the patch panel and that the keystone blocks at the other end are punched down using the same wiring protocol T568A or T568B?

It's possible that you may need a crossover cable at the middle.