[asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

[Stephen Bosch]

Justin Hamade wrote:
> The 501 is more "weird" then that.  The cat5 cable with the built in
> power injector is cool but to use it with a PoE (802.3af) switch you
> need a "special" cable (the pairs are just different you can probably
> look it up and make your own).

Is this true? I read earlier on the list that there's some sort of logic
unit in the cable -- but if it's just a matter of pin assignments, I'll
make my own effing cable ;)

Does anybody have a clear answer on this?

-Stephen-