Mike,
Ah okay, you want to use the CAT6 for RS-485 connectivity for both the SL protocol adapter AND Raspberry Pi with the RS-485 bus of your IntelliTouch OCP. If I got that right, then yea, no problem.
1. You got 8 conductors in that CAT6 (although you should only need four of them). Four for the red/black/green/yellow conductors for the SL protocol adapter and then those same green/yellow conductors for connection to a serial to USB adapter similar to those mentioned at the beginning of this thread. This is for the RasPi.
2. Accepted RS-485 transmission distances are typically around 1,000 meters for lower data rates such as the RS-485 signals found with the Pentair Automation Systems.
For example, I am using a CAT5E cable for transmission of two different RS-485 signals from my pool equipment pad to two different Raspberry Pi 4B computers. The total distance there is approximately 75' and I have had zero issues so you should be good in that respect.
Hope this answers your question.
Take care...
r.
That's what I am planning to do. I'll remote the 4 wires over the CAT6 and run both the RPi and the SL controller remotely. Thanks again for all your work. Its too bad Pentair is so lame about software support, but glad open source comes to the rescue again!