Indeed, that seems to be pretty much it, though still tricky to find ones with screw lugs on the back.

In any case, I'm not gonna bother with it, if I really need to do a patch-panel I'll make my life easy and switch to RJ11 or even RJ45 just for the cheap widely available patch cords - I don't care if it's 12v DC, copper is copper.

Speaking of things that don't exist but should, what about a plug standard where the female is literally a pattern of holes and pads on a PCB. So making a female costs you nothing except PCB real estate.

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The logic is that the guy making the PCB wants to make everything as cheaply as possible, and is liable to leave an unsoldered header row and call it a day. The guy who buys it and wants to connect something to it will have no problem spending a couple of bucks on a plug if it will grab the PCB holes securely and save him doing soldering.

If it becomes a standard then you might see that hole pattern showing up all over the place and you can just throw a plug on it and see what it is...