Connectors and adapters with auto-latching features

A connection system including a coupler assembly for receiving plug-type connectors, each plug-type connector including an electronic storage device configured to store information unique to the respective plug-type connector, the connection system comprising:

• a coupler body defining a plurality of ports, each port being configured to receive one of the plug-type connectors;
• a plurality of stop members movable within the coupler body between respective locked and unlocked positions, each stop member being disposed at a respective one of the ports, each stop member holding the respective one of the plug-type connectors at the respective port when in the locked position, each stop member releasing the respective plug-type connector from the respective port when in the unlocked position;
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• a management system electronically connected to the stop members, the management system including a plurality of media reading interfaces configured to read the unique information from the electronic storage devices of the plug-type connectors when the plug-type connectors are disposed at the respective ports, and the management system including a user interface that allows a user to indicate one of the ports and to provide expected information that is expected to match the unique information read from a particular one of the plug-type connectors to be received at the indicated port, the management system reading the unique information stored on the electronic storage device of the particular one of the plug-type connectors using a first of the media reading interfaces when the particular one of the plug-type connectors is received at the indicated port, the management system locking the particular one of the plug-type connectors at the indicated port when the management system verifies that the unique information read from the electronic storage device of the particular one of the plug-type connectors by the first media reading interface matches the expected information.