Methods and active optical cable assemblies for providing a reset signal at a peripheral end

An active optical cable assembly comprising:

• a cable comprising a host end, a peripheral end, and one or more optical fibers between the host end and the peripheral end;
• a host connector disposed at the host end of the cable and a peripheral connector disposed at the peripheral end of the cable, wherein:
• each of the host connector and the peripheral connector comprises one or more low-speed data contacts, one or more high-speed data contacts, and an optical transceiver module;
• the one or optical fibers are optically coupled to the optical transceiver module of the host connector and the optical transceiver module of the peripheral connector;
• the optical transceiver module of each of the host connector and the peripheral connector is configured to convert electrical signals received on the respective one or more high-speed data contacts into optical signals for transmission on the one or more optical fibers, and to convert optical signals received on the one or more optical fibers into electrical signals for transmission on the respective one or more high-speed data contacts;
• the one or more low-speed data contacts of the host connector are not communicatively coupled to the one or more low-speed data contacts of the peripheral connector;
• the host connector further comprises a reset detect circuit that is electrically coupled to the one or more low-speed data contacts and is configured to detect a reset signal on the one or more low-speed data contacts of the host connector;
• and
• detection of the reset signal on the one or more low-speed data contacts by the reset detect circuit causes a peripheral reset signal on the one or more low-speed data contacts of the peripheral connector.