Intelligent patching systems and components thereof

A communications assembly, comprising:

• a communications frame;
• and
• an intelligent patching assembly mounted to the communications frame, comprising:
• a housing having a central portion, a pair of upper members extending from opposite sides of the central portion, and a plurality of fingers extending away from each of the upper members;
• a rear cover attached to the housing, the cover having a central body, a pair of upper members extending from opposite sides of the central body, and a plurality of fingers extending away from each of the upper members;
• and
• a PCB having a central section, a pair of upper members extending from opposite sides of the central section, and a plurality of fingers extending away from each of the upper members, the PCB being adapted for attachment to the housing and rear cover, with the central section being sandwiched between the central portion and the central body, the PCB upper members being sandwiched between the rear cover upper members and the housing upper members, and the PCB fingers being sandwiched between the rear cover fingers and the housing fingers;
• the PCB further comprising electronic circuitry configured to detect the presence or absence of a connector positioned between adjacent PCB fingers.

A kit for providing intelligence capability to a communications frame, comprising:

• a housing having a central portion and a pair of members extending from opposite sides of the central portion;
• a cover attached to the housing, the cover having a central body and a pair of members extending from opposite sides of the central body;
• and
• a PCB having a central section and a pair of members extending from opposite sides of the central section, the PCB being adapted for attachment to the housing and cover, with the central section being sandwiched between the central portion and the central body, and the PCB members being sandwiched between the cover members and the housing members;
• the PCB comprising electronic circuitry configured to detect the presence or absence of a connector positioned between adjacent PCB members;
• the PCB further comprising indicator lights on each of pair of members that indicate a particular connector port between PCB members;
• wherein one of the cover and the housing includes a central keypad, the keypad configured to illuminate any of the indicator lights designated for particular connector ports.