Switching patch cord fibers

A patch cord fiber switching system comprising:

• a cord support comprising a plurality of adapters;
• a robotic unit comprising a robotic arm and a controller thereof, arranged to:
• disconnect a connector of a patch cord fiber from a first adapter, the patch cord fiber one of a plurality of non-tensioned patch cord fibers in a fiber management system;
• distinguish the disconnected patch cord fiber, at a handling region removed from the connector, from other patch cord fibers according to a position of the patch cord fiber in the fiber management system;
• pull the distinguished patch cord fiber at the handling region to disentangle the pulled patch cord fiber from the other patch cord fibers and to receive and clasp the disconnected connector;
• and
• connecting the clasped connector to a second adapter.

A fiber management system comprising:

• a rotatable cord support comprising a plurality of adapters, radially arranged on an operative face of the rotatable cord support, and a plurality of radially arranged openings through the rotatable cord support;
• a plurality of non-tensioned patch cord fibers passing through the openings to the operative face and having connectors connected to the adapters in the rotatable cord support;
• and
• a robotic unit comprising a robotic arm and a controller thereof, arranged to:
• disconnect a selected connector of a corresponding patch cord fiber from a corresponding first adapter;
• distinguish the disconnected patch cord fiber at the corresponding opening;
• pull the distinguished patch cord fiber to disentangle the pulled patch cord fiber from the other patch cord fibers and to receive and clasp the disconnected connector;
• and
• connecting the clasped connector to a target adapter.