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AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsStephen Craig Bartolutti, Golam Mabud Choudhury, Michael Gregory German, Daniel Warren Macauley
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A system having a plurality of tracing interface modules that attach to the patch panels of a telecommunications patching system in a telecommunications closet. On the patch panels in a telecommunications closet are located a plurality of connector ports that receive the terminated ends of patch cords. The tracing interface modules mount to the patch panels and provide a mechanical sensor that can detect when a patch cord connector has been added to, or removed from, a connector port within the telecommunications closet. Accordingly, by connecting a computer controller to the various mechanical sensors, the computer can monitor and log all changes to the patch cord interconnections in an automated fashion.
A patch cord tracing module assembly that is adapted to be affixed to the face of a patch panel having a plurality of connector ports aligned in a row in a telecommunications system, comprising:
A telecommunications system having point-to-point tracing capabilities, comprising:
A method of detecting the presence of a patch cord connector in a connector port within a telecommunications closet, comprising the steps of;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.