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US 7,252,538 B2Granted
Tracer lamp arrangement
AssigneeTelect, Inc.
InventorsRick Garrett, Pat Weisbeck
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Abstract
Embodiments of a digital cross-connect panel with tracer lamps for identifying telecommunications circuits are presented herein.
Claims15
A digital cross-connect panel comprising:
- a chassis having a height of one rack unit or less;
- an array of jacks disposed in sets on the chassis, wherein each said set of jacks provides access to a corresponding telecommunication circuit;
- and
- a tracer lamp provided with each said set of jacks to identify the corresponding telecommunication circuit when at least one said jack in the set is used to provide access to the circuit;
- wherein each set of jacks includes:
- a monitor jack to monitor a signal of a corresponding telecommunications circuit;
- and
- an output jack to provide access to an output signal of a network element;
- and
- wherein each tracer lamp is disposed between a respective said monitor jack and output jack.
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A digital cross-connect panel comprising:
- a chassis having a height of one rack unit or less;
- a plurality of columns of jacks disposed on the chassis, wherein each column of jacks is associated with a corresponding telecommunication circuit;
- and
- a tracer lamp associated with one said column of jacks and configured to identify the corresponding telecommunication circuit, wherein the tracer lamp is disposed on the chassis between two jacks in the column.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.