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US 7,803,013 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for monitoring connectivity status of communication ports
AssigneeRIT Technologies Ltd.
InventorsYaakov Haggay, Pinchas Shifris
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Abstract
According to some embodiments of the invention, a connectivity apparatus is provided. The connectivity apparatus may comprise signal-terminals associated with respective sockets. These signal-terminals may form a portion of a connectivity path for transmission of scanning signals. Accordingly, the connectivity apparatus may enable central mapping of interconnections of the ports.
Claims12
An apparatus comprising:
- a board positionable opposite a frontal surface of a target device, the frontal surface having sockets of communication ports, said board having a plurality of bus lines being coupled to a scanning system;
- a module with one or more slots, each slot has a slot signal-terminal, said module connectable to the board such that at least some of said slots would be substantially aligned with respective sockets of the target device;
- and
- a multiconductive cable having at least one cable signal-terminal attached to an external surface of said cable,
- wherein when a first plug attached to said cable at one end is inserted into a particular socket and said cable signal-terminal is inserted into a corresponding slot, transmission of signals between the scanning system and the cable signal-terminal is enabled.
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A method comprising:
- connecting, physically and electrically, to a board one or more modules having one or more slots, each slot has an electrically conductive slot-contact;
- positioning said board opposite a target device having a frontal surface with sockets of communication ports such that at least some of said slots are substantially aligned with corresponding sockets of the target device;
- inserting a plug of a multiconductor cable into a socket, said cable having an external electrically conductive cable-contact positioned separated from said plug;
- inserting said cable-contact into a slot positioned substantially aligned with said socket;
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- connecting said board via bus lines to a scanning unit such that transmission of signals between the scanning system and said cable-contact is enabled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.