US 8,788,722 B2 · Method and arrangement handling pluggable modules and operating modes in a media converter system

Abstract

A method handling a pluggable module selectable from a plurality of pluggable modules is executable at a media converter system of a network configuration. The method provides for automatically enabling of a disabled channel or disabling of an enabled channel of the media converter system when the pluggable module is attached to the media converter system, wherein the suggested channel enabling/disabling feature is executed on the basis of a correlation between module specific information extracted from the respective pluggable module and corresponding information extracted via the media converter system. An arrangement for executing the suggested method is also provided.

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Dependent claims

A method, at a local media converter of a network, for handling a locally-attached pluggable module selectable from a plurality of pluggable modules, the method comprising:

automatically enabling or disabling a channel of the local media converter when the pluggable module is physically attached to the local media converter, on the basis of a correlation between module-specific information extracted from the locally-attached pluggable module and corresponding information extracted from the local media converter;
wherein the information extracted from the local media converter comprises at least one of:
one or more protocol identity codes and an operating mode associated with each respective protocol identity code;
one or more vendor identity codes, each of which is associated with a specific vendor;
and
one or more unique log-in identity codes;
automatically enabling or disabling one or more additional channels of the local media converter on the same basis;
automatically enabling or disabling the channels at a predefined tracing time for each of those channels.

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A local media converter of a network for handling a locally-attached pluggable module selectable from a plurality of pluggable modules, the local media converter comprising:

a processor configured to:
automatically enable or disable a channel of the local media converter when the locally-attached pluggable module is physically attached to the local media converter, based on a correlation between module-specific information extracted from the locally-attached pluggable module and corresponding information extracted from the local media converter;
automatically enable or disable one or more additional channels of the local media converter on the same basis;
automatically enable or disable the channels at a predefined tracing time for each of those channels;
wherein the information extracted from the local media converter comprises at least one of:
one or more protocol identity codes and an operating mode associated with each respective protocol identity code;
one or more vendor identity codes, each of which is associated with a specific vendor;
and
one or more unique log-in identity codes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and arrangement handling pluggable modules and operating modes in a media converter system

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Method and arrangement handling pluggable modules and operating modes in a media converter system

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