Patent ID: 11956020
Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus to exchange interface signals associated with an electro-optical transceiver interface, the apparatus comprising:
a connector including a plurality of contacts, the contacts corresponding in number to a number of contacts used on a connector for the electro-optical transceiver interface, a designated one of the contacts being designated for a first set of the interface signals, a remaining set of the contacts being designated for a second set of the interface signals and being configured to exchange the second set of the interface signals over the electro-optical transceiver interface; and
a tone detector coupled to the designated one of the contacts, the tone detector being configured to detect distinct tones received via the designated contact and being configured to generate electrical signals from the distinct tones indicative of the first set of the interface signals.