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

Claim 0:
1. 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 generator coupled to the designated one of the contacts, the tone generator being configured to receive electrical signals indicative of the first set of the interface signals and being configured to generate distinct tones indicative of the electrical signals, the tone generator being configured to transmit the distinct tones over the electro-optical transceiver interface via the designated contact as the first set of the interface signals.