Patent ID: 8745283

Claim:
A cabling verification system comprising: a first cable comprising: a first end terminating in a first type of connector, a second end terminating in a second type of connector, and a first memory element containing a connector type identifier of the first type of connector; a second cable comprising: a first end terminating in a third type of connector different than the first type of connector, a second end terminating in the second type of connector, and a second memory element containing a connector type identifier of the third type of connector; and a cabling interface comprising: a processing device; a first input port configured to receive the second end of the first cable and operably couple the first memory element to the processing device; a second input port configured to receive the second end of the second cable and operably couple the second memory element to the processing device; an output port configured to provide connection to a device under test; and a database comprising one or more cable connection schemes required by the device under test; wherein the processing device is configured to: query the first memory element to determine the connector type of the first type of connector; query the second memory element to determine the connector type of the third type of connector; compare the connector type of the first type of connector and the connector type of the third type of connector to the one or more connection schemes required by the device under test; select one of the first cable or the second cable to connect to the output port connected to the device under test, the selection being based on the comparison of the connector type of the first type of connector and the connector type of the third type of connector to the one or more connection schemes required by the device under test; and establish communication between an input source and the device under test, wherein the input source is a device connected to the selected one of the first cable or the second cable.