Patent ID: 8235755

Claim:
A device for coupling to a fiber optic cable carrying a digital data signal, the device comprising: a fiber optic connector for connecting to the fiber optic cable; a fiber optic transceiver coupled to said fiber optic connector for bidirectional digital data communication over the fiber optic cable; a multi-port unit including one of: a hub; a switch; a router; and a gateway, coupled to said fiber optic transceiver; a data transceiver coupled to said multi-port unit for data communication with said fiber optic transceiver, and being operative to effect bi-directional digital data communication with a digital data unit; a data connector coupled to the data transceiver for connecting to the digital data unit; a power connector connectable to receive a power signal from a power source; a power supply, comprising an AC/DC converter or a DC/DC converter and coupled to said power connector, for DC powering said fiber optic transceiver, said data transceiver, and said multi-port unit by the power signal; and at least one enclosure housing said fiber optic connector, said fiber optic transceiver, said power connector, said power supply, said data connector, said data transceiver, and said multi-port unit; wherein the device is addressable in a digital data network.