Patent ID: 7760858

Claim:
A telecommunications device comprising: an assembly including a chassis and sets of LINE, DATA and VOICE connectors, the chassis defining: i) splitter card mounting locations; and ii) at least one central processing unit card mounting location; telecommunication splitter cards that mount at the splitter card mounting locations of the chassis, each splitter card electrically connecting to a corresponding set of the LINE, DATA and VOICE connectors when mounted at one of the splitter card mounting locations of the chassis, the splitter cards including: i) passive splitters; and ii) test access devices; and a central processing unit card that mounts at the central processing unit card mounting location of the chassis; wherein the test access devices of the splitter cards are inactive when the central processing unit card mounting location is vacant, and wherein the test access devices of the splitter cards are selectively active when the central processing unit card is mounted at the central processing unit card mounting location.