Patent ID: 7742577

Claim:
A telecommunication apparatus, comprising: a first connector having a plurality of first ports, a plurality of second ports, and a plurality of third ports, a different one of a first plurality of conductors extending through a respective one of said plurality of first ports of said first connector and a respective one of said plurality of third ports of said first connector, said first plurality of conductors extending from a first location to a second location; a second plurality of conductors each having a first end portion and a second end portion, a different one of said first end portions of said second plurality of conductors extending through a corresponding one of said plurality of second ports of the first connector and being coupled to a respective one of said first plurality of conductors at said first location; a second connector, the second connector having a plurality of first ports, a plurality of second ports, and a plurality of third ports, a different one of the second plurality of conductors extending through a respective one of said first ports of said second connector, wherein said second connector is receives an end portion of a cut piece of a selected one of said first plurality of conductors at said third ports of said second connector; and a test circuit coupled to said second end portions of said second plurality of conductors through said plurality of second ports of said second connector, said test circuit supplying a test signal to one of said second end portions of said second plurality of conductors, such that said test signal propagates through said one of said second plurality of conductors and to one of said first plurality of conductors coupled to said one of said second plurality of conductors at said first location, said signal being detectable in said one of said first conductors at a second location remote from said first location to thereby identify said one of said first plurality of conductors.