Patent ID: 7454116

Claim:
A method of managing telecommunications cables comprising the steps of: providing a chassis mounted to a wall and having left and right sides; providing signal converter circuitry within the chassis; extending an electrical signal cable to a selected side from the left and right sides; extending an optical signal cable to the selected side; connecting the extended electrical signal cable and the extended optical signal cable to the signal converter circuitry at connection locations that face in a direction generally parallel to either the left or right side of the chassis such that the extended electrical signal cable can be connected to the chassis by accessing only the left or right side of the chassis; extending a power supply cable to the other side opposite the selected side; connecting the extended power supply cable to the signal converter circuitry at connection locations that face in a direction generally parallel to either the left or right side of the chassis such that the power supply cable can be connected to the chassis by accessing only the left or right side of the chassis.