Patent ID: 6848835

Claim:
A contact device, comprising: a carrier member; a receiving unit for receiving at least one optical fiber; a control circuit that includes a converter for converting optical signals, which are received via the at least one optical fiber, to electrical signals and to convert electrical signals to optical signals that are to be transmitted via the at least one optical fiber; a first contact member connected to the control circuit such that electrical signals from the converter are conducted to the first contact member and such that electrical signals from the first contact member are conducted to the converter, wherein the first contact member is designed such that a second contact member can be connected to the first contact member for conducting electrical signals from and to the first contact member, wherein the receiving unit, the control circuit and first contact member are fixed relative to the carrier member and wherein the contact device is designed to be fixable at a structural element in a room or other part of a building, wherein the contact device comprises a protective part that is suited to be fixed relative to the carrier member, such that, when the contact device is fixed at the structural element in a room or other part of a building and the protective part is fixed relative to the carrier member, at least the control circuit and the receiving unit are not within reach for a person that is in the room or the other part of a building without removing at least said protective part.