Patent ID: 7014500

Claim:
An apparatus for identifying at least one cable in a cabling system, said cable having a first end and a second end remote from said first end, said cable containing at least a first and second conductive wire, said apparatus comprising: a patch panel having at least one patch jack, said patch jack in electrical communication with said at least first and second conductive wires in said first end of said cable; at least one indicator lamp, permanently installed in said patch panel adjacent to said patch jack, said indicator lamp having a first electrical lead in electrical communication with said first conductive wire and a second electrical lead in electrical communication with said second conductive wire; at least one wall jack in electrical communication with said at least first and second conductive wires in said second end of said at least one cable; and means for applying a test voltage to said at least one wall jack, whereby the applied test voltage at said at least one wall jack causes said indicator lamp adjacent to said patch jack to light, when the patch jack is electrically connected to the wall jack through said first and second conductive wires of said cable.