Patent ID: 7894349

Claim:
A system for testing a plurality of CPE devices, comprising: a hub device; a CMTS coupled to the hub device; a provisioning server device coupled to the hub device; a general purpose computer coupled to the hub device, wherein the CMTS is coupled to the general purpose computer via a direct connection; a network interface coupled to the general purpose computer device via a plurality of network connections, the network interface including a panel having a plurality of network connection ports coupled to network ports of the provisioning server; RF interface equipment for transmitting and receiving CPE-side RF ports to and from RF ports of the plurality of CPE devices, wherein the RF interface equipment is coupled to the CMTS via upstream and downstream RF links; and line card interface equipment for interfacing with line card input/outputs of one or more of the plurality of CPE devices, wherein the line card interface equipment is connected to the RF interface equipment via a first digital connection and to the general purpose computer via a second digital connection.