Patent ID: 7620320

Claim:
A Fibre Selective Control Switch system for testing of a fibre network environment, comprising: a microcontroller module suitable for being download programmable, the microcontroller controlling the Fibre Selective Control Switch system; a fibre selective control switch module coupled to the microcontroller module, the fibre selective control switch module comprising a first MOSFET, a second MOSFET, and a pull down resistor, a gate of the first MOSFET coupled to the microcontroller module and a gate of the second MOSFET coupled to the microcontroller module; and a small form pluggable device coupled to one end of a fibre cable in the fibre network wherein the small form pluggable device is configured to operate a fibre connection with the fibre network through the fibre cable, the small form pluggable device providing power for the fibre selective control switch module, wherein the fibre selective control switch module is mounted on the small form pluggable device, the microcontroller module is operable to send one selected from a positive signal voltage to the gate of the first MOSFET and the gate of the second MOSFET in order to simulate an extraction of the component of the fibre network by causing the small form pluggable device to disconnect the fibre connection with the fibre network through the fibre cable and a low signal voltage to the gate of the first MOSFET and the gate of the second MOSFET in order to simulate a re-insertion of the component of the fibre network by causing the small form pluggable device to re-connect the fibre connection with the fibre network through the fibre cable, the simulation of extraction and re-insertion of the component of the fibre network being suitable for the testing of the physical layer topology of the fibre network.