Patent ID: 7830669

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: at least one terminal module serving for signal communication and adapted to allow telecommunications lines to be connected therewith; at least one supplementary module, connected to the terminal module and at least one contact bank terminated at one of the terminal module and the supplementary module, the assembly being mounted in a telecommunications distribution point, wherein said contact bank comprises: a plurality of tapping contacts directly and permanently electrically connected to contacts of the terminal module in the terminated condition of said contact bank, a plurality of outlet contacts, wherein there are a smaller number of outlet contacts than of tapping contacts, a plurality of remote-controllable switches for selectively electrically connecting said outlet contacts to said tapping contacts, a control device for controlling the plurality of switches, and wherein at least one tapping contact is connected with a circuit including a permanent connection with the tapping contact and a line switch, both the permanent connection and the line switch being connected with a mode switch, the mode switch being connectable with at least one outlet contact.