Patent ID: 7239699

Claim:
A cross-connect module comprising: a housing having a front end and a rear end; a switching device positioned adjacent the front end of the of the housing, the switching device defining a front body and a rear body, the front body including sleeves that define first and second ports, the switching device also including first and second conductors corresponding to the first and second ports, the first port comprising a monitor port, the rear body including sleeves that define first connectors; a plurality of rear connectors mounted adjacent to the rear end of the housing; cables positioned within the housing that electrically couple the rear connectors to the first connectors of the switching devices; and a monitor network for providing an electrical pathway between the first and second conductors, the monitor network including a circuit board and the electrical pathway formed by circuit traces on the circuit board, the circuit traces connected to the first and second conductors, the circuit board positioned between the sleeves defined by the front body and the sleeves defined by the rear body.