Managed fiber connectivity systems

摘要

A communications connection system includes an SC fiber optic connector including a storage device having memory configured to store physical layer information. The storage device also includes at least one contact member that is electrically connected to the memory. The communications connection system also includes a fiber optic adapter module having one or more media reading interfaces. Each media reading interface is configured to read physical layer information stored on one of the fiber optic connectors received at the adapter module. Certain types of media reading interfaces extend between an internal passage of the adapter module and an external surface of the adapter module.

主权项

1. A fiber optic connector comprising:
an inner body configured to retain a ferrule that extends longitudinally through the inner body, the inner body defining a channel that extends longitudinally along an exterior surface of the inner body; an outer body slideably received about the inner body, the outer body defining a cavity recessed in an outer surface of the outer body, at least a portion of the cavity being aligned with the channel defined in the inner body, wherein at least the portion of the cavity slides along the channel when the outer body slides relative to the inner body; and a storage device positioned in the cavity defined in the outer body, the storage device including memory configured to store physical layer information, the storage device also including at least one contact member that is electrically connected to the memory.