Optical harness assembly and method
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for adapting electrical presentations of legacy terminal equipment to an active connector conversion unit, comprising:
- identifying electrical signals present on each pin of electrical connector presentations of the legacy terminal equipment;
programmatically adjusting firmware loaded into a field programmable gate array (FPGA), between the electrical connector presentation and the active connector conversion unit, based on the identified electrical signals present; and
mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals.
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Abstract
An optical harness assembly and method are provided. The optical harness assembly includes at least one optical harness cable having a termination end; at least one electrical connector having connector pins; and at least one active connector conversion unit coupled between the termination end of the optical harness cable and the electrical connector. The method includes: identifying electrical signals present on each pin of each electrical connector presentation; programmatically adjusting an interface based on the identified electrical signals present; and mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals. The method may further include: providing a personality adaptor coupled between the electrical connector pin outs and signal conditioners; configuring the personality adaptor based on the identified electrical signals present on each pin out of each electrical connector presentation; and providing configured electrical connector presentation signals to the interface.
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1. A method for adapting electrical presentations of legacy terminal equipment to an active connector conversion unit, comprising:
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identifying electrical signals present on each pin of electrical connector presentations of the legacy terminal equipment; programmatically adjusting firmware loaded into a field programmable gate array (FPGA), between the electrical connector presentation and the active connector conversion unit, based on the identified electrical signals present; and mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for adapting electrical presentations of legacy terminal equipment to an active connector conversion unit, comprising:
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identifying electrical signals present on each pin of electrical connector presentations of the legacy terminal equipment; programmatically adjusting an interface, between the electrical connector presentation and the active connector conversion unit, based on the identified electrical signals present; mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals; determining if the electrical connector pin presentation is correctly configured; if correct, providing configured electrical connector presentation signals to the interface, and if not correct, readjusting the interface. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method for adapting electrical presentations of legacy terminal equipment to an active connector conversion unit, comprising:
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identifying electrical signals present on each pin of electrical connector presentations of the legacy terminal equipment; programmatically adjusting an interface, between the electrical connector presentation and the active connector conversion unit, based on the identified electrical signals present; mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals; providing a personality adaptor coupled between the electrical connector pins and signal conditioners of the active connector conversion unit; configuring the personality adaptor based on the identified electrical signals present on each pin of each electrical connector presentation; and providing configured electrical connector presentation signals to the interface. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for adapting electrical presentations of legacy terminal equipment to an active connector conversion unit having signal conditioners, comprising:
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identifying electrical signals present on each pin of electrical connector presentations of the legacy terminal equipment; providing a personality adaptor coupled between the electrical connector pins and signal conditioners of the active connector conversion unit; configuring the personality adaptor based on the identified electrical signals present on each pin of each electrical connector presentation; programmatically adjusting an interface between the electrical connector presentation and the active connector conversion unit based on the identified electrical signals present; mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals; determining if electrical connector pin presentation is correctly configured; and if correct, providing configured electrical connector presentation signals to the interface, if not correct, readjusting the interface. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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