Method and apparatus for visually indicating connections between mult-wavelength interfaces and uni-wavelength interfaces
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first interface with a first interface indicator, wherein the first interface indicator comprises of one Light Emitting Diode (LED) illuminating with a first color;
a second interface with a second interface indicator, wherein the second interface indicator comprises of one LED illuminating with a second color, wherein the second color is different than the first color; and
a third interface with a third interface indicator, wherein the third interface indicator comprises of one multi-color LED,wherein the third interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the first color to visually indicate a connection between the third interface and the first interface, and wherein the third interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the second color to visually indicate a connection between the third interface and the second interface.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for visually indicating the connections between optical interfaces is provided. The optical interfaces may include multi-wavelength optical interfaces and uni-wavelength optical interfaces. The optical interfaces may reside within optical nodes contained within an optical network.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first interface with a first interface indicator, wherein the first interface indicator comprises of one Light Emitting Diode (LED) illuminating with a first color; a second interface with a second interface indicator, wherein the second interface indicator comprises of one LED illuminating with a second color, wherein the second color is different than the first color; and a third interface with a third interface indicator, wherein the third interface indicator comprises of one multi-color LED, wherein the third interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the first color to visually indicate a connection between the third interface and the first interface, and wherein the third interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the second color to visually indicate a connection between the third interface and the second interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for visually indicating connections between interfaces comprising:
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configuring a first indicator of a first interface with a first color; configuring a second indicator of a second interface with a second color, wherein the second color is different than the first color; configuring a third indicator of a third interface with the first color when connecting the third interface to the first interface; and configuring the third indicator with the second color when connecting the third interface to the second interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An optical node providing a visual indication of connections between interfaces comprising:
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a first multi-wavelength interface with a first multi-wavelength interface indicator illuminating with a first color; a second multi-wavelength interface with a second multi-wavelength interface indicator illuminating with a second color, wherein the second color is different from the first color; and a uni-wavelength interface with a uni-wavelength interface indicator, wherein the uni-wavelength interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the first color when the uni-wavelength interface is connected to the first multi-wavelength interface, and wherein the uni-wavelength interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the second color when the uni-wavelength interface is connected to the second multi-wavelength interface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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