Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1997-02-25
1998-06-09
Swarthout, Brent A.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
340693, 375228, 375377, 307116, 361679, G08B 2100
Patent
active
057641510
ABSTRACT:
A network hub or a network switch including a housing which holds all elements of the network hub; a trunk interface control unit which is the control center of the network hub for controlling the operation of the other units of the network hub; a power supply unit connected to the trunk interface control unit to provide the network hub with the necessary operating power; a plurality of modular jacks adapted for receiving network lines for data input and output; a plurality of data handling units respectively connected between the trunk interface control unit and the modular jacks for handling input data and output data; a functional operand unit connected to the trunk interface control unit for calculating network line connection condition, network line utilization rate, data collision rate and network line inspection condition; a voice function control unit connected to the trunk interface control unit for controlling the functional operand unit to output its computed result, and a LED controller controlled by the functional operand unit to drive indicator lights for indication of different network line conditions.
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Accton Technology Corporation
Klein David I.
Lee Jun Y.
Rosenberg Morton J.
Swarthout Brent A.
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