Abstract: The connector of the present invention includes a probing portion, a center portion, and an accepting portion, where each of the probing and accepting portions includes a connector of the same sex. That is to say, that both the probing and accepting portions of the connector terminate in the same sex connector type.

Abstract: An MPO switch device that includes a first input/output port and a second input/output port, a MPO port, a plurality of switches disposed between the first input/output port and the second input/output port, and a switch control for controlling the position of each of the switches to direct light through a desired return path. The plurality of switches are arranged and connected together by non-blocking connections that allow simultaneous testing of all common 1 GB, 10 GB, and 40 GB transmit and receive fiber pair paths.

Abstract: A housing for a launch cable assembly with a cylindrical exterior comprising first and second flat round sides; a height between the first and second sides; a division along a perimeter; a first part comprising the first side and a portion of the height left of the division; and a second part comprising the second side and a portion of the height right of the division, wherein the first and second parts are removably affixable to one another; an interior space; at least two round mandrels within the interior space; and at least two cord exits.

Abstract: The connector of the present invention includes a probing portion, a center portion, and an accepting portion, where each of the probing and accepting portions includes a connector of the same sex. That is to say, that both the probing and accepting portions of the connector terminate in the same sex connector type.

Abstract: An MPO switch device that includes a first input/output port and a second input/output port, a MPO port, a plurality of switches disposed between the first input/output port and the second input/output port, and a switch control for controlling the position of each of the switches to direct light through a desired return path. The plurality of switches are arranged and connected together by non-blocking connections that allow simultaneous testing of all common 1 GB, 10 GB, and 40 GB transmit and receive fiber pair paths.

Abstract: A launch cable assembly for use with an MPO switch and OTDR to test a multi-fiber cable, which includes a mandrel around which is wrapped between twenty-five and two hundred feet of multiple fiber optic strands, where the mandrel and fiber optic strands are housed within a housing, the fiber optic strands are in optical communication with a port in the housing, the fiber optic strands exit the housing from a fiber exit in the housing, and the fiber optic strands terminate in an assembly connector, which is preferably a standard MPO connector.