Hi Arnold, I have recently been talking to these guys ( https://www.metamako.com/use-cases/ ) about intelligent cross connect management within our data centers.
Maybe this would work for you, and probably less complicated than a robot. Cheers Pete On 11/12/2014 09:21, "joel jaeggli" <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: >On 12/10/14 4:33 PM, Phil Bedard wrote: >> Curious what the use case is where a photonic or L1 switch wouldn't get >> the job done? >> >> With the robotic system you still need to wire everything up so it's >> available to be xconnected. > >We've done electromechanical cross connect termination before on a very >large scale. > >http://www.siemens.com/history/pool/newsarchiv/newsmeldungen/20110403_bild >_3_fernsprechamt_muenchen-schwabing_458px.jpg > >those systems typically don't have the capacity to connect 100% of the >edges at once. > >> FiberZone was another vendor who made robotic patch panels, but I'm not >> sure they are around anymore. >their website is still there, I've never seen an AFM live. >> Interesting also Verizon has a patent on automated patch panels, but >>using >> very specific mechanics. >> >> https://www.google.com/patents/US8175425 >> >> >> >> >> Phil >> >> >> >> >> On 12/9/14, 11:51 PM, "Arnold Nipper" <arn...@nipper.de> wrote: >> >>> Am 2014-12-10 00:36, schrieb Andrew Jones: >>> >>>> http://www.laser2000.de/out/media/glimmerglass_system_100%281%29.pdf >>>> >>> Thank you, Andrew ... while Glimmerglass is really an exciting and >>> excdellent system, these devices are exactly those photonic cross >>> connects I'm _not_ looking for :9 >>> >>>> On 10.12.2014 10:21, Arnold Nipper wrote: >>>>> I'm looking for a modular, cost-effective automatic / intelligent >>>>>fibre >>>>> optic patch panel. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not looking at these photonic x-connects, but really for >>>>>something >>>>> which does the patching instead of a technician. >>>>> >>> >>> Arnold >>> -- >>> Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany >>> email: arn...@nipper.de phone: +49 6224 5593407 2 >>> mobile: +49 172 2650958 fax: +49 6224 5593407 9 >>> > >