Muldem with monitor testing on-line and off-line paths

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PATENT NO 4376999
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06155981

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A muldem (100) has a monitor (101) for testing data path failures through the muldem (100) by comparing the latter's input and output. The muldem (100) has normally on-line data paths (103, 104) therethrough, and includes normally off-line standby data protective switching means (108, 109) providing alternate data paths. The monitor (101) tests on-line and off-line data paths before and after protective switching to the standby alternate data path, to guard against silent failures and to prevent switching to an inoperative path. In an auto-revert mode, a latched display continues to display an alarm, after the malfunction is corrected and the muldem has switched from standby to main.

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ALCATEL NETWORK SYSTEM INCRICHARDSON TX

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Abbott, Ned E McKinney, TX 8 158
Keshavan, Hampapur R Huntington Beach, CA 8 158
McGuire, Robert J Richardson, TX 13 197

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