ROBERT J HOMKES
Engineers in Camarillo, CA

2004009, May 13, 2004

Nov 12, 2002

10/293190

Marc Hornbeek - Camarillo CA, US
Wayne Snyder - Simi Valley CA, US
Athar Muzaffar - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Larry Reitz - Moorepark CA, US
Cleophus Price - Oxnard CA, US
Donald Skanes - Simi Valley CA, US
Paul Lupo - Newbury Park CA, US
Robert Homkes - Camarillo CA, US

H04L009/00

713/201000

A system for enabling secure remote switching and robotic operation and monitoring of multi-vendor systems such as those in laboratories, factories, classes and networks. Equipment server nodes support Clients, TCL, and equipment server sub-systems. Clients use graphical user interfaces to log-in and access functions on server nodes. A client/server application-level protocol provides programmable levels of security and reliability. Server functions include user management, resource management, reservation, statisitical data, usage case storage and retrieval, and documentation of configurations. Electro-mechanical equipment server sub-systems interconnect a plurality of switch, action control, and command and display modules. Switch modules interconnect a plurality of multi-wire or fiber optical communication interfaces. Action control sub-system modules control power, servo, light, and other action pod modules. Power action modules control and measure equipment power. Servo action modules manipulate hand controls. Light action modules sense color states of lights. Mechanical attachment devices rigidly and precisely attach action modules to equipment that is robotically controlled.

4989202, Jan 29, 1991

Oct 14, 1988

7/257686

Roy L. Soto - Moorpark CA
Wiley J. Ehrke - Camarillo CA
Robert J. Homkes - Camarillo CA

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

G06F 1120

370 13

A test device and a method of testing are provided for an integrated services digital network (ISDN) system having a Network Terminator (NT), a system/terminal (S/T) interface for coupling the NT to a Terminal Equipment (TE), a transmit line between the S/T interface and the NT to permit a TE coupled to the S/T interface to transmit D channel and B channel information to the NT, and a receive line coupled between the NT and S/T interface to permit a TE coupled to the S/T interface to receive D channel and B channel information from the NT. The test device performs an initial line connection test to determine if a satisfactory line connection exists between the NT and the S/T interface connected by the transmit and receive lines by providing a predetermined signal to the NT from the test device and for evaluating a response from the NT to the predetermined signal. A satisfactory line connection between the S/T interface and the NT is indicated if the response from the NT is a predetermined response, while an unsatisfactory line connection is indicated if the response is not said predetermined response. A plurality of additional tests are performed after the initial line connection test to determine the location of a problem in said line connection if the initial line connection test indicates that the line connection between the S/T interface and the NT is unsatisfactory.