The Protection Switching Module (PSM) card performs splitter protection functions. In the transmit (TX) section of the PSM card, the signal received on the common receive port is duplicated by a hardware splitter to both the working and protect transmit ports. In the receive (RX) section of the PSM card, a switch is provided to select one of the two input signals (on working and protect receive ports) to be transmitted through the common transmit port.
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