An ignitor for setting off an incendiary device. A recovery process is also disclosed. At least one cleat is fitted to the rail. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards. The optical splitter element is operable to passively combine an add signal including local add traffic and a first transport signal including ingress traffic from a coupled optical ring to generate a second transport signal including egress traffic for transmission on the coupled optical ring.