A sample measurement and analysis system comprises a fiber-optic channel
selecting apparatus, a plurality of optical source lines, a plurality of
optical return lines, a plurality of sample test sites, and an optical
receiving device. The selecting apparatus comprises an optical input
selection device, an optical output selection device, and a controller
element. The optical input selection device defines a first optical path
running between a first input end and a first output end. The first output
end is rotatable to a plurality of first index positions defined along a
first circular path. The optical output selection device defines a second
optical path running between a second input end and a second output end.
The second input end is rotatable to a plurality of second index positions
defined along a second circular path. The controller element communicates
with the optical input selection device and the optical output selection
device for selectively aligning the first optical path with the first
index positions and the second optical path with the second index
positions.