Will do. but I won't be able to until next week when I'll be back in Berkeley.
Back on Jan 31 2007 Dan Werthimer reported that they had tested 100 meters FO cables with transceivers made by Fujitsu. Note there are copper cables that include a transceivers and are supposed to work to 40 meters. Gore, Maxim and others make them. I don't think anyone has tried them yet. On Fri, 2 May 2008, John Ford wrote: > > On of the non-Casper BWRC groups has a box of the fiber optic cables > > Dave mentions. We got the OK to borrow a couple to exercise them for > > a few days. This is high priority on the to-do list. > > > > Note as we as allowing longer distances the fiber optic cables > > may be easier to route than the copper versions. Shorter radius of > > curvature and smaller diameter. > > Hi Matt. Could you post the vendor or other info on these cables? I'm > interested in using something similar. > > Thanks. > > John > > > > > Matt > > > > On Fri, 2 May 2008, David MacMahon wrote: > > > >> For long XAUI links, we have been planning on (i.e. have not actually > >> tried yet) using fiber optic cables with CX4 connectors that contain > >> embedded fiber optic transceivers. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On May 2, 2008, at 6:19 , Jonathan Hargreaves wrote: > >> > Has anyone tried to send 10Gbe data to an iBOB over long (10-15m) > >> > CX4 cables? > >> > We find that the iBOB can transmit OK but not receive - its carrier > >> > detect LED > >> > does not light up. We have no problems with 3m cables. > >> > > >> > Not sure if changing pre-emphasis or signal level would help as the > >> > problem > >> > appears to be on the receive side. Has anyone else tried this? > >> > > >> > Jonathan Hargreaves > >> > > >> > Jodrell Bank Observatory > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
