On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 11:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Eric Olsen wrote: > > The old hardware had a weird way of connecting the fiber - it didn't > have a > > standard connector, you had to strip the fiber and hook it in directly > > somehow. So I need a connection that will fit the new hardware. > > i'm pretty sure that older utopia CPE equipment uses a standard SC fiber > connector. this is different from the LC connector that you find on sfp or > sfp+ modules commonly found in a datacenter. > > i also just chatted with someone who has the newer zhone devices and got > the model number from it. the specs for that device also seems to be a SC > connector though it lists a SC UPC connector. i don't know if a SC > transceiver can be connected to a cable with a SC UPC connector (the cable > coming from utopia). that's something that would need more research. the > other thing is that they use bi-directional transceivers that allow for tx > and rx on the same fiber. fs.com lists several sfp bidi transceivers that > could potentially work that are in the $10-$20 range. > > that isn't a complete set of information to complete replacing the utopia > gear with your own but it might point you in the right direction. > > mike
Thanks, Mike! I haven't done a lot of research on fiber and didn't know there's an SC, LC, and apparently a bunch of others. As it turns out, the Ubiquity fiber gateway (UFiber Loco) uses SC-APC. If I understand correctly, the SC would be related to the signal, and the UPC/APC is simply different ends; UPC being (mostly) flat at the cut, and APC angled. In case it doesn't work out however, would you mind passing along the Zhone model number? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
