Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

2024-01-25 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
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Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

2024-01-25 Thread Trey Scarborough
Ive done a lot of these 100G 80k links and its not likely dispersion causing your problem. Its more likely the opposite. If you have segments of NZ fiber "Non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber" you can have issues. After looking at your OTDR it looks to be a mix of different fiber types thats how

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

2024-01-25 Thread dmmoffett
Out of curiosity, what did the provider tell you about this trace? The -20 and -15 reflectance stand out pretty loud and clear. If their OTDR has a “smart” mode it would have flagged those as failures. If they didn’t see a problem here they might need a test device smarter than they are.

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

2024-01-25 Thread Zach Underwood
wow thanks for the detail, I will work with the boss and the fiber provider to try to address some of those problems. On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 10:14 AM wrote: > As an OTDR trace it looks really good, but your problem might be at event > 18 and/or 19. I don’t know how much you wanted to know so

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

2024-01-25 Thread dmmoffett
As an OTDR trace it looks really good, but your problem might be at event 18 and/or 19. I don’t know how much you wanted to know so I apologize if I’m starting too far towards the beginning. #18 is around 100m from the end and has reflectance of -21.36. That’s crappy. The -15 below it