Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread Sam Roche

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread Brandon Butterworth
LR usually needs padding in that scenario, IMHO. Usually does not. 1G parts are so cheap that measurement, test and the attenuators (unless you are wrapping the fibre round a pencil) will cost more than each device is worth. How many fail? If in doubt check the device spec such as

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread Eric Litvin
Hi Chris, I'm with an optics vendor, Luma optics. All our optics are field programmable to work in any intended network environment. Regarding your question, its unnecessary to pad a 10km LR, even with such a short reach ( 20m) . If it were an ER or ZR, it would be a different story. Good

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread joel jaeggli
It's a pretty normal situation. even with a 1-2m jumper I see light levels that are well below the maximum rx levels for 10km optics. e.g. the max might be .5 and the actual readings are -1.4 - -2.7. our WDM terminals sit in the the adjacent racks to the pop routers so they're all like that.

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sun, 20 Oct 2013, joel jaeggli wrote: It's a pretty normal situation. even with a 1-2m jumper I see light levels that are well below the maximum rx levels for 10km optics. e.g. the max might be .5 and the actual readings are -1.4 - -2.7. our WDM terminals sit in the the adjacent racks to

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread Måns Nilsson
Subject: Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects? Date: Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 07:21:42AM +0200 Quoting Måns Nilsson (mansa...@besserwisser.org): Subject: Pad 1310nm cross-connects? Date: Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 07:33:19PM -0700 Quoting Chris Costa (ccosta92...@gmail.com): What are the opinions/views

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-20 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 07:33:19PM -0700, Chris Costa wrote: What are the opinions/views on attenuating short, 1310nm LR cross-connects. Assume 20m cable length and utilizing the same vendor optics on each side of the link. Considering the LR transmit spec doesn't

Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-19 Thread Chris Costa
What are the opinions/views on attenuating short, 1310nm LR cross-connects. Assume 20m cable length and utilizing the same vendor optics on each side of the link. Considering the LR transmit spec doesn't exceed the receiver's high threshold value do you pad the receiver closer to the median RX

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-19 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013, Chris Costa wrote: median RX range to avoid potential receiver burnout over time, or just leave it un-padded? By padding, you mean insert attenuator? I have run networks with thousands of 10km optical links (1GBASE-LX, 10GBASE-LR) and none of them have used attenuators

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-19 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013, Chris Costa wrote: What are the opinions/views on attenuating short, 1310nm LR cross-connects. Assume 20m cable length and utilizing the same vendor optics on each side of the link. Considering the LR transmit spec doesn't exceed the receiver's high threshold value do you

Re: Pad 1310nm cross-connects?

2013-10-19 Thread Måns Nilsson
Subject: Pad 1310nm cross-connects? Date: Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 07:33:19PM -0700 Quoting Chris Costa (ccosta92...@gmail.com): What are the opinions/views on attenuating short, 1310nm LR cross-connects. Assume 20m cable length and utilizing the same vendor optics on each side of the link