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Cisco CWDM Passive Optical System Installation Note
78-16565-02
Connecting the CWDM Passive Optical System to Your System
Figure 19 Cabling a CWDM 8-Channel Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Module
Note Before removing the dust plugs and making any optical connections, observe the following guidelines:
• Always keep the protective dust plugs on the unplugged fiber-optic cable connectors and the
transceiver optical bores until you are ready to make a connection.
• Always inspect and clean the SC connector end-faces just before making any connections. Refer to
the Tip on this page for a pointer to a fiber-optic inspection and cleaning white paper.
• Always grasp the SC connector housing to plug or unplug a fiber-optic cable.
Step 2 Remove the dust plugs from the network interface cable connector and the transceiver optical bore. Save
the dust plugs for future use.
Step 3 Inspect and clean the connecor’s fiber-optic end-faces. Refer to the Tip below for a pointer to the
fiber-optic inspection and cleaning white paper.
Tip For complete information on inspecting and cleaning fiber-optic connections, refer to the white-paper
document at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk482/tk607/technologies_white_paper09186a0080254eba.shtml
120031
To network
To second
network
To optional
spectrum analyzer
TX
RX
RX
TX
C
W
D
M
-
M
U
X
-8A
M
O
N
ITO
R
N
ETW
O
R
K
TX
RX
RX
TX
1610
1590
TX
RX
RX
TX
1570
1550
TX
RX
RX
TX
1530
1510
TX
RX
RX
TX
1490
1470
TX
RX
RX
TX
C
W
D
M
-
M
U
X
-8A
M
O
N
IT
O
R
N
ETW
O
R
K
TX
RX
RX
TX
1610
1590
TX
RX
RX
TX
1570
1550
TX
RX
RX
TX
1530
1510
TX
RX
RX
TX
1490
14
70
LINK
LINK
CAB-SM-LCSC-1M
SC connector
SC connector
CWDM
GBIC
CWDM
GBIC
CWDM
SFP
LC connector
LC connectors
Module