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Chapter 6      Optical Add/Drop Cards
6.7    AD-4B-xx.x Card
 • Output power of each dropped band is set by changing the attenuation of each VOA drop.
 • The VOA express is used to regulate the insertion loss of the express path.
 • VOA settings and functions, photodiode detection, and alarm thresholds are internally controlled.
 • Virtual photodiode (firmware calculation of port optical power) at the common DWDM output port 
are monitored within the software.
Figure 6-18 shows the AD-4B-xx.x faceplate.
Figure 6-18 AD-4B-xx.x Faceplate 
For information on safety labels for the card, see the “6.2  Class 1M Laser Product Safety Lasers” 
section on page 6-7.
Figure 6-19 shows a block diagram of the AD-4B-xx.x card.
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