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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
April 2006
Chapter 16      Card Reference
16.5.2 OPT-BST Amplifier Card
Note The optical splitters each have a ratio of 1:99. The result is that the power at the MON TX and MON RX 
ports is about 20 dB lower than the power at the COM TX and COM RX ports.
Figure 16-18 shows the OPT-BST amplifier faceplate.
Figure 16-18 OPT-BST Faceplate 
Figure 16-19 shows a block diagram of the OPT-BST card.
OPT
BST
FAIL
ACT
SF
RX
MON
TX
RX
COM
TX
RX
OSC
TX
RX
LINE
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