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6 Fiber Optic Testing
Overview
SIGNALTEK is available with a fiber optic testing option. The
SIGNALTEK-FO has incorporates additional hardware to support
fiber optic testing via Small Form Factor (SFP) modules. These
modules are commonly used in high-performance network
switches to provide high-speed backbone links over long distances
and have been incorporated into SIGNALTEK-FO to provide a low
cost method of qualifying fiber optic links.
SIGNALTEK-FO modules are equipped with a SFP slot in each
handset that can accommodate an SFP module supplied by IDEAL
Industries. There are two SFP modules available. The SFP-850
modules are multimode units that operate at a wavelength of
850nm. The SFP-13X0 modules are compatible with both
multimode and single mode fiber and operate at a wavelength of
1300nm.
It is typical that multimode fiber optic devices that operate in the
1300nm window are identified as 1300nm devices and that single
mode devices that operate in the 1300nm window are identified as
1310nm devices even thought the operating wavelengths are the
same. This difference in naming is used solely to identify the
multimode or single mode compatibility of the device.
The IDEAL 1300nm SFP modules are compatible with both
multimode (1300) and single mode (1310) cabling and are
therefore identified as 13X0 to indicate their compatibility with both
types of fiber.
SFP Compatibility
SIGNALTEK-FO is compatible only with SFP modules supplied by
IDEAL Industries. While other SFP modules will fit into the
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