Canadian communication instrument manufacturer EXFO releases new DWDM adjustable wavelength OTDR product
Canadian communications instrument manufacturer EXFO released its high-precision Wavelength modulated OTDR product FTBX-740C-DWC.
This product can use the wavelength of the user's DWDM system to detect mux/demux channels and effectively detect system link failures.
This product, combined with EXFO's CWDM OTDR and Ethernet test products, provides network field engineers with a powerful and comprehensive testing tool.
EXFO stated that as applications such as FTTx and mobile backhaul are upgraded from CWDM to DWDM networks, the new DWDM OTDR provides users with data from the headend that does not affect the business. Testing solutions can quickly determine faults, avoid expensive SLA failures, and shorten maintenance cycles.
Compared with the previous method of using light source and OSA detection that required the cooperation of two technicians, the single-ended OTDR solution can be implemented by one technician and is faster.
FTBX-740C-DWC supports C-band wavelengths, ITU-T spacing of 100GHz or 50GHz, and its tunable laser has a large dynamic range and supports longer transmission distance testing.
The technology behind the OTDR is also the Fro obtained by EXFO in 2015.St & Sulivan is one of the leading technologies in the market share of optical fiber test instruments.
FTBX-740C-DWC adopts the scalable and powerful FTB-2 platform, which provides comprehensive verification and fault detection methods for the physical layer, while supporting Ethernet service testing from 10M to 100M.
The instrument uses a 12-inch touch screen and a modular configuration of Windows 8 system.
