OptiFiber Pro custom test limit

Introduction

As application limits continue to become more stringent, limits proposed by ISO and ANSI are no longer acceptable to evaluate the quality of a fiber optic infrastructure. This is especially problematic when testing multi-mode fiber optic links with more than two connections, which is often the case in datacenters.

 

Solution

Unless specified otherwise, use these values to create one custom limit for testing PC/UPC terminated links and a second custom limit for testing APC terminated links. These limits mimic the limits proposed in our article CertiFiber_Pro_custom_test_limit.

 

Maximum length for PC, UPC and APC terminated links

Parameter (m)	Recommended value
Length	N/A

 

General Settings for PC, UPC and APC terminated links

Parameter	850nm	1300nm	1310nm	1490nm	1550nm	1625nm
Overall Loss (Max) (dB)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Overall Loss (Min) (dB)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Optical Return Loss (dB)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Segment Attenuation Coefficient (Max) (dB/km)	3.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Segment Attenuation Coefficient (Min) (dB/km)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

Event Settings for PC and UPC terminated links

Parameter (dB)	850nm	1300nm	1310nm	1490nm	1550nm	1625nm
Connector Loss (Max)	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Connector Loss (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Splice Loss (Max)	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Splice Loss (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Reflectance (Max)	-35.00	-35.00	-45.00	-45.00	-45.00	-45.00
Reflectance (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

Event Settings for APC terminated links

Parameter (dB)	850nm*	1300nm*	1310nm	1490nm	1550nm	1625nm
Connector Loss (Max)			0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Connector Loss (Min)			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Splice Loss (Max)			0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Splice Loss (Min)			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Reflectance (Max)			-65.00	-65.00	-65.00	-65.00
Reflectance (Min)			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(*) APC style connectors aren't used on multi-mode fiber links. You may decide to keep the default values for multi-mode wavelengths.