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Although every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this document it may be necessary, without notice, to make amendments or correct omissions. Specifications subject to change without notice. Products or features contained herein may be covered by one or more U.S. or foreign patents. Other non-ATX product and company names in this manual are the property of their respective companies.
The CF-EDFA may include an optional integrated optical filter for applications where upstream optical signals need to be removed and routed to other termination equipment such as retrun path receivers or destacker modules. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
UNPACKING & INSPECTING A NEW UNIT Unpacking & Inspecting a New Unit Before shipment, ATX inspects and packs all the essential items carefully. Nevertheless, damage may occur during shipment. The carrier assumes full responsibility for a safe delivery of the equipment.
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Note that the circulator is directional and cannot be utilized for combing purposes, only upstream extraction. A 5% coupler test point is provided at the output of the EDFA. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
Status Alarm LED Visual indicator of module temperature alarm. Optical Input Alarm LED Visual optical input power alarm status. Optical Output Alarm LED Visual optical output power alarm status. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
Monitors the optical output power Green = Normal Amber = Minor alarm -1 to -2 dB below rated output power Red = Major alarm >-2 dB below rated output power ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
The module Status LEDs should now be lit green and the optical input and output power LEDs red if an optical input has not already been connected to the module. Note, each LED will cycle through all colors during a power up cycle. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
EDFA module. In the case of extracting, connect a power meter to the express port with a clean LC/APC jumper and verify the level of the desired optical signal. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confi dential & Proprietary...
The CF-CPA EDFA has no user interface settings. When the input signal is within the proper operating range it will produce the proper output power. Check the status of the module utilizing the Hand Held Display or GUI interface per the ChormaFlex Operation Manual. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
EDFA disabled inspect the output connector. Communication Issue with Unit Please confirm setup is as described in the User Interface document If problem persists, please contact InnoTrans for further help. ChromaFlex CPA EDFA – Hardware Interface Manual ATX Confidential & Proprietary...
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