Specifications; Test Standards - Black Box Fiber Meter Manual

1.1 Test Standards

Test Standard
TIA 568A Horizontal
(62.5 µm and 50 µm)
TIA 568A Backbone
(62.5 µm)
IEC 11801 Horizontal
(62.5 µm and 50 µm)
IEC 11801 Backbone
62.5 µm and 50 µm)
1000BASE-SX 62.5 µm
1000BASE-SX 50 µm
1000BASE-LX
Equation 1: Max Loss = (# of mated connectors x 0.75) + (# of splices x 0.3) + (length x
3.75 dB/km)
Equation 2: Max Loss = (# of mated connectors x 0.75) + (# of splices x 0.3) + (length x
1.5 dB/km)
Equation 3: Max Loss = (# of mated connectors x 0.75) + (# of splices x 0.3) + (length x
3.5 dB/km)
Equation 4: Max Loss = (# of mated connectors x 0.75) + (# of splices x 0.3) + (length x
1.0 dB/km)

1. Specifications

850 nm
2.0 dB
Equation 1
Equation 3
Equation 3
2.53 dB
3.43 dB
N/A
CHAPTER 1: Specifications
1300 nm Propagation Length
2.0 dB N/A
Equation 2 N/A
Equation 4 N/A
Equation 4 N/A
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
2.32 dB N/A
90 m
2000 m
500 m
90 m
275 m
550 m
550 m
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