Simplex 4100U Installation & Maintenance page 178

Network,
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Fibre CableFibre
50/125 Fibre
50/125 Fibre
62.5/125 Fibre
62.5/125 Fibre
Fibre Optic Cable Characteristics
All fibre cables shall be multimode, graded index. ST style connectors must be used. No
physical strain shall be put on the cables. There must be no cable bends of less than a
50mm radius.
Two methods are available for joining fibre cable. Splices provide a permanent, very low
loss, fibre-to-fibre connection. Couplers provide temporary connection between two ST
style connectors with a loss of 1.2dB. Both methods are permitted on a fibre Network.
The characteristics of the 4100-0143 fibre optic media card are as follows. Mininium
Launch Power into a 50/125 cable is 50 uW (-13 dBm). Minimum Launch Power into a
62.5/125 cable is 109.5 uW (-8.6 dBm). The maximum value for the minimum input
sensitivity of the receiver is 1.0 uW (-30 dBm).
Maximum line lengths for 50/125 and 62.5/125 cable are shown in the table below.
Loss Per Kilometer
CableFib
All the information above is based on the minimum launch power of the transmitter into
the specified cable and the maximum value of the minimum input sensitivity of the
receiver
Power Margin
4 db
3 db
4 db
3.75 db
Table J-2 Network: Maximum Distances, Optical Fibre
J-2
Maximum distance
4 db 3,050 meters
3 db 4,500 meters
4 db 4,000 meters
3 db 4,500 meters