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FTBx-945 Telco OLTS

Overview
Multifunction optical loss test set (OLTS) for the FTB-2 and FTB-2 PRO platforms
FTBx-945 Telco OLTS

Key features

  • Perform 100% automated bidirectional tests at two wavelengths in under 5 seconds with FasTesT™
  • 100% automated fiber inspection: one-step process with pass/fail analysis at both ends
  • On-board assistant and diagnosis to reduce reference errors and negative loss
  • Improved short fiber measurement
  • Compatible with FTB-2 and FTB-2 PRO platforms
  • Best-in-class singlemode distance range of 200 km

Applications

  • FTTx construction
  • Telecommunications and outside plant network testing
  • Data centers
  • Enterprise structured cabling

Specifications

Technical specifications
Power meter specifications(a)
Detector type InGaAs
Uncertainty(b) ±(5 % + 32 pW)
Measurement range (dBm) 5 to −75
Calibrated wavelengths (nm) 850, 1270, 1290, 1300, 1310, 1330, 1350, 1370, 1383, 1390, 1410, 1430, 1450, 1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590, 1610, 1625, 1650
Tone detection (Hz) 270/330/1000/2000
Source specifications(a)
Output power (dBm)(c) Multimode (850 nm/1300 nm): −25
SM1 (1310 nm/1550 nm): 2.5
SM3 (1310 nm/1550 nm/1625 nm): 1 / −1 / −5
SM4 (1310 nm/1490 nm/1550 nm): 1 / −5 / −1
Output power stability (dB) ±0.05 over 8 h
Spectral width (FWHM) (nm) 850 nm: 30 to 60
1300 nm: 100 to 150
FasTest™ loss/length specifications(a)
Testing speed(c) FasTest™ Simplex: 3 seconds (two wavelengths, bidirectional, automated, IL + fiber length)
FasTest™ Simplex: 6 seconds (three wavelengths, bidirectional, automated, IL + ORL + fiber length)
Wavelengths (nm)(c) Multimode (LED): 850 ± 20; 1300 ± 20
Singlemode (Laser): 1310 ± 20; 1490 ± 10; 1550 ± 20; 1625 ± 10
Launch condition(d) Encircled Flux (EF) compliancy guaranteed at 50/125 µm multimode source port. Within TIA-526-14-B, ISO/IEC 14763-3 and IEC 61280-4-1 EF template limits at the end of an EXFO reference-grade 50/125 µm test cord.
Loss range (dB)(e) Multimode: 20
Singlemode simplex: 45
Singlemode duplex: 50
Length measurement range (km)f Multimode: 20
Singlemode: 200
Length measurement uncertainty(c) Duplex: ±(0.5 m + 0.5 % × length)
Simplex: ±(1 m + 0.5 % × length)
ORL measurement range (dB)(c) 50
ORL measurement uncertainty (dB)(c, g) ±1
a. All specifications valid at 23 °C ± 1 °C and 1550 nm, on batteries and after 15 minutes of warm up, unless otherwise specified.
b. Uncertainty is valid at calibration conditions.
c. Typical.
d. Measured at 850 nm with SC connector.
e. Typical value, at 850 nm for multimode and 1550 nm for singlemode.
f. At 1300 nm for multimode and 1550 nm for singlemode.
g. No discrete reflectance greater than −65 dB. Up to 45 dB.
General specifications
Size (H × W × D) 158 mm x 25 mm x 196 mm (6 ¼ in x 1 in x 7 ¾ in)
Weight 0.4 kg (0.9 lb)
Temperature Operating: 0 °C to 50 °C (32 °F to 122 °F)
Storage: −30 °C to 70 °C (−22 °F to 158 °F)
Relative humidity 0 % to 95 % non-condensing