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FiberPlex 8 Channel Active Wave Division Mux WDM8A

SKU: 1475 Category:

$9,562.50

Description

Overview

Overview

The FiberPlex WDM8 is an 8 Channel Active Wavelength Division Multiplexer. Simply put, it is a device which allows the user to combine up to 8 sources of data on a single fiber pair. Each channel can be linked via fiber with selected FiberPlex FOM, FOI or TD Series fiber modules, FiberPlex LightViper™ or with virtually any third party fiber optic equipment with data rates from 155 megabits up to 3 gigabits per channel, for a possible maximum aggregate data rate of 24 Gbps. Alternately, the WDM8 can be combined with our vast selection of copper SFP modules and connect HD Video, Ethernet, audio and more directly into a channel.

WDM Theory of Operation

Infrared light has a frequency of approximately 400 Terahertz (400,000 Gigahertz). That is about 125,000 times higher than the data rate of a typical 3 Gigabit SFP, which means a large proportion of the bandwidth of a fiber optic cable is wasted. The current state of the art does not allow utilizing all of that bandwidth, but we can recover some of it by a technique called “Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing,” or “CWDM.” Essentially, it is the simple technique of taking each 3 Gigabit channel and using it to modulate a different frequency in that 400 Terahertz bandwidth. This is done through a series of optical filters and combiners, along with lasers and photodiodes tuned to a particular infrared center frequency. Historically, however, optics are referred to, not by their frequency, but by their wavelength, which is the speed of light divided by the frequency. In the traditional implementation of a CWDM, it is the user’s responsibility to provide the tailored SFPs and the CWDM itself, which may require adapters to interface with the user equipment. The FiberPlex WDM line, on the other hand, is an active WDM, with the wavelength-specific components already tested and configured. Instead of a wavelength-specific optical fiber, a generic SFP electrical interface is provided for each channel. Any SFP that conforms to the SFP Multi Source Agreement (MSA) can be inserted, even copper-based SFPs like gigabit Ethernet, 3G-SDI video, HDMI or MADI. The internal SFPs have a full 3 Gigabit bandwidth, video-optimized for SMPTE video signals. Generic fiber SFPs may exhibit limitations in passing SMPTE video signals as they have problems maintaining a constant DC bias with the SMPTE encoded data.

Typical Applications

 Campus Application

 

 

Survelance Application

Additional information

Weight 5.00 lbs
Dimensions 5.00 × 5.00 × 5.00 in

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Features

Features:

  • 8 Channel Active Wave Division Multiplexer
  • Combines 16 (or 8) optical channels into a single fiber pair
  • Each channel independently supports data rates from 155 Mb up to 3 Gb
  • SMPTE compatible internal fiber optics, video optimized to support Pathological Signals
  • Each optic channel can independently accept multimode or single mode optics, coax connection or CAT5 using flexible SFP modules
  • Fully redundant, hot swappable power for ultimate reliability

Applications:

  • Campus Connectivity
  • Distributed Security
  • Data Centers
  • Broadcast
  • Live A/V Production
  • Telecom Consolidation

Specifications

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
 
Min
Typ
Max
Power Requirement with PSMAC Voltage Range (VAC)
90
230
Power Consupmtion (W)
45
Power Requirement with PSMDC Voltage Range (VDC)
36
72
Power Consupmtion (W)
45
 
External SFP Interfaces (1-8)
Min
Typ
Max
Data Rate (MB)
155
3000
Reccomended Jitter (psec)
40
Operating Voltage (VDC)
3.3
 
Maximum Current (mA)
0.35
 
Internal CDWM Optical Interfaces
Min
Typ
Max
Aggregate Optical Launch Level (dB)
-1
0
+1
Aggregate Receiver Sensitivity (dB)
-25
-24.5
-22
  WDM8A WDM8B
CWDM Wavelengths Ch1 – 1610nm Ch1 – 1450nm
Ch2 – 1590nm Ch2 – 1430nm
Ch3 – 1570nm Ch3 – 1410nm
Ch4 – 1550nm Ch4 – 1390nm
Ch5 – 1530nm Ch5 – 1370nm
Ch6 – 1510nm Ch6 – 1350nm
Ch7 – 1490nm Ch7 – 1330nm
Ch8 – 1470nm Ch8 – 1310nm
 
Environmental Storage Temperature (°C)
-40
85
OperatingTemperature (°C)
0
50
 
Aggregate Interface Connector Neutrik Optical Con (LC)
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
 
Length
Width
Height
Weight
Case Dimensions (2U)
13 in (330 mm)
19 in (482 mm)
3.5 in (133 mm)
 26 lb (89 kg)

Ordering Information

 

WDM8A 8 Channel Wave Division Mux (1470-1610 nm), includes (1) PSMAC AC power supply
WDM8B 8 Channel Wave Division Mux (1310-1450 nm), includes (1) PSMDC DC power supply