Calculated Optical Loss

Determine Fiber Optic Attenuation

• How long is the fiber run? Meters Kilometers Miles Feet
• What Extron fiber product is being used? Singlemode - FOX Series Multimode - FOX Series Singlemode - FOX3 Series Multimode - FOX3 Series Singlemode - XTP Series Multimode - XTP Series
• What type of fiber is being used? Extron SM P Bend - Insensitive Existing Fiber - ISO OS2 Existing Fiber - ISO OS1 Manual Entry Extron OM4 MM P Bend - Insensitive Existing Fiber - ISO OM4 Existing Fiber - ISO OM3 Existing Fiber - ISO OM2 Existing Fiber - ISO OM1
• Fiber attenuation per kilometer  dB/km
• Fiber attenuation is 3 dB/km @ 850 nm

Total Fiber Attenuation:

Determine Connector Loss

• How many connector pairs are in the run? connector pair(s)
• What is the optical loss for each connector pair? dB (.75 is default)

Total Connector Pair Loss:

Determine Splice Loss

• How many mechanical splices are in the run? mechanical splice(s) (0.25 dB/splice)
• How many fusion splices are in the run? fusion splice(s) (0.10 dB/splice)

Total Splice Loss:

Total Calculated System Budget

• Available Loss Budget

  dB

• Total Calculated Loss is

  dB
• What is the safety margin? dB

  (3 is default)

• Calculated Loss Budget Reserve

  Calculated Loss Budget Shortage

  dB
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