I would be far more shocked if this doesn't work. Obviously you'd need a dwdm mux to get more than one dwdm channel in a cwdm channel, but as long as you're using dwdm optics which are in the bandpass of the cwdm channel it should work for a single channel.
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 9:00 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well if that works then a single transceiver ought to work too I should > think. > > I can just wait for the right part, so it may be a moot point when all is > said and done, but I was curious about it. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *castarritt > *Sent:* Thursday, December 21, 2023 10:34 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WDM transceivers > > > > I haven't heard of anyone doing it like that, but I think it should work. > What I have heard of is connecting a dwdm mux to one of the channels of a > cwdm mux and running multiple channels of dwdm over a single cwdm channel, > but I haven't tried that myself. > > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 9:31 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well you’d buy them because there are up to 96 DWDM channels, and only up > to 18 CWDM channels. You’d still be limited to the number of ports on the > MUX. > > > > The situation is the CWDM MUX is already there, and our vendor momentarily > has a shorter lead time on DWDM. The upper CWDM channels happen to overlap > with DWDM. If I took a DWDM transceiver at 1570.01nm and plugged it into > the CWDM MUX on the 1570nm port there’s no reason that shouldn’t work > right? > > > > -Adam > > > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Thursday, December 21, 2023 9:27 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WDM transceivers > > > > My guess would be no...otherwise no one would buy DWDM multiplexers... > > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 5:38 PM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dumb question of the week: > > Could I run a pair of DWDM transceivers through a CWDM multiplexer and > expect it to work? I’d only be using a small slice of the channel, but if > the DWDM wavelength is encompassed by the larger CWDM wavelength then that > light should still reach the intended destination, right? > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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