Perhaps pick up a used cheap DCM and see if it helps, adjustable preferred if not as close to the fiber distance. Our newest 100G dwdm build (dozen 100G optics) very much needed a DCM on it.
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 3:36 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels Gotta think of the Fourier series of the pulse. Yes group velocities or group delay of the whole enchalada. It is all kinda the same thing. They were doing some kind of soliton fiber development. Haven’t heard much for some time about that. No idea how frequency pure/coherent the tx is. I imagine phase coherency is a big deal. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 4:12 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels Looks like different wavelengths have different group velocities, so compensation is possible (but probably not cheap?). Is this because the transmitter doesn’t generate literally a single wavelength? Or is this a WDM issue? Chuck says the pulses get smeared out in time, that sounds like the first one. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 3:56 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com<mailto:ch...@go-mtc.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels Yeah, the pulses tend to get smeared out in time if there is too much dispersion. Similar to trying to use too high level of QAM with SNR issues. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 12:26 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels Even if the RX level is good? > rx was within 0.3dBm on all 4 lanes on both sides On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 1:22 PM Daniel Pautz via AF <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> wrote: Yeah makes me think the two paths have different loss. We have had that on mirrored paths, or even single paths with crappy splices on one of the strands. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 11:12 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com<mailto:ch...@go-mtc.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels Did anyone do dispersion testing on the fiber? Chuck McCown McCown Technology Corporation 8401 N Commerce Dr Lake Point, Utah 84074 801-250-9503 435-830-4306 cell www.mccowntech.com<http://www.mccowntech.com> www.microtrench-blades.com<http://www.microtrench-blades.com> www.terabitnetworks.com<http://www.terabitnetworks.com> From: Zach Underwood Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 12:07 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels tired again this morning and still no link. rx was within 0.3dBm on all 4 lanes on both sides. We got 10gb 80km to link up. This will do for now. We will be looking at getting 40gb 80km single lane optics or adding another site to fiber loop to shorten the footage to under 40km. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 11:14 AM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com<mailto:cstann...@gmail.com>> wrote: So both of those SFPs are within the tx power range. 100G may not work on a link that long unless you have dispersion compensation fiber on the path or in a huge loop in a box style at one end. You likely cannot change tx power levels on those SFPs, they will run at the max they can do for that specific unit. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 7:46 a.m. Zach Underwood <zunder1...@gmail.com<mailto:zunder1...@gmail.com>> wrote: TX Power 2~6.5dBm I am struggling to get this 100gb link up. In the field this link is quoted at 31 miles. The rx levels are -22 and -20 on both sides but I can't get it to link. I take the same optics to the lab and add 20dbm of attenuator to get almost the same rx levels as the field and it will link up. I have added error-correction encoding reed-solomon per the user guide for links over 40km. So far I have not found a way to change the TX levels in arista, the options are in the CLI but they dont seem to change the outcome. For me this is the first time dealing with 80km optics or 100gb optics over 10km. switch is Arista DCS-7060SX2-48YC6-R https://resource.fs.com/mall/doc/20230531114903y4ljxw.pdf https://www.fs.com/products/115818.html?attribute=29032&id=3462585 On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 8:35 AM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com<mailto:cstann...@gmail.com>> wrote: There should be. What does their datasheey indicate for tx power range? On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 7:31 a.m. Zach Underwood <zunder1...@gmail.com<mailto:zunder1...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yep labels identical but there is a difference in default power levels. 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