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DEFINITY Made Easy Tools
Issue 3, December 2001
Connecting and Handling Fiber Optic Cables
Connecting and Handling Fiber Optic Cables
Signals between the cabinets composing the system are carried by fiber optic cables. To accomplish this, the electronic signals at the connectors on the back of a cabinet must be converted into optical signals, and optical signals from another cabinet must be converted back into electronic signals. Opto-electronic devices (lightwave transceivers) provide this interface.
LASER Product
The DEFINITY ECS may contain a Class 1 LASER device if single-mode fiber optic cable is connected to a remote Expansion Port Network (EPN). The LASER device operates within the following parameters: