In the last post we described how a Customer informed us that his Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch® Managed Gigabit Fiber Switch reads out the Micro-ODTR data without firmware modifications being required.
Other Switch models with this same capability – refreshing the Page A0 IDPROM when prompted – are also capable of reading the Micro-OTDR without a firmware change. The host equipment must always refresh the Base ID Fields directly from the SFP EEPROM, and not just save the data to cache memory at power-up.
It is the Alternate Micro-OTDR Readout feature which makes this possible.
The characteristics of the Alternate Micro-OTDR Readout include:
- Values displayed are real-time.
- All reflections are counted, but only the distance to the farthest is displayed.
- Serves as indicator of Micro-OTDR status.
This is good news for everybody, because it allows the upgrading your network to exploit the benefits of the Micro-OTDR feature, with minimum Engineering effort.
The Micro-OTDR feature eliminates the detection time component of repair costs and reduces the chances of a fault recurring.
https://www.opticalzonu.com/micro-otdr-sfp/