Introduction, Product Description | MRV Communications EM316E3

Fiber Driver

EM316E3 & EM316E3SF

1 INTRODUCTION

About this Manual

Before unpacking please refer to section 2 (Hardware Installation)

This manual is a guide to the installation and operation of the EM316E3 Fiber modem.

Product description describes the product, its functions, features, protocol supported, minimum requirements, and typical applications.

Customer support provides information on return policy and customer support information.

Glossary provides definition to terms used in this manual.

Product Description

The EM316E3 modules of the Fiber Driver Family are Fiber Modems designed to convert a E3 interface into high-speed fiber optic interface, thus enabling the extension of the E3 maximum spanning distance up to fiber optic distance limit. These units convert the electrical signals from a coax cable to optical signals and transmit them over distances of up to 7km on multimode fiber, or distances of up to 100km on singlemode fiber. The EM316E3 supports ITU-T G.703, ITU-T G.823, and HDB3 line codes.

The EM316E3SF Fiber Driver's single fiber modules use unique technology that provides the ability to combine TX and RX signals onto a single fiber strand. This effectively doubles the available fiber in a network and eliminates the need for additional fiber connections. An identical EM316E3SF unit is required on the other end, using either standard APC (Angled PC) patch cords finish or a 3M VAR APC finish. The standard APC finish provides a <60dB back reflection, whereas the 3M VAR exceeds –70dB. Both APC finishes are polished to an 8o angle and minimize back reflection by forcing the reflected rays into the cladding.

The Fiber Driver family provides conversion solutions with greater distances and better manageability than any other products on the market. Multimode to Single Mode fiber conversion modules offers link distances from 0 km to 100 km.

P/N: 1226006-001, REV_L

PAGE 5