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Mode Conditioning Patch Cord

Gigabit-LX port

 

Rx

Tx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To network

 

multimode

Mode Conditioning

cabling

Patch Cord

The multimode cable in the patch cord

Single mode section plugs into Tx

port on Gigabit-LX Transceiver or

must match the characteristics of your

Gigabit-LX mini-GBIC

network cable

 

Figure B-1. Example: Connecting a Mode Conditioning Patch Cord for Gigabit-LX

Make sure you purchase a patch cord that has appropriate connectors on each end, and has multimode fibers that match the characteristics of the multimode fiber in your network. Most important, the core diameter of the multimode patch cord must match the core diameter of the multimode cable infrastructure (either 50 or 62.5 microns).

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