4.1.1 Management Control from the Network

Fiber Driver® EM316EDFA User Guide

4.1.1 Management Control from the Network

Output power or gain control

Power or gain control limits

Input power and output power readings

Output gain reading

Case temperature reading

Alarm status including case temperature, loss of input power, loss of output power

Amplifier status reading

Software reset

Output power mute

4.1.2 EM316EDFA Alarm Output Pins

Case temperature

Loss of input

Loss of output

4.1.3 Operating Parameters

Automatic Gain Control (AGC) maintains a constant gain for the module. The tables below show the constant operating parameters of each EDFA module type.

Thresholds

 

 

 

 

 

EM316EDFA-BR

 

EM316EDFA-LPR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module Function

 

 

Booster

 

In-line /

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preamplifier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input Threshold

 

 

-8 dBm

 

-30 dBm

 

 

 

Input Shutdown

 

 

-10 dBm

 

-32 dBm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output Threshold

 

 

-10 dBm

 

-10 dBm

 

 

 

Small Signal Gain

 

 

9 dBm

 

25 dBm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output Power

 

 

0 to 18 dBm

 

0 to15.5 dBm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended Operating Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EM316EDFA-BR

 

EM316EDFA-LPR

 

 

Input signal dynamic range

 

-10 to +9 dBm

 

-20 to +5 dBm

 

 

Output optical power range

 

0 to 18 dBm

 

0 to +15.5 dBm

 

 

Optical bandwidth

 

1528 t o1563 nm

 

1528 t o1563 nm

 

P/N 1294008-001 Rev D2

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