<div dir="ltr">Hi Ross,<div><br></div><div>Power loss, reported as -19dBm.</div><div><br></div><div>Having asked the DC operator to send me photos of the cross-connect connection (because I have a photo of cross-connect connections in another area where they've been plugging SC cables into SCA sockets), I don't have photos, but the power loss is now measuring -12dBm. Which my switches now report as normal.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 August 2015 at 15:47, Ross Wheeler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ausnog@rossw.net" target="_blank">ausnog@rossw.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
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I have a dark fibre link measured as <4dBm end-to-end over a 13km run, but<br>
am seeing 19dBm switch-to-switch in both directions.<br>
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19dBm, -19dBm or 19dB?<br>
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Loss would typically be measured in dB<br>
Power would typically be expressed in dBm<br>
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Most fibre stuff I've seen seems to transmit from a low end of -10dBm (100uW) to +6dBm (4mW).<br>
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19dB does seem somewhat excessive to me, but then I'm not an expert in this field!<br>
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Most receivers I can quickly find specs on seem to indicate they are happy working on receive power levels from 0 to -20dBm or so.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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R.<br>
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