Fibre monitoring provides continuous visibility into the health and performance of optical networks, helping operators detect fibre degradation, breaks and wavelength-level issues before they lead to extended service outages.
Lynx provides the PacketLight PL-1000D fibre monitoring and diagnostics platform, combining Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) and Optical Spectrum Analysis (OSA) in a compact 1U system. It can monitor lit DWDM networks, dark fibre and third-party fibre infrastructure without disrupting live traffic.
The PL-1000D supports simultaneous monitoring of up to 16 fibre strands, with up to eight monitored by OTDR and eight by OSA. The system provides fibre fault and degradation detection, DWDM spectrum analysis, optical power and OSNR measurements, alarms and graphical diagnostics.
Lynx can help integrate fibre monitoring into new or existing optical networks to improve fault isolation, network visibility and service-level performance.
The PL-1000D combines OTDR and OSA diagnostics in a compact 1U platform for continuous, non-intrusive monitoring of lit and dark fibre networks.
With eight-port optical switching for both OTDR and OSA functions, one chassis can simultaneously monitor up to sixteen fibres. The OTDR provides continuous fibre monitoring and fault detection, while the OSA measures per-channel optical power, wavelength and OSNR.
Results, alarms and historical reports can be viewed through LightWatch NMS, with GIS integration available for mapping fibre faults and locations.
Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies, a removable fan tray and low power consumption support reliable operation and simplified maintenance.
Tell us about your fibre routes, network architecture and monitoring requirements and we’ll help determine the right approach.
The PL-1000D combines an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) for detecting fibre faults and degradation with an Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA) for monitoring the DWDM spectrum, optical power and OSNR.
The PL-1000D can simultaneously monitor up to 16 fibre strands, with up to eight monitored by the OTDR and eight by the OSA.
No. The PL-1000D provides non-intrusive monitoring of live fibre networks and can also operate over dark fibre or third-party fibre infrastructure without affecting network traffic.
The OTDR identifies fibre breaks and degradation and determines the location and severity of the fault. Actual fault-location performance depends on the fibre, link conditions and selected OTDR configuration.
The integrated OSA monitors the full DWDM C-band spectrum and measures optical channel power, frequency and optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), providing visibility into wavelength-level performance.
OTDR and OSA results can be displayed graphically through a web interface or PacketLight LightWatch NMS. The system can generate alarms when changes in fibre traces or network conditions are detected and can integrate with third-party GIS tools for fault location.
Yes. The PL-1000D supports dual redundant AC or DC power supplies and a hot-swappable fan unit.
