MT-RJ Fiber Optic Loopback Cable MT C Ferrule Single Mode Compact Footprint

Description

Fiber Optic Loopback modules are also called optical loopback adapters. They are designed for testing, engineering and the burning stage of boards or other equipment. Fiber loopback provide system test engineers a simple but effective way of testing the transmission capability and the receiver sensitivity of network equipment.

Fiber Optic Loopback is providing a media of return patch for a fiber optic signal. Typically, it is used for fiber optic testing applications or network restorations.

When used in testing applications, loopback signals are used for diagnosing problems. The best practice is to send a loopback test to network equipment, one at a time for isolating the problem.

SC Fiber optic loopbacks are designed in a compact footprint. They are compliant with fast Ethernet, fiber channel, ATM and Gigabit Ethernet.

Material’s details

Loopback Cable Specification

Fiber Optic Loopback Testing

Typically, a loopback test is a test in which a signal is sent from a communication device and looped back to the device as a way to determine whether it is functioning well or as a way to troubleshoot a defective node in the network. As for fiber optic loopback testing, optical loopbacks are used to verify the operational reliability of the device. Using fiber optic loopback cable or fiber optic loopback module for data transmission, the signal emitted by the device is looped from the transmit (Tx) end of an active component back to the receive (Rx) end of the same component.

Application

When it comes to practical application, fiber optic loopback test is often employed for checking fiber optic transceivers. Since transceiver has two ports for receiving and transmitting the light signal, it is necessary to test the ports to see whether they are still under operation. Thus, fiber optic loopback test is the most convenient way for transceiver maintenance. The testing process is by routing the laser signal from the transmitter port back to the receiver port. Then the transmitted pattern is compared with the received pattern to make sure they are identical and have no error.

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Which to Choose for a Specific Transceiver?

Considering the common features of the transceiver and the loopback, we should think about the connector type, polish type, and cable type when selecting a loopback for the transceiver. The selection guide for some mostly used transceiver modules is summarized in the following tables.

Table 1: Loopback choices for 10G SFP+ transceivers

Table 2: Loopback choices for 40G QSFP+ transceivers

Table 3: Loopback choices for 100G QSFP28 transceivers

Table 4: Loopback choices for CFP transceivers

Conclusion

This post discusses specific fiber loopback choices for some most commonly used fiber optic transceivers. For other transceiver modules that are not mentioned in this post, we can also know how to choose a suitable loopback for it by getting details about its interface type, physical contact and cable type.