When it comes to fiber optic transceiver, network switches always come to mind. Fiber optic transceiver module is a self-contained component that can both transmit and receive. Usually, it is inserted in devices such as switches, routers or network interface cards which provide one or more transceiver module slot (e.g GBIC, SFP, XFP). Today, we are going to talk the FAQs about choosing fiber optic transceivers.

Facts of Fiber Optic Transceivers

Firstly, fiber optic transceivers with common switches on price is much cheaper than light mouth switch, especially some inserts switches in optical module after losing one or a few electricity mouth, allowing operators to a large extent to reduce the upfront investment.

Secondly, due to the optical module mostly no uniform standard, so the optical module once damaged, it needs replacing from the same original commercial module, so it created a lot of trouble in later maintenance. But fiber optic transceiver on interconnection and interflow between different manufacturers of equipment has no problem, if it has been damaged you can also substitute products from other manufacturers easily.

Further more, fiber optic transceivers are all in readiness than optical switches on the transmission distance.

Characteristics of Fiber Optic Transceiver

Supports low time delay of data transmission. Network protocol are completely transparent. By using specific ASIC chip to realize information transmit. Programmable ASIC gets multiple functions into a single chip, with simple design, high reliability, less power consumption, can make the equipment with higher performance and lower cost. Frame type device can provide hot plug function, easy to maintain and upgrade continuously. Fiber optic network management device can provide network diagnosis, upgrade, status reports, abnormal situation report and most of them use the 1+1 power supply design, support super width power supply, to realize automatic power protection and switching. Supports super width working temperature. Supports the complete transmission distance(0-120kilometers)

How to Choose Fiber Optic Transceiver?

Due to Fiber optic transceiver (Fiber Converter) for regional fiber connector network, so we must consider the coordination, mutual compatibility with surrounding environment and the stability and reliability of the product itself.

1. Whether it supports full duplex and half duplex.

Some chips on the market at present can only use full duplex environment, unable to support half duplex, such as SWITCH or other brand HUB, if you use half-duplex mode, it will cause serious conflicts and packet loss.

2. Whether the connection testing with other fiber transceiver?

Fiber optic transceivers are increasingly. Currently on the market more and more different brands of transceiver mutual compatibility haven't been tested in advance, which will produce lost package, transport time is too long.

3. If there is a safety device against packet loss.

Some fiber optic transceiver vendors in manufacturing, in order to reduce costs, often use Register data transfer mode. The biggest drawback is unstable when transmission, packet loss, and the best way is to use the buffer circuit design, is safe to avoid data packet loss.

4. How is the temperature adaptability?

Fiber optic transceiver itself generates a high fever, the temperature is too high (not greater than 85 ° C), how is fiber transceiver working correctly? It is well worth the customer consideration!

5. Whether there is standard of IEEE802.3 u

As the IEEE802.3 standard, fiber transceiver namely the delay time control in 46 bit, when it beyond 46 bit, fiber optic transceiver for transmission distance will shorten.

In the data transmission, fiber optic transceiver broke the limits that Ethernet cable 100 meters' limitation. With high quality exchange chip and large capacity buffer memory, it realized non-blocking exchange transmission performance. Also provided a balanced flow conflict, isolation and detection error function, high safety and stability data transmission. fiber optic transceiver will still be an integral part of the actual network for a long time. We firmly believe that the future of fiber optic transceiver will toward high intelligence, high stability, may continue to develop new but low cost fiber optic network management.