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Product Description

SFP to SFP Conversion

The S-4GPT-DSFP-XT Industrial Fiber Mode Converter comes with two empty SFP slots. This allows for flexible network configurations using SFP fiber transceivers supplied by Perle, Cisco or other manufacturers of MSA compliant SFPs. Adapting to different fiber types, distances and wavelengths is made simple by mixing and matching SFP’s as needed for maximum flexibility across a variety of topologies and network architectures. The hot-swappable nature of SFPs allow for easy configuration and future upgrades as network demands evolve by simply upgrading a single SFP instead of replacing the entire fiber mode converter.

 

Fully designed to operate in extreme temperatures

There are others products on the market claiming to operate at -40°F to +175°F but, they use “commercial-grade” parts that have not been qualified by the manufacturer (OEM) to operate at the claimed temperature ranges. When “commercial-grade” parts are exposed to extremely high or low temperatures, product failures are inevitable. For example, integrated circuits on the PCB overheat causing premature failure of the product. Under-rated connectors do not allow for proper contact between the device and the cables. These failures eventually stop all data communications in these high and low temperature environments.

Perle understands the critical nature of the traffic management, oil and gas pipelines, weather tracking, industrial and outdoor applications where customers are deploying this technology. Often, they are connecting security cameras, wireless access points, alarms, traffic controllers, sensors or tracking devices in remote or difficult to access locations. Unreliable products made with standard components simply won’t work. This is why all Perle Industrial Temperature Media Converters only use components that are fully qualified and rated to operate in -40°F to +175°F.

 

Convert different wavelengths ( WDM Transponders )

SFP transceivers enable the S-4GPT-DSFP-XT Industrial Fiber Mode Converter to operate as a Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) transponder. Also referred to as Bi-Directional ( BiDi ) or Simplex, WDM Transponders help network administrators take advantage of the cost savings in both material and labour associated with Single Strand Fiber. WDM uses separate transmit and receive frequencies to communicate on a single fiber strand. WDM technology relies on the fact that optical fibers can carry many wavelengths of light simultaneously without interaction between each wavelength. Thus, a single fiber can carry many separate wavelength signals or channels simultaneously. WDM systems are divided into different wavelength patterns, conventional/coarse (CWDM) and dense (DWDM).