Fiber cable

Fiber cable and its supporting hardware carry data over glass fiber links between switches, cameras and telecom equipment where copper reach or interference immunity falls short.

A fiber link needs a matched pair of transceivers or a media converter at each end, plus the correct connector polish and fiber mode. Single-mode fiber with SC or LC connectors reaches tens of kilometres over an SFP or SFP+ transceiver, while multi-mode fiber suits shorter in-building runs at lower cost.

• Fiber mode — single-mode (9/125 µm) for long backbone runs, multi-mode (50/125 µm or 62.5/125 µm) for short in-building links
• Data rate & standard — 1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s (SFP+) or XGS-PON transceivers set the maximum throughput of the link
• Reach — check the transceiver's rated distance, from a few km on standard SFP up to 120 km on WDM modules