CSI redefines fiber optic flexibility with Fiberlink® FlexPOD
April 6, 2011
Hauppauge, New York - Communications Specialties, Inc. (CSI) introduced a revolutionary new fiber optic product, Fiberlink® FlexPOD, that offers broadcast engineers unrivaled optical signal distribution flexibility. Fiberlink FlexPOD is a configurable passive optical signal distribution system to create up to 4 different and independent optical coarse wave division multiplexers (CWDM), wave division multiplers (WDM) and/or Splitters in 1RU!
FlexPOD can be configured with a CWDM to multiplex up to 16 optical signals on a single fiber, 4 WDMs to multiplex 8 signals onto 4 fibers, 4 optical splitters to split 4 input sources onto 16 fibers, or any combination of CWDMs, WDMs and splitters.
FlexPOD comes with four option bays and the options include:
- CWDM 4 optical signals onto one fiber; requires one option bay
- CWDM 8 optical signals onto one fiber; requires two option bays
- CWDM 16 optical signals onto one fiber; requires four option bays
- WDM 2 optical signals onto one fiber; requires one option bay
- Split an optical signal onto two fibers; requires one option bay
- Split an optical signal onto four fibers; requires one option bay
Not all option bays need to be utilized and options can be added to unused bays by the factory.
CWDM and WDM signals can be transmitted in any direction and FlexPOD can be used upstream, midstream or downstream. CWDM options operate with single mode fiber and WDM and Splitter options function with single mode or multimode fiber. FlexPOD requires no power to operate and can be equipped with ST or LC connectors.
"Fiberlink FexPOD offers broadcasters the ability to maximize their fiber optic infrastructre by multiplexing multiple signals in any direction onto a single fiber optic core," says Paul Seiden, Director of Sales. "Additionally, they can split their sources into multiple optical signals for point-to-multipoint signal distribution without the need for multiple transmitters or distribution amplifiers. Best of all, they can do all of this with one customizable unit; no need for multiple pieces of costly hardware consuming rack real estate."
Fiberlink FlexPOD is available immediately.
For more information, visit commspecial.com or contact CSI at: Phone: (631) 273-0404, Fax: (631) 273-1638 or Email: info@commspecial.com.
Founded in 1983, Communications Specialties, Inc. (CSI) is recognized worldwide for its development of innovative products in the areas of fiber optic transmission and computer-video technology. CSI manufactures the Fiberlink® line of point-to-point fiber optic transmission systems for video, audio and data, the Copperlink™ line of signal distribution products, the award-winning Scan Do® line of scan converters and Deuce® video scalers. The company is headquartered on Long Island, New York, USA.