ARGUS® F300: The Universal Fiber Tester

Tuesday 31 October, 2023Lüdenscheid, Germanyintec Gesellschaft für Informationstechnik mbH, leading European
supplier in the field of telecommunications measurement technology,
celebrated its 35th company anniversary last month.With the ARGUS® F300,
they now present a pure fiber optic tester that combines numerous fiber
testing options such as OTDR and Selective OPM as well as PON-ID
detection and performance tests.
The ARGUS® F300 can be used to test reliably and in the usual top
quality on GPON and XGS-PON interfaces. The OTDR measures the link
attenuation and the event attenuation. From this, together with the
propagation time of the reflected pulse, it can determine the link
length, splices and connectors. The OTDR in the ARGUS® F300 is available
with the wavelengths 1310 + 1650 nm or 1310 + 1550 nm. The selective
5-fold power meter can be switched into an existing PON connection in
through mode. This makes it possible to simultaneously determine the
optical levels on the different downstream (OLT) and upstream (ONT)
wavelengths for GPON, XGS-PON and a video overlay via five separate
filters. Inadmissible interferers on the line (alien ONT) can be
detected. The ARGUS® can also be used to perform a complete ONT
simulation with IP and performance tests at up to 10 Gbit/s on GPON and
XGS-PON.
Furthermore, the ARGUS® F300 has many other test functions. These
include WLAN analyzer, triple play tests such as VoIP, IPTV and data
tests in the form of upload/download, ping and traceroute as well as
iperf or high-performance IP speed tests directly on the fiber or
Ethernet. In addition, the Fiber Inspection Tool can be connected via
USB. It detects scratches and defects on optical fibers and displays
them as video images and in tabular form.Image material on request by email (annika.stosshoff@argus.info).Distributed by https://pressat.co.uk/