Buying Fiber Optic Duplex Cable Connectors

What to look for when shopping for a Fiber Optic Duplex Cable

As you start to look around for a cable you will notice that there are many cables and connectors of many types on the market for individuals or businesses to choose from, most of them can be customized with color code or spliced to the correct length to save on wire wrap and to get the transmissions set up. There several types of cables in consideration:

• First is the Fiber Simplex Cable: What you will need to know is that this cable can be customized and is only one fiber which allows the cable to send information one way this fiber can be single mode, multi mode, or polarization maintaining mode. Transmission mode is where the receiver receives the signal from the device that is transmitting.
• Next the Half Fiber Duplex Cable: Here the difference is that it has a transmission mode that allows transmission to go both ways but not at the same time so this type of cable can receive and send data.

What other names can these cables be referred to?

1. Armadillo cables
2. Standard cables
3. Military cables
4. Ruggedized cables
5. MT cables
6. PM cables with fiber simplex
7. Fiber duplex cable assemblies.

What are the reasons for the various cable names:

Simply due to the connector that is on the end of them is why the cables have the names they do. The main fiber duplex cable connectors are ST type, SC duplex, FC, MT-RJ, LC, ESCON style duplex, FDDI style duplex, and MU.

How to Get to know the Cable Style Connectors:

• Square Connector fiber duplex cable style connector has a push/pull snap fit and uses the same mating profile as the simplex.
•  Fiber Connector fiber duplex cable style connector has a screw on mating style that is mostly used in the telecommunication industry.
•  Stab and Twist fiber duplex cable style connector has a straight type of connector that just pushes in and is a favorite type of connector for its simplicity and low cost.

How fiber duplex cable works

Other facts about the fiber duplex cable is that it has two fibers in it and this cable is used when a transmission needs to go in two directions, to the receiver and back this fiber duplex cable can be single mode or multi mode and that allows a transmission to go both ways at the same time. As you are probably aware this type of transmission improves the efficiency due to the quick turn around time than that of the half fiber duplex transmission. Which is mainly used in a telephone line.