FTB-500 - Test platform

Provides boundless capabilities through an expert multimodular platform designed for true next-generation network testing.

Faster setups. Faster testing. Faster everything.

When you’re ready to start your day, you want to get it started quickly. The FTB-500 enables you to expedite the setup process and get testing quickly so that you can get to your next location faster and breeze through your tight schedule.

Key features

Connects anywhere: USB, 3G, Wi-Fi, VPN and Bluetooth
Loaded with utilities: all the tools required to maximize field testing, plus third-party applications
Like a PC: Intel processor with Windows Embedded Standard operating system
EXFO Connect-compatible: automated asset management; data goes through the cloud and into a dynamic database
GPS capabilities: accurate coordinates under the same conditions as a regular satellite GPS receiver

Description

Shape it as you see fit.

With massive processing power and mix-and-match flexibility, the FTB-500 platform is right out of a multi-application wonderland. It brings you new, highly advanced applications and pushes your current ones’ efficiency to new heights. So go ahead: break new ground, set new test performance standards, tame new technologies. Benefit from an all-in-one platform that you can build around your most unique requirements.

FTB-500 8-slot platform

Distributed PMD analysis

Single-ended, span-by-span measurement of PMD, enabling targeted fiber upgrades and cost-effective deployment of 10, 40 and 100 Gbit/s transmission.

Full fiber characterization

PMD, CD and OTDR testing combined in a single solution, for in-depth fiber characterization. Run FastReporter post-processing software while performing your acquisitions, for faster data analysis and report generation—directly on-site.

100 Gbit/s testing applications

The most advanced hardware, ready for future 100 Gbit/s applications.

ROADM/POTS and 40 Gbit/s testing

Integrated optical and transport testing in a portable solution supporting OC-768, STM-256, OTU3 as well as true in-band OSNR for ROADMs, 40G transmission and UDWDM signals.

All-in-one transport and datacom configuration supporting:

  • DS0/E0 to OC-768/STM-256
  • OTU1/OTU2/OTU3/OTU1e/OTU2e with FEC
  • 10/100M, Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (LAN/WAN)
  • 1x/2x/4x/10x Fibre Channel
  • Next-generation SONET/SDH (GFP, LO/HO VCAT and LCAS)

FTB-500 4-slot platform

ROADM and PTN turn-up testing

Combines SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet and Fibre Channel analysis, as well as an optical spectrum analyzer with a built-in polarization controller.

CWDM turn-up testing

Integrates two metro/CWDM OTDRs and a high-power—up to 23 dBm—optical spectrum analyzer (with built-in polarization controller) into a single portable solution.

Multiservice testing

Simultaneously runs a 10 gigabit next-generation SONET/SDH analyzer, as well as 1 gigabit and 10 gigabit Ethernet analyzers, delivering IPTV test capabilities and TCP throughput assessment.

Gigabit/10 Gigabit Ethernet configurations

  • Gigabit Ethernet analyzer, OTDR and optical spectrum analyzer with polarization controller
  • Gigabit Ethernet analyzer, 10 Gigabit Ethernet analyzer and OTDR

A broader scope of tests. A broader range of modules. A breadth of fresh air.

The FTB-500 houses any of EXFO’s FTB plug-and-play modules, enabling you to reconfigure your test solution as your test needs evolve. Combine physical and optical characterization applications with transport and datacom test modules covering next-generation 10G, 40G and 100G analysis.

  • Optical test modules: choose from the industry’s most renowned line of OTDRs and most advanced dispersion analyzers
  • Transport and datacom test modules: discover the most compact and powerful SONET/SDH, OTN, Fibre Channel and Ethernet analyzers—the new standards in next-generation network testing

Submarine Systems - Surfing the 100G wave

Pumping 100G into complex, long distance submarine systems

Creating Test Equipment Baselines: Test Equipment Manager

This use case presents hard facts that reveal the extent of TEM's benefits.

Finding New Value in Your Test Data: Test Data Manager

The innovative Test Data Manager (TDM) application centralizes the test results generated on EXFO test instruments, thereby functioning as a repository for all test results, and provides access to view any test result as well as create custom reports based on the stored test data.