Technical data

Passive components for optical networks
7.2 Plastic and PCF fiber-optic cable
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Properties of fiberoptic cables
Use Siemens plastic and PCF fiber-optic cables with the following features:
Table 7- 2 Properties of fiberoptic cables
Description Plastic fiber-optic duplex
core
Plastic fiber-optic standard
cable
PCF fiber-optic standard
cable
Order no. 6XV1 821-2AN50 6XV1 821-0AH10 6XV1 821-1BN75
Standard code I-VY2P 980/1000 150A I-VY4Y2P 980/1000 160A I-VY2K 200/230
10A17+8B20
Area of application Used indoors in areas
where little mechanical load
is expected, such as in
laboratory setups or in
cubicles
For indoor use with cable
lengths up to 80 m
For indoor use with cable
lengths up to 300 m
Only available preassembled
with BFOC or simplex
connectors
Cable length between
• OLM - OLM
• Integrated optical
interfaces, OBT
• 50 m
• 50 m
• 80 m
• 50 m
• 400 m
• 300 m
Fiber Type Step-index cable
Core diameter 980 μm 200 μm
Core material Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) Fused silica
Cladding outer diameter 1000 μm 230 μm
Cladding material Fluoridated special polymer
Inner jacket
• Material
• Color
• Diameter
• PVC
• gray
• 2.2 ± 0.01 mm
• PA
• black and orange
• 2.2 ± 0.01 mm
• -
• (without inner jacket)
• -
Outer jacket
• Material
• Color
• -
• -
• PVC
• Purple
• PVC
• Purple
Number of fibers 2
Attenuation at wavelength ≤ 230 dB/km
660 nm
≤ 10 dB/km
660 nm
Strain relief - Kevlar fibers Kevlar fibers
Maximum permitted tensile
strain
• brief
• Continuous
• ≤ 50 N
• not suitable for
continuous tensile load
• ≤ 100 N
• not suitable for
continuous tensile load
• ≤ 500 N
• ≤ 100 N
(only on strain relief, ≤ 50
N on plug or single core)
Permitted ambient conditions
• Transportation/storage
temperature
• Installation temperature
• Operating temperature
• -35 °C to +85 °C
• 0 °C to +50 °C
• -30 °C to +70 °C
• -30 °C to +70 °C
• 0 °C to +50 °C
-30 °C to +70 °C
• -20 °C to +70 °C
• -5 °C to +50 °C
-20 °C to +70 °C