The POPs, or COs, are the structures that supply the connection for the newtork. Need internal structures of organization of PON ports and of the equipments of organization/distribution of signal.


Creating a CO


Accessing the menu of elements, the last icon on the right is for the creation of COs.



When you click, a tab will open asking for the name of the CO and if it is in project, implanted or certified. It is also possible to add tags or observations, but these itens are not necessary for the creation of the CO.



After filling and confirming, you must click on your map to position the CO. As soon as you click, an icon will be set on the map.



Editing the inside of CO


By clicking on the green icon in your map, a new tab will open. It will look like a blank tab with the name of the CO you just created.



This is the interior of the CO, that it is still empty.


On the right top corner of the tab, there is a small menu of options.



In this menu, the icons are for: collapse panel, access posts, make multiple connection, multiple disconnect, add a new shelf, edit the information of the CO, track the CO, expand the tab and close.


Creating a shelf


Let's add a shelf by clicking on the icon with the sign of plus. This tab will open:



You need just to set a name and save it.


Adding an OLT


Once the shelf is created, in its tab, click on the icon of add (plus) to create a new equipment. In the new tab you can select which equipment you wish to add. Between the options there is: OLT, ODF, Switch and Splitter.



First of all, you should create the OLT that will be the source of all connection. 


When you select the OLT, the menu of settings of the equipment will open.


The type of OLT comes as OZmap's pattern, but you can create or modify the types in "Types of OLT" on the left side menu of the map. You can also add extra information as user, password, port or IP by clicking in "Physic Equipment".

 


After creating it, you can click on the name of the OLT on the side menu, that way it will appear in the edition area, making the visualization better. Now, it will be necessary to repeat the proccess of clicking in the icon of adding, this time inside the OLT tab, to define how many slots and PON ports it will have.


You can also set up to start the first port with another index.



In this example, it was created a single slot with 8 ports.


It will create an exclusive tab to this slot showing the connection and occupation of each port.



To hide this OLT, you can click in the arrow pointing to the left, located on the side of the equipment's name. 



Adding an ODF


Click on the icon of add in the tab of the shelf and this time select the ODF.


The tab of ODF settings is very similar to the OLT tab. And just like the previous, if you need to create a new pattern or just a new ODF, in the left menu of the map you can create different ODFs for use in the project.



After saving, the structure of the ODF will be inside the shelf.


Just like the OLT, if you click in the ODF's name the tab will expand for the area of edition. Expanding the components individually, it is possible to have the vision of all possible connections. 



Now, to finish the CO you just need a cable to send the connection to the clients. 


Below there is an image of the CO connected to a simple cable 1L6F (1 loose and 6 fibers).



With the cable already connected, it will show up inside of the CO with the name of each fiber. Its pattern of nomeclature is "LX-FX" representing "Loose X Fiber X", X being the number of looses or fibers.



It is possible to view all the elements created until then by clicking on its names, or even reorder by using the arrows up and down, next to the type of equipment. It is also possible search for a specific equipment using the search bar right above.



Creating the connections


The first connection is going to be from the PON port to the ODF.


Start by selecting a PON port and click on the symbol of plus, that must turn green, and then click on the port of the ODF that you wish to connect.


A text indicating where it was connected will take place of the icons of addition.


In the example below , in the port 1 from slot 2 we can see "ODF - Tray 1 - port 1" and in the corresponding inside the ODF we can see "OLT 1 - 2 - 1" that shows the name of the OLT - number of slot - number of the port.



Now just connect the ODF entry port with one of the fibers of the cable, just like the previous process. These ports will also change the symbols of adition to the name where it was connected


Multiple connections in the CO


To make multiple connections inside the CO, you can select the icon on the top menu (see the image) and click on the first and last element. With all selected, you must click on the first origin port and the connections will be done.




To undo multiple connections, you can click on the side icon that looks like a "X" and select the first and last connection you desire unmake. That way, automatically, the connection will be undone.


 

Editing a PON port


If you come back to the structure of the shelf and after to the PON port, you can click with the right button over it and some options will show up:


  • Lights on/off highlights all the connections starting from this port;

  • OTDR is for you to pass the indicated footage in the measure of OTDR distance and it will indicate the broken spot on the fiber;

  • Properties you can define the maximum number of supported customers to this port and also the power in dBm format;

  • Disconnect you disconnect the PON port and also where it was connected.



With this part done, the selected cable wil be sending signal and if it is connected to a box, this can be verified.


Below you can see the interior of a box where this cable is connected.


Notice that the first fiber (that is connected in the CO) has the circle filled, while the others are hollow. This indicates that the signal is arriving in this fiber, and it is ready to other connections. You can also visualize if the fiber is or not receiving signal through other settings of fiber.



Adding files


You can also add images, audios, videos, text files, csv and zip files to your CO. This is dome through the resource of posts, that can be atributed to your shelfs, ODFs, OLTs, Switches, Splitters and even the CO itself. To use it you have to access the icon referring to the posts, next to the name of the element and select "new post".



Import/export CO


To import a CO in your system, click here.

To export, generate an area report and in the tab "CO", select the option you wish, click in export and choose the format.