Realizing the optimal test environment

Increase the ratio of test time to set-up time by a factor of 100. Save $100,000's in test equipment. Test multiple devices at once. Allocate resources, schedule and run tests 24/7 from across the country? Sound impossible? It's not.

These are all goals of the optimal test environment. Our Instrumentation solutions are designed to enable efficient physical and protocol layer testing (Layer 1 thru 4 testing) of components, subsystems, and systems. It is now possible to provide automated connectivity at a reasonable cost without resorting to electrical conversions, that destroy the physical layer integrity of the signal and mask the ability to correlate to physical-layer behavior.

Based on the Polatis DirectLight beam-steering technology, true instrumentation quality performance and extremely high repeatability permit "fiber and forget" levels of confidence - enabling the user to focus on the device under test and not the fiber management.

Polatis delivers the total test solution

Our products are designed to provide the versatility required in lab and manufacturing environments. By providing a low-cost alternative to the traditional approach of separate 1xN switches or custom switch shelves, users can realize the advantage of truly non-blocking connectivity. Our series of products combine switch, attenuation, and power meter functions into one product, with a single convenient control interface. Software-selectable port assignment provides a switch that can be adapted to any application, by modifying the input-output configuration to optimally match the user's needs.

Users can design test environments and access the switch through a Command line interface (CLI), standard or advanced GUI environments, or via one of the advanced lab infrastructure management tools available through Continuum's partners. Remote access through secure VPN is also possible, permitting true multi-user testing and reporting across multiple campus sites.

Learn more about products for the test & instrumentation environment:

Single mode fiber optical switch systems
Multimode fiber optical switch systems
Reconfigurable fiber optical switch systems
Single mode fiber optical switch module
Multimode fiber optical switch module
Reconfigurable fiber optical switch module
Optical switch systems with integrated VOA
Reconfigurable Optical switch systems with integrated VOA

Physical Layer Connectivity in Test Applications

Component Design & Verification

Regression testing of passives (splitters, muxes), actives (diodes, transceivers), and components or subsystems (line cards, amplifier cards, etc).

Manufacturing Automation

Receiver and transmitter testing, BER, jitter, and protocol testing; burn-in and environmental testing

Systems Verification & Test

Conduct loss of signal testing, DWDM stress testing, network traffic tests, systems burn-in testing

Network Design & Simulation

Simulation of full point-to-point, ring, and other network topologies; rapidly re-position test equipment, host & target devices; test protection and alarming capabilities

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