Fiber Design and Documentation
• Intelligent Network Model
• Color-coded cross-sections based on buffer tube or ribbon fiber
• Automatic routing function traces strand for quick operator input
• Connectivity maintenance during creation and edit
• Equipment model validation
• Easy assignment of optical system name and description to a grouping of fibers
• Allows for circuit allocation and bandwidth management on an individual fiber basis
• Fiber schematics generated automatically
• Full network connectivity between outside plant and inside plant with Bentley Inside Plant
Analysis and Engineering Calculations
• Engineering calculations integral to the design process
• End-to-end tracing at sheath and fiber level
• Perform engineering calculations by area or entire network
• Fiber loss budget analysis
• Optical coupler optimization
• Rippling/throwing of optical systems or circuits
Reports and Splicing Diagrams
• Splice diagrams and associated reports
• Equipment report
• Device information report
• Consolidated bill of materials containing fiber equipment and cable
• Device bill of materials
• Sheath bill of materials
• Reel bill of materials
Work Prints
• Copy multiple areas into work print preparation environment
• Standalone DGN with device/facility/structure properties embedded in XML
• Customizable borders
• Customizable annotation, stamps, and device/facility/structure drawing tools
• Bill of materials
Configurable Equipment Standards
• User-customizable attributes
• Easy-to-use equipment GUI
• Define detailed database and graphical properties
• Spans
• Fibers (both buffer tube and ribbon)
• Sheath information
• Nodes
• Splice enclosures
• Splice types (mechanical, fusion, others)
• Headends/buildings
• Patch panels/fiber distribution panels (FDPs)
• Slack loops
Integrated Strand Mapping
• Configurable specifications
• Structure creation
• Addresses automatically associated to structures
• Utilize address information from billing systems
• Support for multiple output map products
Duct Management
• Route and manage conduit and bundles
• Assign ownership
• Elevation views
• Cross-sections
• Wall diagram reports
Operations Functions
• Locate outage
• Locate device
• Locate customer
• Locate slack
Supported Architectures
• FTTP
• FTTH
• FTTx
• HFC
• FITL
• LAN/WAN
• Metropolitan
• Long-haul
• SONET/ATM
OSS Integration
• Integration with network monitoring, work force management, and other OSS Systems
• IMPORT/EXPORT OSS capability utilizes a common data exchange structure