[Todd Thayer]

Kristian,

Thanks for the information. As I mentioned, it would be helpful if you had information to source compatible SFPs for folks who have existing dark fiber infrastructure. For instance, we have a municipal area fiber network with 40+ nodes, and it would be nice to consider your gear in the next round of planning / deployment.

Thanks again,

Todd Thayer
Executive Director
CAPS

[Todd Thayer]

Bob,
The theory is nice, I wish they’d provide a tick more info – we know it’s MSA compliant, but I don’t know if it’s a SMPTE SFP (for video) or a standard data SFP (we have gear that uses both).

If I had the budget, I’d buy a couple of each and test… it’s a bit ridiculous though that they won’t provide the details.

I did have a good exchange with AJA yesterday and I think they realize what I’m trying to get at. They’re checking with their supplier to see if they can source bidi or CWDM versions. (For the record, AJA is non-MSA – BMD is MSA compliant – at least with the information I have to this point.)

Thanks for the feedback.

Todd Thayer
Executive Director
CAPS

[Todd Thayer]

Thanks Denis,

The advantage of the BMD is it’s already bi-directional. I can set up embedding and dis-embedding and get audio, intercom etc.

I’ve spoken with AJA, all of these guys act like fiber is some kind of magic. I wish they’d just release the info on the SFPs and let us use them as we see fit. As it is I’ll probably buy a couple of SFPs and do some testing…

Thanks again,

Todd Thayer
Executive Director
CAPS