Network Map Manual

Network Map documents the physical topology of the optical network. The geographic map answers where each element is; the Editor answers which fibres and ports are connected inside that place.

The header shows three real tabs: Map, Inventory and Settings.

Folders organise the plant and control which elements appear. On first entry, the system creates a root folder if none exists yet.

1. In the Folders panel, select the New folder icon.

2. Type the working name, for example "North zone" or "Manta Trunk", and select Create.

3. Select the folder before creating elements. The panel footer confirms the Active folder.

From a folder context menu you can create subfolders, add elements, hide or show their contents, switch everything between Implemented and Plan, or delete.

4.1Placing an element

1. Select an active folder.

2. In the floating bar, select Node, NAP or Closure.

3. Select the exact map point. The element form opens.

4. Complete Name and Identifier. As you type the name, the identifier mirrors it until you edit it by hand.

5. Check folder, state, coordinates and colour; then select Create.

4.2Own fields

• In a Node, pick the type: node, cabinet, pole, building, POP or datacenter.
• In a NAP, define 1 to 256 ports; the interface offers 8, 16, 24 and 32 quick picks.
• In a Closure, you can describe the physical type, for example "M8 dome".
• A NAP or closure can name a Container node; this does not replace its geographic position.

4.3Selecting, moving and editing

One click selects the marker and opens actions around it. While selected, you can drag it. Two quick clicks open the edit form. In the tree, one click centres the map and a double click opens editing.

5.1Drawing a cable

1. Select Cable in the floating bar or Draw cable from here on an element.

2. Select each route point. Selecting a node, NAP or closure snaps the vertex exactly to that element.

3. Finish with two clicks on the map or with Finish cable. While drawing, the secondary menu deletes the last vertex.

4. In New Cable, complete name, identifier, folder, state and From / To ends.

5. Pick the type: drop, ASU, ADSS, figure-8, underground, armoured, microduct or custom. Define the strands and select Create.

5.2Editing route and midpoints

Select the cable to show its vertices. You can drag them and snap a vertex to a nearby element. The cable context menu allows Add vertex here; an intermediate vertex menu allows deleting it or placing a node, NAP, closure or reserve there.

If you insert an element over a cable, the system splits its spans at that point. The interface warns that the cable existing splices are discarded: confirm only after verifying the work.

5.3Logging a reserve

1. Open the cable context menu at the reserve spot and select Add reserve here.

2. Type name, length in metres, colour and notes; then select Create.

3. Drag the circular marker to reposition it. Select it to edit length or notes.

Reserve length adds to the geographic length for the cable total length and counts towards the optical budget.

Select a node, NAP or closure and use Open Editor. The map is replaced by a technical canvas showing the cables present, their tubes and strands, and the internal connections.

• Drag the background to pan and use the wheel or pinch gesture to zoom.
• On desktop, use +, − and the fit-content button.
• On wide screens, Split with map shows editor and map together; the divider is resizable.
• Select a cable name with a known destination to jump to the element at the other end.
• Select a strand to edit its state: free, used, reserved or broken, and add a comment.

7.1Creating a splitter

In the Editor, select Add splitter. Pick a name and a balanced 1:2 to 1:128 configuration, or unbalanced (tap) from 50/50 to 5/95. Each output loss is calculated with fixed model values.

7.2Creating a splice

1. Select one end circle: fibre, PON port, splitter input or output, NAP port or ODF front port.

2. When Click another fibre or a splitter port to connect appears, select the second end.

3. The splice appears as a two-colour curve. Select it to edit Loss (dB) and comment.

Each end takes a single connection. If the interface says it is busy, open the existing connection and delete it before creating another.

7.3NAPs and subscribers

A NAP shows its front ports and, when Billing assigns a subscription to a port, the customer name appears next to the port. Auto-wire connects free splitter outputs to free NAP ports in order; it does not replace busy connections.

8.1OLT and PON ports

OLTs are only created inside a node Editor. Define name, identifier and PON port count. You can create them all with the same power class and frequency, or create the OLT with no ports and add them one by one.

8.2ODF, trays and front ports

An ODF also lives inside a node. Creating it defines connector, tray count and ports per tray.

1. In the ODF, select + Cable and then the cable reaching the node to bring it into the frame.

2. Distribute the tubes across the available trays.

3. Make the internal splices towards splitters or front ports.

4. From the ODF outside, connect the front port to the PON port through the connection shown in the node editor.

The Editor shows Rx next to fibres and endpoints when a continuous path to a PON source exists. Green means above −25 dBm; amber, between −29 and −25 dBm; red, −29 dBm or less. These colours are a visual product guide, not a replacement for the ONU manufacturer limits.

No path to OLT means a connection, a PON source or valid continuity in the model is missing.

9.1Advanced optical configuration

The Settings tab allows adjusting attenuation in dB/km for 1270, 1310, 1490, 1550 and 1577 nm, and the default splice or connector loss. Initial values match G.652.D singlemode fibre.

The Inventory tab lists nodes, NAPs, closures and cables. Select a row to edit; deletions keep an explicit button. Cables also show strands, length and colour.

The map Clients button loads Billing subscriptions. Each marker shows customer, plan and state; a dashed line marks the visual link to its NAP. Selecting it can open View in Billing.

11.1What can be undone

The Undo and Redo buttons appear only when history exists. They cover element moves, vertices and reserves, and vertex creation or deletion.

11.2Quick diagnostics

I cannot create an element

Select or create a folder first. Check the Active folder indicator.

An element does not appear on the map

Switch the filter to Show all and verify the folder has the open eye icon.

I cannot reduce a NAP ports

One of the ports that would disappear still has a customer or a connection. Free those ports first.

The Editor says "No connected cables"

The cable must have that node, NAP or closure as an end or as a real midpoint of its route.

A fibre shows "No path to OLT"

Walk the path from the PON port: ODF if any, splices, splitter input and output, fibre and NAP port. A busy end takes no second connection.

The length looks bigger than the drawing

Open the cable and check Reserves. Total length is geographic route plus reserves.

The signal value does not match a measurement

Check PON port Tx, splice losses, splitter configuration, reserves and attenuation by wavelength in Settings.