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Maps & fiber plant

Map your entire outside plant — fiber cables, closures, ODBs and ONUs — on Xelynx Maps, manage core connectivity inside every box, and let built-in AI predict where a fiber cut has occurred.

Overview

Xelynx has developed a way for companies to manage and monitor their critical infrastructure (fiber cables, ODBs, ONUs, etc.) and built AI into reporting a lot of detail from it — AI can now predict the area where there is a fiber cut. A lot of R&D has gone into this, and the result is a very intuitive way to do all of it.

The Xelynx Maps workspace showing a fiber network with infrastructure markers, fiber runs and overlays on the map — The Xelynx Maps workspace.

A few things work differently on Xelynx Maps. For example, the search bar on top actually searches on the map.

The top-right menu controls which layers are drawn on the map:

Show ODB/NOC/etc: shows and hides ODBs and NOCs/POPs etc. on Xelynx Maps.
Show ONU names: shows/hides the names of all ONUs; each ONU's status is reflected in the background color of its name.
Show Zones: shows/hides zones created on Xelynx Maps.
Show Fiber: shows/hides fiber optics on Xelynx Maps.
Show Poles/Buried: shows/hides poles and contours.
Show Faults: shows/hides faults. AI parses all available data and predicts the infrastructure where there is a fiber cut.
Show Coverage: shows/hides the coverage of your network.
Show POIs: shows/hides points of interest on the map.
Show Distance: shows/hides the distance of fiber between deployed elements.

Layer toggle menu with switches for ODB/NOC, ONU names, zones, fiber, poles, faults, coverage, POIs and distance — Layer toggles in the top-right menu.

Map's terrain: you can switch between multiple terrain types available on Xelynx Maps.

Terrain selector listing the map terrain types available on Xelynx Maps — Switching between map terrain types.

Fiber elements: a list of the available fiber elements you can deploy as your fiber network infrastructure.

Palette of fiber infrastructure elements available for placement on the map — The fiber element palette.

Optical fiber cable: you can select optical fiber cables with different numbers of cores, differentiated by their color.

Optical fiber cable selector with core counts differentiated by color — Choosing an optical fiber cable by core count.

Zones: you can select a color for the zone you are about to create, which makes it easy to distinguish between different zones. A name can be assigned to the zone from its settings.

Zone color picker used when drawing a new zone on the map — Picking a color for a new zone.

Placing infrastructure elements on the map

First, select the element (NOC, POP, closure box, ODB, etc.) from the menu on the top left. Then select the fiber from the menu below it, and click on the map where you want to place it.

An infrastructure element selected from the top-left menu and placed as a marker on the map — Placing an infrastructure element on the map.

Connecting elements with fiber

Select the element (NOC, POP, closure box, ODB, etc.) from the menu on the top left, then select the fiber from the menu below it. Click on the first element on the map — if it does not exist yet, a new one is created. Click on the second element — again, a new one is created if it does not exist — and both elements are connected with the fiber you selected.

Two infrastructure elements on the map connected by a fiber cable run — Two elements connected with the selected fiber.

Setting and getting element information

To set or get information about an element, double-click on it and a menu will open from the left side.

Element details panel opening from the left side after double-clicking a map element — The element details panel.

Deleting an element

You can delete an element by right-clicking on it, or from the menu that opens when you double-click on it.

Placing an ONU

Select the ONU marker from the top-left menu, select the fiber you have used to connect it, and place the marker on the map.

Double-click on the ONU marker, select the corresponding ONU from the dropdown list, and save it.

ONU marker on the map with a dropdown list for linking it to a provisioned ONU — Linking a placed marker to its ONU.

Core connectivity inside a closure box or ODB

Click Edit Layout in the menu that opens when you double-click on the element. The following screen will come up.

You can drag and drop a coupler, or click the Add button to add the selected splitter.

Layout editor for a closure box showing incoming and outgoing fiber cores and splitters — The layout editor for a closure box or ODB.

Setting core colors

To change the color of a core, click on the core and a pop-up will come up. You can select any color that matches the exact color of the physical core.

Color picker pop-up for matching a fiber core to its physical color — Matching a core to its physical color.

Naming fibers, closures and ODBs

To change the name of an item, click on the item's label and set the name to your liking.

Editing the label of a fiber, closure or ODB in the layout editor — Renaming an item from its label.

Making core connections

Drag from a core to the point you want to link it to. You can set a label on each connection for future reference.

Dragging a connection between fiber cores inside the layout editor — Splicing cores by dragging between them.

Note: you can delete a core connection by selecting it and pressing Delete on your keyboard, or fn + Delete on a Mac.

Click Save changes to save the layout to the database.

Details of fiber, markers, coverage and ONU names

These details are displayed on the map when the corresponding options are enabled in the top-right menu.

Map with fiber distances, markers, coverage and ONU name overlays enabled — The map with detail overlays enabled.

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