The vertical trace report is presenting the result of a fiber level trace in a format slightly similar to the connection report. Unlike the connection report, the result in the vertical trace report is presented with “live objects”, which means all of the cells in the report are real objects in the same way as most tables in dpCom.
The input is one or more fiber level objects and if multiple objects are selected, the report assumes that the traces are in parallel, if not, the tool will complain.
For the physical level, the report is in its basic form presented in four columns representing the following levels:
•Node
•Rack
•Equipment, also presenting cables.
•Fiber, presenting fibers and contacts.
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If the option Load ducts and pipes is selected, the node level will also include multiducts and the rack level pipes/ducts/microducts. If a cable is present in more than one pipe or duct, additional lines representing the cable are added for each pipe/duct. |
If more than one object is selected, additional fiber level columns are added. If more than four objects are selected, the report will be repeated with groups of four fiber level columns each.
If connections, services and customers are present in the trace, those are presented in the following columns:
•Node - Customer information
•Rack - Services
•Equipment - Fiber chains
•Fiber - Connections
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With the options Length and dB, additional columns are inserted after column 3, representing the length and the calculated dB values for 1310 and 1550. |
As there is no fully deterministic way of defining a start and an end for a fiber level trace (although the A and B sides of a connection can help with that) the vertical trace report has an option to flip the results so that the trace is represented in the opposite direction if the first order is not the desired one.
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Although there is no deterministic way of defining the start and end for a trace, dpCom is still using internal rules for the order which means that for the same trace the order will always be the same. |
The option Only patches creates a more compact result, basically eliminating cables and splices, just showing equipment involved in patching, the patches and the equipment at the end-points.
When muxed connections rather than connections are used, the result is by default only showing the “active” muxed channels, meaning the channels with a service. The option show Free muxed channels will list all of the muxed channels in the muxed connection.
For three or more fiber level traces (i.e. three or more fiber level columns) the option Compress report can be used. This will only show two fiber level columns, one with the lowest fiber number and one with the highest. In between them a column is showing the number of compressed columns.
A vertical trace report can be started from a service. If the service has more than one linked connection, the connections must be parallel. If they are not parallel, one of the variants Vertical trace report for services below or Vertical trace report for service hierarchy above may be a better choice.