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sundogbrew
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Jun 08, 2017

Supported Optics

I am wondering about support for an ER (extended range) optic for a F5 5050. I found a document about F5 optics and it showed an ER but it says they no longer make it and it was only supported in one piece of hardware. I have some Curvature ERs but when I put them in I get unsupported optic in the log. Can I just power though, will it work? Or do I need a F5 branded left-handed smoke shifter? I am right on the edge of an LR but the loss is fairly high. Other equipment that I have covering this distance seems to work rather will with ERs but can by spotty with LRs. Thanks in advance. Joe

 

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  • dragonflymr's avatar
    dragonflymr
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    Jun 08, 2017

    Hi,

     

    It's up to you. Optics are optics ;-) Only issue is that when you will be opening support case someone at F5 can say "We can't help you because your are not using F5 branded optics".

     

    Piotr