Optical lan device and method for detecting abnormality in optical lan

摘要

An optical LAN includes a master node, a plurality of slave nodes, and a plurality of optical fiber cables to configure a network. Each node transmits optical signals to the network and receives optical signals from the network. Each node includes: a light transmitting portion for transmitting optical signals to the network and an abnormality detecting portion. Based on the output level of a received optical signal, the abnormality detecting portion detects decrease in the light intensity of the light transmitting portion of the node that has transmitted the optical signal. Therefore, the master node acquires occurrence of an abnormality when an abnormality occurs in a light transmitting portion of a slave node in the network.