System and method for monitoring telecommunications equipment

1. A method of determining whether optical fiber amplification of one or more nodes in a fiber network are close to optimal range, the method comprising:

receiving, at a server, input and output power of a node;

receiving, at the server, mid-stage input and output power of the node;

determining, at the server, a first difference between the mid-stage input power and the mid-stage output power;

determining, at the server, a second difference between the output power and the input power of the node;

determining, at the server, a fiber amplification level of the node by determining the sum of the first difference and the second difference;

comparing, at the server, the fiber amplification level of the node to an optimal fiber application level for a type of node;

determining, at the server, whether the fiber amplification level is near the optimal fiber amplification level;

displaying, through a user interface communicatively coupled to the server, the fiber amplification level for the node; and

highlighting, through the user interface communicatively coupled to the server, nodes with fiber amplification levels that are more than a threshold away from the optimal fiber amplification level.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the output power of the node by:

receiving channel settings for the node;

determining what type of node is the node;

determining the number of channels being used by the node based on the channel settings; and

determining the output power of the node based on the number of channels being used and the type of node.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising accessing the entry for the number of channels being used in a database or table.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

automatically performing the method of claim 1 for all nodes in the fiber network on a regular basis.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a set standard for one or more static thresholds in the node, wherein the static thresholds are configured to a single value everywhere in the fiber network according to the set standard;

determining whether the node has a static threshold settings that is within the set standard for the one or more static thresholds;

if not, providing the set standard for the one or more static thresholds to the node.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving performance data from the first node.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining whether the set standard provided to the first node has been accepted.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

automatically performing the method of claim 5 for all nodes in the fiber network on a regular basis.