A new version of the advanced multiband optical link analyzer, PCFM 1.1, is now available for download.

The software can be downloaded from the Zenodo repository, at this link:

https://zenodo.org/records/16967985

Thanks to the many people that have visited the Zenodo repository so far: over 340 since we published the first version!
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For version 1.0 and the basics on the GN/EGN-model PCFM link calculator, please see the previous post below.

The new version 1.1 improves the graphical output of the provided use-case example. More information is shown, including a breakdown of NLI into SCI and XCI. A dialog lets you choose which span output, of the10-span example of a C+L+S systems, you are interested in. You also get an estimate of the throughput per channel, for each channel.