Fibre Certification – Introduction & Background to Testing
Versiv and Certifibre Platform Overview
Optical Loss Testing
Components & Optical Loss
Standards & Optical Loss
Manufacturers’ Specification
Optical Loss Budgets
Setting Loss Budgets
Budget Application
Negative Losses
Causes
How to Remove
Launch Conditions
Test Reference Cords (TRC’s)
Why they are essential?
How they differ?
Care of TRC’s
Practical Exercise
Create a Project
Setting up for fibre testing
Creating ID's
Inspection & Cleaning
Best Practices
Practical Exercise
Connector Cleaning
Inspecting
Testing
Referencing TRC’s
1 Jumper method
2 Jumper method
3 Jumper method
Practical
Live Test of Links
When Fibre Links Fail
Process of Elimination
OTDR Overview
Practical Exercise
Characterise Links
Analyse Failures
Linkware
Managing Results
Exam
Practical assessment
Written Test