Best Practices for Maintaining Fiber-Optic Cabling Systems
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Aug 06, 2009
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Dave Percival, RCDD, Senior Systems Engineer, ADC
Brian Teague, Product Manager, US Conec Ltd.
Harley B. Lang III RCDD, Marketing Manager, Fluke Networks
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Best Practices for Maintaining Fiber-Optic Cabling Systems
This webcast is approved by BICSI for continuing education credit.The care and precision with which fiber-optic cabling systems are designed, placed, terminated, and certified are well-recognized and appropriate. Less heralded, but no less important for long-term success, is the maintenance of installed fiber-optic systems. This web-delivered seminar produced by Cabling Installation & Maintenance will discuss what should be done after a fiber system is in place to help ensure it continues to perform at the highest possible level.
Presentation 1: Best practices for fiber-cable management
The better a fiber-cabling system is managed, the more likely it is to remain a robust, high-bandwidth information carrier. This presentation discusses fiber-cable management from design through maintenance, describing the technologies and the techniques that can be used to keep the cable at peak performance. The presentation will include discussion of moves/adds/changes in fiber networks, providing tips on how to maintain proper management when circuits are rearranged.
Presentation 2: Testing and troubleshooting
Taking a fiber circuit out of service to test or troubleshoot is a last-resort option. The best way to avoid having to disconnect a live fiber circuit for troubleshooting is to thoroughly test and inspect after installation and before it goes into service. This presentation will describe the methods and tools required to ensure a system is pristine when it goes live.
Presentation 3: Cleaning fiber connections
Presented in a problem/solution format, this presentation explains how and why fiber connections can become dirty, dusty, or otherwise contaminated. It then describes what should be done to clean the connections, whether it is before or after a system has been put into service.
ADC :
We help the world communicate, supplying network equipment, software solutions, and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks that deliver data, video, and voice communications over telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless, and enterprise networks. Our mission is to enable communications service providers worldwide to serve their residential and business customers more efficiently. We achieve this with talented and dedicated employees who are complemented with a diverse resource of suppliers.
Fluke Networks :
Fluke Networks provides innovative solutions for the testing, monitoring and analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks and the installation and certification of the fiber and copper foundation of those networks. Our comprehensive line of Network SuperVision Solutions(TM) provide network installers, owners, and maintainers with superior vision, combining speed, accuracy and ease of use to optimize network performance. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Fluke Networks has over 500 employees worldwide and distributes its products in more than 50 countries.
US Conec Ltd. :
US Conec Ltd. manufacturers singlemode and multimode MT style and contract multi fiber ferrules, the MTP® Brand connector (a high performance MPO connector), optical flexible circuits and ribbon fan outs, contract precision molded parts for optical packaging and sells the OPTIPOP, NEOCLEAN and IBC(TM) Brand fiber optic connector cleaning tools. For more information, please visit:
