IE0397 : FOC Cable OTDR Testing

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions and exercises where participants carryout fiber optic splicing, testing and troubleshooting. Theory learnt in the class will be applied using our state-of-the art equipment.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Fiber Optic Cable (FOC) Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) Testing. It covers the fiber optic communication systems, fiber optic cable construction and optical fiber loss mechanisms; the OTDR technology, components, architecture, OTDR safety and handling practices; and the OTDR key measurement parameters, dynamic range, dead zones and OTDR resolution and accuracy. Further, the course will also discuss the purpose of launch fibers, receive fiber importance, proper launch cable selection and common setup mistakes; the OTDR setup procedures, OTDR trace basics and OTDR trace interpretation; the event types in OTDR traces covering reflective events, non-reflective events, ghost events and false reflections and fiber end and macro-bends; the splice loss measurement, fault location techniques and bidirectional OTDR testing; the long-haul and high-loss network testing and OTDR testing in access networks; and the macro-bend and micro-bend detection and live fiber testing techniques.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the OTDR testing standards and acceptance criteria including common OTDR measurement errors; the OTDR test documentation, reporting, data storage best practices and network documentation integration; and the new fiber acceptance testing, periodic maintenance testing, baseline trace creation and network health assessment.