When splicing OPGW some form of shock hazard may be present at every job site. The specific hazard may be different based on the location. You could be at a Power Plant, Substation , Switchyard or on a transmission line. That is why it is extremely important to recognize the possible shock hazard situation for each [...]
There seems to be a fair bit of confusion surrounding the topic of how to calibrate a arc fusion splicer. This question crops up from time to time, from both project supervision level personnel to the hands on techs in the field. When using the word ‘calibration’ with regards to arc fusion splicers there are [...]
A leading service provider of fiber optic splicing and testing for the telecommunications industry OLC Fiber, Inc., a Denver fiber optic splicing contractor, has been a key enabler of optical solutions since 1997. Fiber Optic Splicing – Whether your fiber splicing project is around the corner, around the country, premise or OSP we’re interested in talking [...]
Fiber Color Identification Chart
Fiber strands and cables are manufactured with a standard color coding. This allows for easy, effective management and identification of strands. An example; a loose buffer tube cable with 144 strands would have 12 tubes colored as indicated in the image below. Within each buffer tube would be 12 fiber strands using the same color [...]
Fiber Optic Splicing: Arc Fusion
Ever wonder how a fiber optic strand is actually spliced together? The demonstration shows a single mode fiber being fused by a Fujikura 40S setup in Auto mode.
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Fiber Optic Testing: CMA4000 OTDR Upgrade
I just got of the phone with the nice folks at Legacy Fiberoptics. We were discussing an upgrade of a few of our OTDRs. Starting January 2011 they will be offering upgrades for the CMA4000 OTDR which will outfit your OTDR with a removable compact flash. Here are a few questions and answers concerning the [...]
Splicing OPGW – Personal Protective Grounding
When splicing OPGW some form of shock hazard may be present at every job site. The specific hazard may be different based on the location. You could be at a Power Plant, Substation , Switchyard or on a transmission line. That is why it is extremely important to recognize the possible shock hazard situation for each [...]
Viewing OTDR Trace Files Using TraceView
This short video explains, in plain English, how to use Anritsu’s software TraceView. This is a basic tutorial which shows the steps required to view a OTDR trace. It demonstrates how to add traces, set up the screen view, scaling the display range, setting A and B cursor locations and selecting loss modes. View OTDR [...]
If you own a older OTDR then you know how much of a hassle it is to copy trace files from the OTDR over to the PC. To put this into a little perspective, transferring a couple hundred megs of trace data off of a CMA4000 involves copying data to a floppy disk over 150 [...]
Calibrating Arc Fusion Splicers
There seems to be a fair bit of confusion surrounding the topic of how to calibrate a arc fusion splicer. This question crops up from time to time, from both project supervision level personnel to the hands on techs in the field. When using the word ‘calibration’ with regards to arc fusion splicers there are [...]
Compact Flash Upgrade For CMA4000/4000i
Back in January I posted about a compact flash that was hitting the market as an upgrade to the CMA4000/4000i OTDR. Since then we have had one of our machines upgraded and wanted to give a short review of the flash drive. IMHO the CMA is the best OTDR every developed for testing fiber optic [...]