Types of testing performed through fiber optic testing equipment!

Definitely we can find fiber cables and wires in most of the electronic devices. However, in order to have proper functioning of these cables fiber optic testing is needed to be performed.

Usually three types of testing called visual inspection, loss testing, and network testing are performed with the help of fiber optic testing equipment that comprise of source and power meter, fiber tracer, cleaning material, optical time domain reflector and more.

Now, let’s have a glance over the 3 types of testing performed through fiber testing equipment’s:

Visual testing-This type of testing is performed to diagnose the problems of breaking, bending or cracking in the cables. Series of steps involved in visual testing are:

• Firstly, one end of the fiber cable is needed to be connected with fault locater tool.
• After attaching one end of the cable with the fiber optic tracer tool view the other end to note the light being transmitted through the fiber core. If there is no light emitted then you need to recheck the cable connection.
• Subsequently, attaching both the cables ends, one to the visual tracer transmitter and other with the receiver, then use high powered visual tracer to find the faulty areas in the fiber cable. Thus a red light emitting from the tool would help you spectacle the breaks in fibers.

Optical loss testing-Once it has been tested that where the areas of fault are, then comes the second step of identifying optical loss testing. The term optical loss testing describes the difference of the amount of light being passed from one end of the cable and the amount of light being released from the other end of the cable. Following are series of steps under it:

• First of all connect the tests cables to the reference cables.
• After doing so, connect the end of the testing cable to the test source.
• Then power meter is needed to be attached with the receiving end of the reference cable.
• Later, with the help of test source send light signal to the tests cable
• Lastly, at the receiving end of the reference cable note down the reading with the help of power meter that would let you know what amount of light is being emitted from the cables.

Network testing- In a network areas, light travelling through cables can handle gentle curves but if there are kinks in cable then the light would not be able to travel further to the receiver end. Thus in order to know where the problem is in the cable, optical time domain reflector (OTDR) equipment is being used for fiber optic testing. It shoots the light in the cable and then note down from, which point does the light reverts back. Thus OTDR gets the signal from the point where the light was backscattered.

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