OptiFiber Pro custom test limit

Introduction

Limits specified by ISO/IEC11801:2017 and ISO/IEC14763-3:2014 (Information technology -- Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling -- Part 3: Testing of optical fibre cabling) are no longer adequate to evaluate the quality of recently installed fiber optic infrastructure.

This article was recently updated for firmware version 6.0 (January 2019).

 

Solution

Use these recommended values and create at least one custom limit for testing PC and UPC terminated links and a second custom limit for testing APC terminated links.

 

Maximum length for PC, UPC and APC terminated links

Parameter	Recommended value
Length (m)	N/A

 

General Settings for PC, UPC and APC terminated links

Parameter	850nm	1300nm	1310nm	1490nm	1550nm	1625nm
Overall Loss (Max)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Overall Loss (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Optical Return Loss	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Segment Attenuation Coefficient (Max)	3.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Segment Attenuation Coefficient (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

Event Settings for PC and UPC terminated links

Parameter	850nm	1300nm	1310nm	1490nm	1550nm	1625nm
Connector Loss (Max)	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Connector Loss (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Splice Loss (Max)	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Splice Loss (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Reflectance (Max)	-35.00	-35.00	-45.00	-45.00	-45.00	-45.00
Reflectance (Min)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

Event Settings for APC terminated links

Parameter	850nm*	1300nm*	1310nm	1490nm	1550nm	1625nm
Connector Loss (Max)	*	*	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Connector Loss (Min)	*	*	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Splice Loss (Max)	*	*	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Splice Loss (Min)	*	*	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Reflectance (Max)	*	*	-65.00	-65.00	-65.00	-65.00
Reflectance (Min)	*	*	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(*) APC style connectors aren't used on multi-mode fiber links and associated wavelengths.