Fluke Networks Introduced New Versiv Familiy Cable Certification

Network test and monitoring solutions provider Fluke Network recently unveiled a new line of Versiv cable certification tester, which greatly improved the test time and accuracy as well as simplified the testing setup, planning, and reporting. This new line has an interchangeable module for copper, fiber and Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) testing with new software innovations.

The new Versiv family addresses the entire certification lifecycle and lower instances in which mistakes are made, thereby increasing the amount of installations that can be performed. The The new ProjX management system provides the overall umbrella for the Versivfamily of capabilities. It enables team leaders to set up test parameters to work across multiple jobs and media, as well as accelerates the planning and setup of projects by enabling technicians to capture consistent test parameters across an entire job. Test can be also performed across the entire job or switching between jobs by checking the different projects stored within the Versiv tester.

Versiv system’s interface is designed for ease of use in global ISO Level V test compliance applications. The tester is interfaced with an intuitive touchscreen which will give the detailed project analysit. If technicians run into a problem that can’t be addressed immediately, they can create a to-do list so it can be assessed by a more experienced technician. The new Versiv Cabling Certification family lets installer perform:

One platform for copper certification, fiber loss and OTDR testing

Certifies to Level V accuracy requirements for Cat6, Cat6A or Class FA

Test fibers with fully-compliant Encircled Flux measurement and merged Tier 1 (Basic) and Tier 2 (Extended) results

Versiv’s ProjX management system makes managing complex jobs easy.

Certify copper to Cat6A or Class FA in just 10 seconds.

Certify two fibers at two wavelengths in both directions in just three seconds

“When doing cabling installation and certification, the difference between having a job be profitable versus a loss, is often times just a few percentage points,” said Jason Wilbur, vice president and general manager of the datacom cabling installation business unit at Fluke Networks, via a press release. “In 2004, we defined the certification market with the introduction of our industry leading tester, the DTX, which was focused on certification testing speed. But today’s challenges have changed and our customers must improve their agility and reduce errors when working across multiple mediums, codes, and projects. The Versiv family is razor focused on helping our contractors profitably manage the complexities that are now part of their new normal.”

This new Versiv Cabling Certification family will shortly be available at FiberStore.

Cisco CR-X Core Router offers 10X Capacity Improvement over CRS-1

Cisco has unveiled the latest core router, Carrier Routing System-X (CRS-X). This system will work with Cisco’s new CPAK optical transceivers to support 400Gbps per slot. Capacity of this system will be able to expand up to 1 Pbps in a multi-chassis deployment, which is 10X the capacity of the original CRS-1.

CPAK 100-Gbps pluggable transceiver is based on the nLight silicon photonics technology, which is designed as a smaller, lower-cost alternative to CFP transceivers. This transceiver will first be used on Cisco ONS 1545 MSTP 100G coherent transponders.

Each 400-Gbps line card will use Cisco AnyPort technology to enable flexible interface configuration. For example, each interface can be configured for eight single-port 100 Gigabit Ethernet (EbE), 2x40GbE, or 10x10GbE and either short-, long-, or extended-reach optics by selecting the appropriate CPAK transceiver.

Cisco also will offer an integrated optics, which also called the new Cisco Nv “optical satellite.” Both leverage Cisco’s nLight technology for control plane automation. The nV optical satellite deployments operate as a single managed system with the Cisco CRS family.

The CRS-X has been designed to enable existing CRS-1 and CRS-3 system customers to  upgrade to the new platform easily in with minimal traffic impact via in-service replacement cards, or by adding CRS-X chassis to existing multi-chassis deployments.

According to Mike Haberman, vice president of network operations, Verizon Wireless, Cisco has provided Verizon Wireless with an intelligent core solutions and the ability to scale up to 40G per slot to meet customers future service demands.

Cisco executive vice president, board director and CTO, SoftBank Mobile Corp. also express, the continued development of the Cisco CRS platform has served as the foundation of their advanced network infrastructure for many year. With the ability to scale to 400G per second and highly available architectur, the CRS will continues to provid unparalleled investment protection and help ensure SoftBank Mobile’s ability to remain one of the leading broadband content and service providers in Japan.

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Fiberguide Can Provide Fiber Optic Retail And Local Inventory Service




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With the requirement of the high energy laser and special fiber optical sensing application market has become increasingly active in China market, more and more customers need to use small quantities (<20m) of fiber to carrying research and development test, mass production until the system pass the verification assessment.

FiberStore news, US-based specialty fiber solutions provider Fiberguide had announced that it can provide RMB settlement, fiber optic retail and local inventory and other services.

With the requirement of the high energy laser and special fiber optical sensing application market has become increasingly active in China market, more and more customers need to use small quantities (<20m) of fiber to carrying research and development test, mass production until the system pass the verification assessment. It requires international fiber optic providers to be more flexible and respond more quickly. Fiberguide, comply with the requirements of customers, has been completed the whole work of RMB settlement  and fiber optic products local stocks, fiber can be sold by meter, always running stock fiber optic products and delivery within one week after payment.

Providing fiber retail and local inventory are important parts of Fiberguide’s work plan in Chinese market. The first regular standing fiber will include the Polyimide high-temperature fiber whose temperature can reach up to 350��, as well as Japanese double-clad high power fiber (size 200/500/780/1300, 300/500/780/1300, 400/500/780/1300) and so on. Fiberguide will timely add more varieties of fiber based on customer feedback.

The first batch of domestic customers purchasing retail specialty fiber is gold plated. Fiberguide believes that hot sale products will be Japanese double-clad high-power fiber and single-use medical fiber which are widely used in the market, relevant preparation work is carrying on in order.

Something You Should Know Before Using Fiber Optic Jumper

Classifications of fiber optic jumper

Fiber optic jumper is a fiber optic cable with optical fiber connector plugs on both ends. Fiber optic jumpers are divided into the following three types by termination type basically: ST-ST, SC-SC, ST-SC.

According to the optical fiber type, optical fiber jumper mainly includes single-mode fiber and multimode fiber. The specifications of the jumper wire length are 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 3m, 5m, 10m and so on.

According to the fiber optic jumper connection structure, it can be divided into: FC fiber patch cable(Product Recommendation: 1m FC-FC Duplex 10G OM4 50/125 Multimode Fiber Patch Cable), LC fiber patch cable, MTRJ, MPO, MU, SMA, FDDI, E2000, DIN4, D4, etc.

According to the cable outer sheath material, fiber optic jumper can be divided into ordinary, ordinary flame retardancy, low smoke halogen, low smoke halogen flame retardant, etc.

According to the requirements of the level of building fire protection and for materials refractory, integrated wiring system should take corresponding measures. In an area where flammable and building shaft inside the cloth cable or fiber optic cable, flame retardant cable and optical cable should be adopted. In large-scale public places should be flame retardant, low smoke, low toxicity; Equipment between should use flame retardant wiring devices.

Applications for fiber optic jumper

Fiber optic jumper wire is used for patch cords from the device to the optical fiber link. It has a thicker layer in using in optical transceiver and the connection between the terminal box.

1. Optical fiber communication system

2. Fiber-optic broadband access network

3. Optical fiber for CATV

4. Local Area Network(LAN)

5. Fiber optic instrument

6. OFS(optical fiber sensor)

7. Optical fiber data transmission system

8. Testing equipment

What should we pay attention to when using fiber optic jumper?

When using fiber optic jumper, you should make sure that wire light wavelength of transceiver module at the ends of the fiber optic jumper must be identical, that is to say, the ends of the optical fiber must be the same wavelengths as light module. A simple way to distinguish is the color of the optic module.

In general cases, short wave optical module uses multimode optical fiber with orange, and long wave module uses single-mode optical fiber with yellow. To ensure the accuracy of the data transmission, please do not bend the optical fiber jumper too excessively, which will increase the light attenuation in the transmission process. After using the fiber optic jumper, you must guard the fiber optic connector by protective material, dust and oil pollution which can damage the coupling of optical fiber.

Furthermore, to ensure the quality of the joint, you must pay attention to the radius of curvature.
Each fiber optic jumper should be in accordance with ISO/IEC and ANSI/TIA/EIA for durability, moisture, coupling stress, optical fiber tensile force and the moisture, temperature extremes, insertion force and cable tension stress, impact and vibration and other bad environment to meet the requirements.

4 Steps To Find Out The Fault In Fiber Optical Network

1.If the indicating lamp of fiber optical transceiver or optical module and twisted pair cable port is light?

a. If the transceiver optical port (FX) indicator is not light, make sure whether the fiber link is a cross-linked fiber link. A fiber optic patch cord is connected in parallel; the other end is connected to a cross pattern.

b. If A transceiver optical port (FX) indicator lights but B transceiver optical port (FX) indicator is not light, then the fault is the A transceiver side. One possibility is: A transceiver (TX) optical transmitter port is bad and B transceiver optical port (RX) fails to receive optical signal. Another possibility is: There is a problem in fiber link of A transceiver (TX) optical transmitter port. (fiber optical cable or fiber optic patch cord may break.)

c. Twisted pair (TP) patch cable indicator is not light, make sure whether the twisted pair wiring is wrong or the twisted pair connection is incorrect? Please use on-off tester to test. (mind twisted pair cable indicator of some transceivers will light until the fiber link is connected.)

d. some transceivers have two RJ45 ports: (To HUB) indicates that the cable connect to switch is a straight line; (To Node) indicates the cable connect to switch is a cross-line;

e. One side of some transceivers with MPR switch: Indicates the cable connect to switch is a straight line; DTE switch indicates the cable connect to switch is a cross-line;

2.If the fiber optic cable, fiber jumper has been broken?

a. Cable on-off detection: using laser flashlight, sunlight, light to against one side of cable connector or coupler; see at the other end if there is visible light? If there is visible light, it indicates that the fiber optic cable is not broken.

b. Fiber optic connection on-off detection: using laser flashlight or sunlight in front of one side of a fiber jumper, see at the other end if there is visible light? If there is visible light, it indicates that the fiber jumper is not broken.

3.Whether the half / full duplex mode is wrong?

One side of some transceivers with FDX switch: indicates full duplex; HDX switch: means half-duplex.

4.Using a optical power meter to test

The luminous power of optical transceiver or optical module under normal circumstances: multimode: -10db-18db; single mode 20 km: -8db-15db; single mode 60 km: -5db-12db. If the luminous power of fiber optic transceiver is: -30db-5db, then you can determine the transceiver has a problem.