Course Outlines:

• Introduction of fiber optic testing
• What needs testing
• Testing communication networks
• International standards for fiber testing
• Pre-installation testing
• Factory acceptance test FAT
• Site Acceptance Test SAT
• Fiber optic test equipment  
• Choosing appropriate test instruments
• Visual inspection of connectors
• Fiber optic connectors cleaning kits
• Visual cable tracer and fault locations
• Fiber identifier
• Fiber analyzer
• Fiber attenuators
• Protecting and cleaning Test equipment
• Power and loss budget measurements
• Optical Loss test set ( OLTS )
• Testing patch cords
• Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
• The fundamentals of OTDR
•  Information in the OTDR trace
• Reflectance
• Dead zones
• Dynamic Range
• Pulse width
• Insertion loss measurements
• Fiber measurements using OTDR
• OTDR setup parameters for best test results
• Study and Practice different vendors test instruments
• Studying Fluke OTDR test instrument
• Studying Exfo OTDR test instrument
• OTDR test Configuration
• Reading OTDR test trace
• Testing a passive optical networks (PON)
• PON cable plant testing
• FTTx testing procedures
• Generating test reports
• Test results analysis
• Measurements problems and common faults
• Remote fiber test system
• Testing acceptance
• Testing and troubleshooting checklists
   

Target audiences:
 

• Site engineers
• Supervisors
• Consultants