LANTEK User Manual - Ideal Industries
LANTEK User Manual - Ideal Industries
LANTEK User Manual - Ideal Industries
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Chapter 6<br />
Fiber Optics Diagnostics (TRACETEK)<br />
There are many creative ways to clean connectors, and we’ve seen quite a few of<br />
these methods used in the field. It’s also common that test technicians do not take the<br />
time to visually inspect or clean connectors before testing the link. Some technicians<br />
will check for cleanliness with their naked eyes, but the human eye cannot possibly<br />
see the type of contaminants that affect fiber-optic connectors. Cleaning is a mundane<br />
but very important task.<br />
To illustrate this point, we have provided some magnified images of connectors<br />
cleaned with various methods.<br />
Dirty<br />
connector<br />
Wiped<br />
“clean”<br />
with finger<br />
“Cleaned”<br />
on shirt<br />
Cleaned<br />
w/IDEAL<br />
cleaning kit<br />
Again, using the same fiber, but before the connectors were cleaned, the figure above<br />
displays the results when the optimal TRACETEK resolution mode is not selected. In<br />
this case the Medium Resolution mode was used. The resulting Fresnels are much<br />
higher than before and the “Batman ears” are caused by the saturation of the<br />
receiver. This is due to excessive reflection.<br />
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