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No.cause  of  networkfailures is BADconnectors-­ NTT-­Advanced  Technology Research1Network  owners  report  having  connector  issues80%

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Why Inspect?

Cleaning alone is not  enough…or  too much!

You CANNOT clean a damaged connector

Clean ONLY if neededNO cleaning required

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Why Inspect?• Biggest enemy:  Fingers!• Cleaning once  may not  be enough.

How  do  you know  if  you don’t inspect?

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Why Inspect?

Sticky fingers!

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Why Inspect?• DRY  Cleaning is not  enough.• Hybrid cleaning:  Required• Inspection:  Mandatory!

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Why Inspect?

Dusty dust caps!!!

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Patch  panels  are  hard  to  inspect

Without Auto-­‐center With Auto-­‐center

Why use  auto-­center?

More  than50%  TIME  SAVINGS

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57%  inspection  time  reduction

Case  Study:  Auto-­center Time  Savings

Hassle free  image  auto-­centeringfeature:• Inspection  time  down   from 32  to  14  seconds/port

• More  than 2  hours saved for  a  432   fiber typicalFTTH  cabinet  inspection

• $25  000  in  potential savings over  a  yearassuming one  cabinet  per  day at 50$/h

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Subjectivity….Good  or  Bad?Re-­Splice or  not?

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Subjectivity….• Greatly reduce subjectivity with P/F  Analysis software• IEC/IPC  or  Custom

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Analysis &  Reporting

1. Analysis software  is essential  to  remove subjectivity

2. Reportingagainst IEC  61300-­‐3-­‐35  is highly recommended

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But  can we trust  inspection  results?

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Poor  focus  =  false  resultsManual Focus:  30  to  45%  False  Positives

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Even the  best  user  may miss  defects usinglow end  inspection  

devices

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ELIMINATE  Subjectivity

Auto-­‐Focus  =  Accurate  and  repeatable  results

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100%  AUTOMATED

STEP

TURNING  FIBER  INSPECTION  INTO  A  ONE-­‐STEP  PROCESS

1

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SCREENLESS  inspection• Speed  up  testing• Ease of  use

Looks  at  the  SD  screento  see the  problem

FAIL

User  performsconnectorcertification  

without lookingat  the  smart  

device

Goes  to  the  nextinspection  WITHOUT  looking at  the  screen

PASS

DAMAGED = REPLACE

DIRTY = CLEAN

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Bad  connector can be costly

NETWORK  UPGRADE  &  SLA  FAILURES• Bad  connectorsmaywork at  lowdata  rate  and  fail at  higher data  rate• Some soils can change  over  time  (freezing,  drying,  etc)

TROUBLESHOOTING  ISSUES• A  hidden fail will lead  to  troubleshootinganywhere but  where the  

problem is located leading to  time  wasted

UNACCURATE  TEST  RESULTS• Bad  connectorswill affect  test  results and  lead  to  retesting (IL,  ORL  &  

T&D)

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Recommended inspection  tools

FIP-­‐435B Wi-­‐Fi  Fiber Inspection  probe FIP-­‐430B USB  Fiber Inspection  probe