SmartClass Fiber MPOLx - Optischer MPO-Dämpfungsmessplatz

Die erste spezielle Lösung zur Basiszertifizierung (Tier 1) von MPO-Fasern

Die Produktfamilie SmartClass Fiber MPOLx von VIAVI Solutions stellt den ersten optischen Dämpfungsmessplatz der Industrie zur Verfügung, der speziell entwickelt wurde, um alle Tests für die Basiszertifizierung (Tier 1) an MPO-Mehrfasersteckverbindern auszuführen.

Der MPOLx besteht aus einer optischen Quelle (LS) und einem Leistungspegelmesser (PM) mit integrierten MPO-Testfunktionen. Damit gewährleistet dieser Dämpfungsmessplatz beim Testen und Zertifizieren von nativen Netzwerkstrecken mit MPO-Anschlüssen einen schnellen und zuverlässigen Arbeitsablauf.

Diese MPOLx Messlösung erlaubt den Servicetechnikern, alle Tests auszuführen, die für die Basiszertifizierung (Tier 1) erforderlich sind:

Messung der MPO-Faserlänge
Messung der optischen Dämpfung
Kontrolle der Polarität
Sichtprüfung der Faserendflächen
Erstellung von Zertifizierungsberichten

Mit dem MPOLx und den integrierten Basisfunktionen fördern Sie die besten Vorgehensweisen und helfen den Technikern, ihre Aufträge durch optimierte Arbeitsabläufe schneller abzuschließen.

Highlights

Der Dämpfungsmessplatz MPOLx setzt völlig neue Maßstäbe für die Arbeitsproduktivität beim Testen und Zertifizieren von MPO-Mehrfaserverbindern. Wie bei allen Lösungen von VIAVI zur Basiszertifizierung (Tier 1) von Glasfasern steht auch hier für jedes Faserende jeweils ein Gerät zur Verfügung. Damit sind eine lückenlose Transparenz und Kontrolle gewährleistet, da die Tests sowohl über die optische Quelle als auch den Pegelmesser ausgeführt werden. Beide Geräte sind mit einem 3,5“ (8,89 cm) großen Farb-Touchscreen und integrierten Prüffunktionen für Leitungs- und Einbausteckverbinder ausgestattet. Der MPOLx ermöglicht dem Techniker, die MPO-Endflächen zu prüfen und die Tests von beiden Enden der Glasfaser auszuführen. Dies reduziert die Laufwege zwischen den Messpunkten erheblich.

Da die Testergebnisse für alle 12 Fasern des MPO-Steckverbinders in weniger als sechs Sekunden angezeigt werden, gewährleistet der Dämpfungsmessplatz MPOLx eine schnelle Arbeitsausführung. Für jede MPO-Faser werden farbcodierte Gut/Schlecht-Ergebnisse, die Testgrenzwerte, die Faserlänge, die Testwellenlänge, die Dämpfung, die Reserve und die Polarität ausgegeben.

Vorteile

Schneller und zuverlässiger Ablauf für Tests und Zertifizierung
Lückenlose Transparenz und Kontrolle an der optischen Quelle und am Leistungspegelmesser
Vollständige Prüfung und Analyse der MPO-Endflächen an beiden Faserenden
Kompatibel zum FiberChekPRO

Übersicht Messergebnisse

Ansicht des Polaritätstest

Leistungsmerkmale

Längenmessung
Messung der optischen Dämpfung bei mehreren Wellenlängen
Kontrolle der Polarität an allen 12 MPO-Fasern
Testen nativer MPO-Anschlüsse direkt an den Geräten
Ausgabe der Testergebnisse für alle 12 MPO-Fasern in weniger als sechs Sekunden
Prüfung der Faserendflächen an nativen MPO-Steckern und automatische Analyse für Leitungs- und Einbausteckverbinder
Optische Quellen mit zwei Wellenlängen
Kompatibel zur Encircled-Flux-Einkopplung (EF)
3,5“-Farb-Touchscreen (8,89 cm) an allen MPOLx-Geräten
Erstellung von Zertifizierungsberichten
Langer Batteriebetrieb für den gesamten Arbeitstag

Glasfaser-Test

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Lösungen für MPO und dichte Glasfasernetze von VIAVI

Literatur

Whitepaper und Bücher

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Herstellerfreigaben

MPOLx Panduit Approval

Kurzanleitungen

Anwendungsbeschreibungen

Services

VIAVI Care - Support-Pläne (de)

Software-Downloads

Video

Webinare

MPO Challenges Dealing with Multi-fiber Connectors and Cables

Care Support Plans

Product Group	Recommend Plan	Bronze	Silver	Maxcare	Why Calibrate?
SmartClass Fiber (OLTS-8x/ MPOLx-8x)	MaxCare-5				Optical components age with connection cycles. Maintain connectors and Lasers and pigtails. Validate measurement accuracies conform to published specifications. Factory standards to ensure accuracy VIAVI Calibrates to TL9000 factory standards to ensure your instrument is certified to measure accurately, as it did when it came off the factory line. Instruments that are out of calibration will produce unreliable measurements and can create false passing or false failing test results that often cause your team repeat work. We maintain, polish and clean all fiber connectors, fix pigtail connections that are internal to the product to ensure all ports stay in good working order and upgrade software / firmware to the latest approved release to enable enhancements. VIAVI Care Plans are the most cost-effective way to plan for calibration with a low, discounted price at the time of instrument purchase, however fixed rate calibration can be purchased at a later date on a separate purchase order. Ensure accurate measurements that meet calibration and service level agreements, ISO and TL standards for network test procedures. Ensure all test transmission signals work properly to avoid issues such as not reaching full line rate testing rate required to validate service bandwidth, speed and quality of service (QoS). Maintain ports and connectors to keep test transmissions working properly and to extend the life of the instrument. For example, if optical connectors and, lasers are bad or electrical/RF interface ports are loose after years of connection cycles, OTDR, TDR, and Radio Frequency measurements will not work properly. When doing construction, installation and activation work that must be certified, all network components typically must be tested with a certified, calibrated instrument to preserve warranty from manufacturer, such as fiber optic cable manufactures. Accurate RF frequencies and optical wavelengths are critical to meet measurement specifications. If using these to validate network elements, power levels, transmission rates, out of specification tools will prevent validation of network elements and signals. Why calibrate this product? Measurements might be out of specifications. QoS violated. Contractors might get not compensated due to wrong results. Delisting of approved suppliers. What are the most common implications of these issues to the business? Uncalibrated tools produce unreliable measurement results that can't be certified to specifications and may violate service level agreements or ISO/TL9000 standards with your customers and their network equipment vendors. QoS certification may be inaccurate and generate a repeat test need. Contractors are often not compensated or could be delisted as an approved service supplier due to incorrect results. Full manufacturer warranty (20-30 years) from cable suppliers (e.g. Corning, CommScope, Belden, ect.) will only be granted if the installation is certified with a calibrated instrument, thus the network owner is motivated to comply with correct installation certification procedures to retain and enforce the warranty on expensive cabling and optical network elements, etc. Common Business impacts include: Lost revenue, customer complaints and increased costs: Most network operators track and audit repeat work done by sub-contractors and often there is a billing dispute in these cases. Contractors with high rates of inaccurate test results are usually hired for less or not at all when not meeting SLA agreements or quality metrics. For Network Operators, repeat service quality issues with customers often causes added cost, customer dissatisfaction and loss of business. Example: Let's look at OTN/SONET/SDH/E1/T1 and various FTTX, DOCIS and xDSL measurements. It is critical to reach full line rate (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G) to test service performance and service error rates. If the uncalibrated tester can not reach full line rate during testing, a customer may be left with suboptimal performance that will quickly create complaints or alternatively, the technician could end up chasing phantom network problems that do not exist. What are the common issues?
SmartClass Fiber MPOLx (OLP-82/HD4i)	MaxCare-5				Optical components age with connection cycles. Maintain connectors and Lasers and pigtails. Validate measurement accuracies conform to published specifications. Factory standards to ensure accuracy VIAVI Calibrates to TL9000 factory standards to ensure your instrument is certified to measure accurately, as it did when it came off the factory line. Instruments that are out of calibration will produce unreliable measurements and can create false passing or false failing test results that often cause your team repeat work. We maintain, polish and clean all fiber connectors, fix pigtail connections that are internal to the product to ensure all ports stay in good working order and upgrade software / firmware to the latest approved release to enable enhancements. VIAVI Care Plans are the most cost-effective way to plan for calibration with a low, discounted price at the time of instrument purchase, however fixed rate calibration can be purchased at a later date on a separate purchase order. Ensure accurate measurements that meet calibration and service level agreements, ISO and TL standards for network test procedures. Ensure all test transmission signals work properly to avoid issues such as not reaching full line rate testing rate required to validate service bandwidth, speed and quality of service (QoS). Maintain ports and connectors to keep test transmissions working properly and to extend the life of the instrument. For example, if optical connectors and, lasers are bad or electrical/RF interface ports are loose after years of connection cycles, OTDR, TDR, and Radio Frequency measurements will not work properly. When doing construction, installation and activation work that must be certified, all network components typically must be tested with a certified, calibrated instrument to preserve warranty from manufacturer, such as fiber optic cable manufactures. Accurate RF frequencies and optical wavelengths are critical to meet measurement specifications. If using these to validate network elements, power levels, transmission rates, out of specification tools will prevent validation of network elements and signals. Why calibrate this product? Measurements might be out of specifications. Violation of ISO certification. QoS violated. Contractors might get not compensated due to wrong results. Delisting of approved suppliers. Full mfg warranty (20-30 years) from cable suppliers (e.g. Corning, Commscope, Belden, ...) will only be granted if the installation is certified with a calibrated instrument What are the most common implications of these issues to the business? Uncalibrated tools produce unreliable measurement results that can't be certified to specifications and may violate service level agreements or ISO/TL9000 standards with your customers and their network equipment vendors. QoS certification may be inaccurate and generate a repeat test need. Contractors are often not compensated or could be delisted as an approved service supplier due to incorrect results. Full manufacturer warranty (20-30 years) from cable suppliers (e.g. Corning, CommScope, Belden, ect.) will only be granted if the installation is certified with a calibrated instrument, thus the network owner is motivated to comply with correct installation certification procedures to retain and enforce the warranty on expensive cabling and optical network elements, etc. Common Business impacts include: Lost revenue, customer complaints and increased costs: Most network operators track and audit repeat work done by sub-contractors and often there is a billing dispute in these cases. Contractors with high rates of inaccurate test results are usually hired for less or not at all when not meeting SLA agreements or quality metrics. For Network Operators, repeat service quality issues with customers often causes added cost, customer dissatisfaction and loss of business. Example: Let's look at OTN/SONET/SDH/E1/T1 and various FTTX, DOCIS and xDSL measurements. It is critical to reach full line rate (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G) to test service performance and service error rates. If the uncalibrated tester can not reach full line rate during testing, a customer may be left with suboptimal performance that will quickly create complaints or alternatively, the technician could end up chasing phantom network problems that do not exist. What are the common issues?

VIAVI Care-Support-Pläne

Services	BronzeCare	SilverCare	MaxCare	GoldCare	FleetCare
	Bild	Bild	Bild	Bild	Bild
Technische Unterstützung	Premium	Premium	Premium	Premium	Premium
Werksreparatur				Standardleistungen + individuelle Auswahl: Vor-Ort-Kalibrierung und -Schulung, Serviceingenieur-Einsätze, kundenspezifische Entwicklung oder Software-Wartungsverträge
Priorität im Servicefall
Online-Schulung
5 Jahre Batterie- und Taschenabsicherung*
Werkskalibrierung
Zubehörabsicherung
Express-Leihgeräte

* Nur 5-Jahres-Pläne

Batterie- und Taschenabsicherung
Batterien (Akkus) und Taschen nutzen sich mit jedem Ladezyklus bzw. in der normalen täglichen Arbeit ab. Um sicherzustellen, dass dieser Verschleiß Sie nicht behindert, umfassen die Support-Pläne mit fünf Jahren Laufzeit auch den Austausch dieser Komponenten.

Im Rahmen des 5-Jahre-SilverCare- oder -MaxCare-Support-Plans übernimmt VIAVI den einmaligen Ersatz eines verbrauchten Akkus und einer abgenutzten Tasche/Schutzhülle. Dieser Austausch erfolgt nur bei Einsendung des Gerätes für die Reparatur oder Kalibrierung an VIAVI. Koffer sind von dieser Regelung ausgenommen. Zudem gilt diese Absicherung nicht für Geräte, die ohne Akku/Tasche verkauft wurden.

Die Batterie-/Taschenabsicherung ist in den SilverCare- und MaxCare-Plänen mit 5 Jahren Laufzeit enthalten.

MaxCare-Zubehörabsicherung
Die Messgeräte werden mit Kabeln und Adaptern als Zubehör ausgeliefert. Um stets zuverlässige und präzise Messungen und einwandfreie Testergebnisse zu gewährleisten, übernimmt VIAVI den jährlichen Austausch eines Zubehörteils.

Wenn ein Zubehörteil als defekt oder fehlerhaft eingeschätzt wird, repariert oder ersetzt VIAVI dieses Zubehörteil nach eigenem Ermessen, ohne dass dem Kunden hierfür Kosten in Rechnung gestellt werden. Das ersetzte Zubehörteil kann neu oder gebraucht (überholt) sein. Die zugrückgesandten Zubehörteile gehen in das Eigentum von VIAVI über. Es gelten die folgenden Einschränkungen: In jedem Zeitraum von 12 Monaten kann immer nur ein Zubehörteil ersetzt werden. Der Ersatz bezieht sich nur auf Zubehörteile, die für den Betrieb des Messgerätes als unverzichtbar angesehen werden und zusammen mit dem ursprünglich gekauften Produkt ausgeliefert wurden. Der Kunde ist für die Rücksendung des fehlerhaften Zubehörteils an VIAVI verantwortlich, wenn er an dessen Funktion zweifelt oder das Gerät für eine Reparatur oder Kalibrierung eingesandt wird.

Express Leihgeräte
Jetzt können Sie Ihre Kalibrierungen und Reparaturen planen und Ausfallzeiten vermeiden. Mit dem "Express Leihgeräte" Service erhalten Sie ein ähnlich konfiguriertes Messgerät, noch bevor Sie Ihr Gerät zur Kalibrierung oder zu einer unvorhergesehenen Reparatur einsenden.

VIAVI Care Support for Existing Equipment

FleetCare

FleetCare plans can be customized to include any service entitlements on your fleet of existing equipment. Please fill out a Service Contracts form for a quote.

Any collection instruments with a single coterminous renewal date
Each contract is customized with any number of annual terms required by the customer
Onsite Calibration, Training, Field Application Engineer days can be added

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Training Courses

This course presents a review of the technology fundamentals and proper fiber inspection, cleaning, and handling techniques and a detailed overview for using the product to inspect and clean MPO fibers and connectors and perform power/loss measurements and Loss/Length tests. Learn the recommended techniques for using the product to properly analyze MPO fiber end-faces, including becoming familiar with the GUI and menus and how to prepare it for fiber inspection, power/loss, and Loss/Length tests. Utilize the product to confidently analyze MPO fiber end-faces and test MPO circuits.

Course Number

TT-MPOLx

Course Highlights

Understand light propagation, network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, fiber losses and attenuation process
Describe the causes of loss in fiber networks and the types of contamination on fiber end-faces
Understand the recommended MPO fiber inspection and cleaning techniques and describe the proper process to perform
Navigate the product GUI and menus to configure for MPO fiber inspection and testing
Perform proper MPO fiber optic connectivity/continuity tests: inspection and cleaning of all optical connections, optical insertion loss (OIL) and optical return loss (ORL), end-to-end loss testing with optical power meter (OPM) and optical light source (OLS)

Dauer

1 Tag

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

On-Site and Virtual Classroom

This course presents a detailed overview of the technology fundamentals and proper fiber inspection, cleaning, and handling techniques and for using the product to inspect and clean MPO fibers and connectors and perform power/loss measurements and Loss/Length tests. Learn the recommended techniques for using the product to properly analyze MPO fiber end-faces, including becoming familiar with the GUI and menus and how to prepare it for fiber inspection, power/loss, and Loss/Length tests. Utilize the product to confidently analyze MPO fiber end-faces and test MPO circuits.

Course Number

TT-FIB-MPOLx

Course Highlights

Understand light propagation, network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, fiber losses and attenuation process
Describe the causes of loss in fiber networks and the types of contamination on fiber end-faces
Understand the recommended MPO fiber inspection and cleaning techniques and describe the proper process to perform
Navigate the product GUI and menus to configure for MPO fiber inspection and testing
Perform proper MPO fiber optic connectivity/continuity tests: inspection and cleaning of all optical connections, optical insertion loss (OIL) and optical return loss (ORL), end-to-end loss testing with optical power meter (OPM) and optical light source (OLS)

Dauer

2 Tage

Locations

United States

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

On-Site and Virtual Classroom

This course presents an overview of the SmartClass Fiber MPOLx Product family. Learn how to use the buttons/controls of the MPOLx test set including the front panel and touchscreen display.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-MPOLx-OVRVW-SP

Dauer

11 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of the integrated patch cord microscope (PCM) on the SmartClass Fiber MPOLx product. Learn how to quickly inspect the multiple fibers in an MPO connector using the PCM Workflow buttons/controls. (run time ~ 10 minutes)

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-MPOLx-PCM-OVRVW-SP

Dauer

10 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of how to set up and perform a Loss-Length test with the SmartClass Fiber MPOLx test set.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-MPOLx-LOSSLNGTH-SP

Dauer

23 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of how to operate the SmartClass Ethernet tester. Learn how to navigate the GUI and menus for user and testing preferences, launch and perform tests for layers 1, 2, and 3, and how to locate and manage test results.

Course Number

TT-SC-ETH-SP

Dauer

1 Stunde

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of the physical layout and features of the SmartClass Fiber HD4i Digital handheld Video Display device used in conjunction with the P5000i Fiber Inspection Microscope Probe. Learn how to use the device buttons, controls, and connectors.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-HD4i-OVRVW-SP

Dauer

12 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of how to locate and configure the various Menu and active test parameters of the SmartClass Fiber HD4i digital handheld Video Display for a fiber inspection test, used in conjunction with the P5000i Fiber Inspection Microscope Probe.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-HD4i-SETUP-SP

Dauer

11 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of how to perform a Fiber Inspection connector test using the SmartClass Fiber HD4i Video Display device in conjunction with a P5000i Inspection Microscope probe.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-HD4i-FI-TEST-SP

Dauer

10 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an Overview of how to use the FiberChekPro software application to configure the SmartClass Fiber HD4i digital handheld Video Display and the P5000i Fiber Inspection Microscope Probe for a fiber inspection (FI) test.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-HD4i-FCPRO-SP

Dauer

12 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of the SmartClass Fiber OLTS-85P product. Learn how to use connector ports and features on the top, rear, and side panels and how to navigate the GUI menus using both touch screen and keypad.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-OLTS85-OVRVW-SP

Dauer

14 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-OLTS85-TIER1-SP

Dauer

23 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of how to do a one-cord test reference with the SmartClass Fiber OLTS-85P test set. Learn how to perform and set a test reference before performing testing operations.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-OLTS85-TESTREF-SP

Dauer

14 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an assessment of the knowledge and skills possessed for performing the fiber Inspection, cleaning, and testing techniques using the OLTS-85/85P and P5000i inspection probe in order to achieve the OLTS-85/85P FIT Certification.

Course Number

TT-OLTS85P-EXAM-SP

Dauer

1 Stunde 30 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

This course presents an overview of how to set up and perform a Loss test using the OLTS-85/85P.

Course Number

TT-SC-FIB-OLTS85-LOSS-SP

Dauer

15 Minuten

Locations

Global

Sprachen

English
Other languages available upon request

Type of Training Available

Self-Paced Online Training

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SmartClass Fiber MPOLx - Optischer MPO-Dämpfungsmessplatz

Die erste spezielle Lösung zur Basiszertifizierung (Tier 1) von MPO-Fasern

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Glasfaser-Test

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Care Support Plans

Factory standards to ensure accuracy

What are the most common implications of these issues to the business?

Factory standards to ensure accuracy

What are the most common implications of these issues to the business?

VIAVI Care-Support-Pläne

VIAVI Care Support for Existing Equipment

Training Courses

Multi-Fiber Insp., Cleaning, and Testing with the MPOLx & P5000i

Fiber Optic Fundamentals & Multi-Fiber Inspection, Cleaning, and Testing with the MPOLx & P5000i

SmartClass Fiber MPOLx Product Overview

SmartClass Fiber MPOLx Patch Cord Microscope Overview

SmartClass Fiber MPOLx Loss-Length Testing

SmartClass Ethernet Basic Use & Testing (SPT)

SmartClass Fiber HD4i-P5000i Device Overview

SmartClass Fiber HD4i-P5000i Setting Up Fiber Inspection Test

SmartClass Fiber HD4i-P5000i Performing the Fiber Inspection Test

SmartClass Fiber HD4i-P5000i Configuring Profiles with FiberChekPro

SmartClass Fiber OLTS-85 Product Overview

SmartClass Fiber OLTS-85 Setting up and running a Tier 1 Test

SmartClass Fiber OLTS-85 Setting up a Test Reference

OLTS-85/85P Fiber Inspection, Cleaning, & Testing Technician Certification Exam

SmartClass Fiber OLTS-85/85P Performing a Loss Test

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