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"Cable Tester" for fibres ??
Hi all,
Assuming such a beast exists, can anybody recommend a simple, inexpensive test tool for fibre cables ? I had in mind something like an electrical continuity tester, or something similar to that which my LAN colleagues use to test their cables. I don't want an all singing, all dancing bench test rig; just a basic, hand-held device that will allow you to plug both ends of a cable into it and then say, "Yes, this lc-lc is good to go" or "No, bin it". This will save me time and effort hiking between offices and datacentres, even though I know I could (more or less) "prove" a cable's viability by plugging between an HBA and a switch port. Many thanks, Nick, UK |
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"Cable Tester" for fibres ??
"Nicholas Buckley" wrote in message
... Assuming such a beast exists, can anybody recommend a simple, inexpensive test tool for fibre cables ? I had in mind something like an electrical continuity tester, or something similar to that which my LAN colleagues use to test their cables. I don't want an all singing, all dancing bench test rig; just a basic, hand-held device that will allow you to plug both ends of a cable into it and then say, "Yes, this lc-lc is good to go" or "No, bin it". This will save me time and effort hiking between offices and datacentres, even though I know I could (more or less) "prove" a cable's viability by plugging between an HBA and a switch port. The failure for fibre is rarely in the cable itself, at a midpoint, at least for shorter 100M cables. What you need to concern yourself with is the optical connectors. Those can get scratched and covered with dust very easily. You need a fiber optic inspection scope. Obviously this carries risk of eye damage if an untrained user inspects a lit cable on the wrong end, so don't forget to create a business process around the use of the scope that makes such an event impossible. Alternately, there are some very good eye-safe solutions that project the image to a CRT or LCD. -- Will |
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