PROCEDUREFORFI

BEROPTI
CINSTALLATI
ONANDTESTI
NG
TOOLSAND  EQUIPMENTFORFI BEROPTICI NSTALLATIONANDTESTING
Toolsandequipmentneededshouldbeingoodconditi
onandmustbecheckedbySuper
visorpr
iort
o
usageintheconst
ruct
ionarea.
 Theseincl
udes,butnotl
imi
tedt
o:

1. SetofHandTool s
2. Fi
berOpt i
cCabl eTer mi nati
on/Spl
ici
ngToolKit
3. Spli
cingMachi ne
4. AT&YConnect or i
zati
onKi t
5. Fi
berOpt i
cCabl eSt ri
pper .
6. Cleaver
7. CableRol lers,St andandJacks
8. Digit
alMul ti
met er
9. OpticalTimeDomai nRef l
ectometer
10.Setofnyl onr opes
11.Electr
icPowerTool s(i.e.dril
l
,etc.
)
12.Boom Tr uck
13.PowerMet er
14.PowerSour ce
15.TalkSet
16.LaunchCabl e
17.Fi
berTr acer
18.Fi
berVi ewScope
19.Foradditionalspl ici
ngt ools,ref
ertoSAES-T-624sec.4.
7.4
20.LaserPoi nter
21.Spli
cingTr ay/Or ganizer
22.HeatGun
23.CleavingTool
24.Poli
shingTool
25.BufferStri
pper
Allt
ool
sut i
li
zedi nacl assif
iedar eashouldbesafeandsuit
abl
eforhazar
dousar
eas.

GENERALREQUI REMENTS
1. Speci alt oolsandt est
ingtoolsshallbearval i
dcal i
br at
ioncert
ifi
cat
est raceabl
etoanat ionalstandard
i
ndi cat i
ngcal i
brat
ionvali
dit
yandper i
odicall
y( atl
east12mont hs)checkedbyat hirdpart
ylabor at
ory
testingf aci l
i
tyasperSchedul e
2. Manpower ,equipment,tool
sandot herlogist
icsshal lbereadyandpr eparedforinstall
ati
on.
3. Fiberopt iccabl eshal
lbewi thdrawnaf t
erdeter mininginspect
ionrepor tasaccept edwithmat eri
al
recei vingi nspecti
onreportform.
4. Unl essot herwisestat
ed,alltestsshallbeconduct edbyt heCommuni cationsi
teEngi neerand
witnessedbyt heCommuni cationQCI nspector.Thet estshallberecor dedasdef inedherein.
5. Cabl er eel sshallbeshippedandhandl edont heedgesoff l
angesonl y.Reelshal lbeshockeddur i
ng
shippi ngt opr eventdamagef r
om loadshi f
ti
ng.
6. Splicingpr oceduresshallbedoneasperavai l
ablef i
beropti
ccable( FOC)spl i
cingi nst
ructi
onsor
witht hispr ocedure.
FIBREOPTI CCABLEROUTI NG
1. Thef i
beropt iccabl es(FOC)r outeforallnewcabl esshal lbeappr ovedbydosant ot het
renching
andcabl eswor ks.
2. Al lburi
edandunbur i
edcabler out
eshal lbemar kedi naccor dancewi t
hthe Fol l
owing
3. Fordi rectbur iedfiberopt
iccables,itisrecommendedt hat,r
outeber ipped,sot hatobst
aclescan
beident i
fi
edandr emovedandt hepl aci
ngoper ationpr ecaut
ionsduringinstal
lati
onandback
f
il
li
ngshal lbei naccordancewi t
hther equirement s
4. Ver i
fythatcabl ereelstor
agecondi t
ionandpr otecti
onisaspermanuf act
urer’
sr ecommendat i
on.
Forout doorst orage,veri
fythatcablereelissuppor tedof ft
hegr oundandpr ovidedwi t
ha
weather proof( i
.e.
,rai
nanddust -ti
ght)coverpert hemanuf acturerr
ecommendat ions.
5. EMSMar kersshal lbeprovidedonal lfi
beropt i
ccabl es(FOC) .
CABLEBENDI
NGRADI
USFORFI
BEROPTI
CS
Bendi
ngr
adi
usspeci
fi
edbyt
hecabl
emanuf
act
urershal
lbeobt
ainedwher
eavai
l
abl
eorasper

1. 10ti
mesthecabl
ediameter
,whent
hecableisnotundertensi
on.
2. 20ti
mesthecabl
ediameter
,whent
hecableisundertensi
on.
Pul
li
ngtensi
ononfi
beropti
ccabl
esshal
lnotexceed600pounds.

Cabl
eshoul
dbepul
l
edi
nast
rai
ghtl
i
neandneverbebentorwr
appedar
oundt
hehandoranyot
her
obj
ect
.

UsePul
l
ingt
ensi
onmeasur
ingdevi
ceadynamomet
er(
1,000pounds)
.

CABLEFI BEROPTI CI NSTALLATI ON

1. Priortoshi ftthecabl esuppor tst ot hesite,thesuppor tsframe,st andand/ orbracketsshal lbe
i
nspect edandcheckedagai nstt hei ssuedf orconst ructi
onorst andar ddr awing.
2. Payat tenti
ont ot heexi sti
ngpoi ntforcor rectsizingandor i
entation.
3. Checkt oensur et hatr oughedgesar eremovedandt heassembl iesar epr imed,andpai ntedi
n
accor dancewi thpr ojectspeci f
icationsandi nternat i
onalappl icabl eengi neer i
ngstandar ds.
4. Checkt oensur et hatthei nstal
lationdoesnotobst ructaccessways,exi tsorpassaget ot he
equi pment .
5. Ensur et hatadequat eaccessar eahavebeenmai ntai
nedandavai labletodot hemai ntenancewor k
asr equi redfrom t i
met ot ime.
6. Install
edsuppor t
sshal lbever i
fiedandi nspect edt oensur ethat,i ti
sl eveled,ver t
icalandt hewhole
assembl yisr i
gid.
7. Checkt heel evat i
onoft heinstalledi nstr
ument st oensur ei tposition.
8. Suppor tsthatar ei nstalledonpr ecastf oundat ioni tshallbecheckedt oensur ethattheyar eti
ghtand
secur ed.
9. Suppor tsshallnotbef ixedt othehandr ail
i
ngorsi mi l
ar,lesst hanent i
relyr i
gidstructures.
10.RGS/ RGSPVCcoat edc onduitsandf i
tt
ingsshal lbeusedf orfiberopt i
ccabl e.
11.Sub- duct sshal lbei nstal l
ed,ifrequi r
edperi ssuedf orconst ructiondr awi ngs
12.Cabl et raysandcabl et raysuppor tsshal lbever i
fi
edandi nspect edpr iortocabl epulling.
13.Forcabl epullingoper at i
onr efert omet hodst at ementno.
14.Apul l
ingswi velwi tha( maxi mum7/ 8-i
nchdi amet er )shallbeuse.
FI
BEROPTICCABLESSPLI CINGPROCEDURES

o
 Pr iorto  fi
beropt iccabl e( FOC)  
spl icing,checkt heCabl eSchedul eandl ocati
onpl ant o
conf i
rmi ti
soft hecor rectcabl et agnumber ,type,si zeandl ocation(toandf r
om) .

 Checkt hatt heequi pment /
fiberspl iceboxesandf i
beropt icpatchpanelar eal readyavai l
able. 
PutPVCcapont heconnect orpat chpanel swhennoti nuseensur i
ngt hem itiscover edt o
keept hem cl ean.
 Ensur et hatt hespl icingshal lbedonei ncont rol
ledenvi ronmentandt hewor kareai scleanand
awayf rom sour ceofdust . Usel int
- f
reewi pes( notcot t
onswapsorr ags)tocl eanever yf iber
endbef orespl i
cingort esti
ng.
 Wheneverconnect orsar enott er minat edt heyshoul dbecover edwi thPVCcapt opr otectthe
endoft hef errulef r
om di rt. Oneshoul dnevert oucht heendoft hefer rul
e,sincet heoilson
one’ sski ncausest hef i
bert oat tractdi rt.
 Prepar et hef iberopt iccabl ebyr emovi ngt heout erjacketofthecabl et oexposet hecabl e
str
engt h,whi chusual lyKevl ar ,usi ngsepar atorscissorsandcutt heKevl arleaving6mm t o
8mm st ickingoutoft heoutj ac ket .
 Hol dt hecabl etopr eventthebuf feredfiberfrom bei ng
pulledoutoft heout erj acketbef orest rippi ng.
 Removet hebuf ferwi thmodi fiedno- nikt oolsar rowpoi ntingint hedi recti
onoft hest r
ipping.  
Removeatl east16mm oft hef iber’sbuf feri nto3bi t
esofno- ni
kt ool
s.
 Afterr emovi ngt hebuf fer,wi pet hef i
berwi thlint-
freeclothdampenedwi t
hal coholoral cohol
pad.  Makesur et hatnobuf ferr esidueordi rtont hef i
berbyhol dingitl i
ghtandi nspectt hef i
ber
forsmoot handshi nysur f
ace.
 Aftercl eani ngal lt
hef i
berwi thal cohol ,inspectandhol dt heconnect orsupt oal ighttoensur e
thatthecapi ll
aryhol eoft hecer ami csf er rulei sclean. Ifthehol ei sobst r
ucted,blowi tcl ear
 withcompr essedai roruseapi eceofst ai nlesswi ret ocl eant hehol e.
 Fibercabl ei snowr eadyf orspl ici
ngandt ermi nat i
on.  Bef orebegi nni ngt hespl icingoper ation,
secur et hecabl ei nanopt icalFi berSpl icert r
ay/ organi zer . Splicet hef i
beropt iccabl et ot he
factorymadef i
beropt i
cpi gt ail.
 Turnont hespl icermachi neandt hensel ectt hespl icemode.
 Prepar et hef iberends.  Af terr emovi ngt hecoat i
ng,cl eant hecl addi ngsur f
ace.  Then,cl eave
thef i
berpr ecisel ybyusi ngopt icalfibercl eaver .
 Sett hef i
beront heV- grooveandcl oset hesheat hcl ampandt hef ibercl ampcar ef
ul ly. Ast he
fi
berposi t
iondependsoni t’
scl eavel engt h,sett hef ibercor rectlybyr ef erri
ngt ot hel abeli nsi de
thewi ndpr otect or .
 Thensett heot herf i
bert ot heopposi teV- gr oovebyt hesamepr ocedur e
above.  Final l
y,cl osethewi ndpr otect or.
 Startt hespl i
cebypr essingt he“ SET”keyt opr oceed.  Atf ir
st,thef i
bermovet owar deac h
other .
 Dur i
ngt hef orwar dmovement ,ashor tar coccur st hef i
bersur f
ace.  Thespl icest opst he
forwar dmovementwhent hegapbet weent hef iberendsi spr oper .
 Af terthei niti
algaps etting,
thespl i
cermeasur esanddi spl ayt hecl eaveangl e,t hencl addingand/ orcor eal ignmenti s
perfor med.  Thent hespl icerr educest hegap( af inalgapset ti
ng)andgener atesahi ghvol t
age
dischar gef ort hear cfusional ongwi thst uf f
ingt hel ef tsi def iberi ntot her ightsidef iber . Fi nal ly
themi cropr ocessorcal culat esandi ndi catest heest imat edl ossont hescr een.
 Inacaset hatt heest imat edl os si shi ghert hanexpect ation,pr esst he“ ARC”keyt ogener at e
ther e-ar c. Af tert headdi t
ional arcdi schar ge,t hespl i
cerest i
mat esanddi splayst hel ossagai n.
 Byoper atingt hewi ndpr otect or,thespl i
cerst orest hespl icedat ar esul tthatincludest hespl ice
mode,dat e,est i
mat edl ossandsoon.  Al soapr ooft esti saut omat i
cal l
yper formedwhent he
prooft estf unct i
oni s“ON”i nt hemenucommands.
 Reinf orcet hef iberwi tht het ubeheat er. Thenf inallyr emovet hef iberf rom theheat er .
 Att hat
ti
me,donott oucht hepr otect or( l
eti tcoolbef or est oringt hespl i
cei nt hespl icet ray)and
cerami cheat erel ementbecauseoft hehi ght emper ature.  Af t
erf i
nali nspectionofal lfi
ber
connect or s,star ttoor gani zedt hef iberi nt oconnect orcoupl er( ensur et hatthecoupl erar ef r ee
ofdustandwi thdustcoveront heot hersi de) .
 Prepar eandmakel abelsf orf ibercabl esatbot hends.
 Allfi
ber sshal lmeetaccept anc et estr equi rement sl i
st edi nTabl e4pr iortoest abl i
shi ngser vi ce.
 Afterspl icingi scompl eted,i tisnowr eadyf orQCi nspect i
onandt est i
ng.  Resul twi llbef i
led
andr ecor dedonappl i
cabl ef ormsasperappr oved.

FIBREOPTI CCABLETESTI NGPROCEDURE

1. Allopt icalfiber sshal lbe100% at t
enuat iont estedby- dir
ecti
onal l
yAt oBandBt oA.
Attenuat i
on/ PowerTestshal lbe1310nm and1550nm.Thef i
beropt iccabl ewillbet estedat1550
nm f orSi ngleModeasperPr ojectSpeci fication.
2. Bef oret hest artoft esting,connectt hel aunchcabl et othepowersour ceandpowermet erto
cali
br atet hepowerout putf rom 0dB- 0dBf orqui ckreference.
3. Alwayscl eant heconnect i
onsandl aunchcabl ewi thlint
-fr
eecl othoral coholpads.
4. Test i
ngsequenceshoul dbef r
om onepoi nttot hepoi ntandvi cever sa,andt henr ecordal lthet est
datai nappl icabl ef ormsasperappr oved.
5. FOC  shoul dbet est edbybot h OTDR  andPowermet erasperst andar d.
6. Thedi fferencepoweri ssupposedt or epr esentt heamountofpowerl aunchedbyt hesour ceand
shoul dbemeasur eddi rectlybyapowermet er.
7. Thesear et womet hodst hatar eusedt omeasur edl oss.Singleendedl ossusesonl yt hel aunch
cabl ewhi l
edoubl eendedl ossusesar ecei vedcabl eat t
achedt othemet er.
8. Singl eendedl ossi smeasur edbymat ingt hecabl eyouwantt ot estt ot her ef
erencel aunchcabl e
andmeasur ingt hepoweroutt hefarendwi t
hmet er.Whendoi ngt hismeasur ethelossof
connect ionmat edt ot helaunchcabl e. Thel ossofanyf i
berspl i
cesorot herconnect ionsi nthecabl e
aret est ed.
9. Fordoubl eendedl osst estat tachthecabl et ot estbet weent wor efer encecabl es,at t
achedt ot he
sour ceandonet ot hemet er.Thiswayyouar emeasur i
ngtheconnect orl osses,oneoneachend,
plust hel ossoft hecabl e.
10.Alwaysr emembert hatt hel aunchpowerr eferencei ssett hesamewayf orallmeasur ementt o
mini mizeconf usion.
11.Aftert hei nstal l
ationandt esting,themaxi mum powerl ossshoul dnotexceedt hecal culated“ Budget
Loss”andt estshal lbeaccept abletot hevar i
ousequi pmentvendor s.Spl iceaccept ancet est:
Individualspl icei nser t
ionl ossshal lbe0. 05dBaver agel inksplicelosswi thnosinglespl i
cel oss
 above0. 1dBf orfusionspli
ces,and0.1dBaver agel
inkspl
icel
osswithnosinglesplicel
ossabove
0.2dBf ormechani calspl
ices;connect
orsshal
lhaveinser
ti
onlossesof0.5dBorl ess.EndtoEnd
t
estingshallbeasper .
12.Testresultshallbefi
ledandr ecordedonappli
cablef
ormsasperappr oved.
13.Polari
zati
onModeDi sper
sionandChr omati
cModeDi sper
siontest
swillbeconductedonallG.
652D
f
iberasment i
oned.
SAFETYPRECAUTI ON  FIBEROPTI CCABLES
1. Obt ai
nt heappr ovaloft hewor kper mitfrom theconcer nedCompanyRepr esentativebef ores t
arti
ng
anywor k.
2. FireWat cherwi thFi reExti
ngui shershal lbeatwor kar
ewhenevert hereishotwor k.
3. Allelectricalt
ool sshal lbecheckedandcol orcoded.
4. Cont i
nuousmoni toringandi nspect ionshal lbei mplementedtodetectandcor r
ectunsaf epractices
whileper formingt hewor kacti
vi t
ies.
5. Providewar ningsi gnandsuf f
icientbar ri
cadeonwor kareaandonl yassi gnedper sonnelwi llbe
all
owedi nt hear ea.
6. SafetySuper visorshal lmonitort hewor kact i
vit
iestohelpandpr ot
ectal lassignedwor ker sagainst
exposur et osaf etyhazar ds.Heshal lensuret hatPersonalProtect
iveEqui pment( PPE’ s)are
suppliedandusedt hatcompl ywi t
happl icablest andar
ds.
7. FiberOpt icCabl e( FOC)cutpi eces/ wast eshal lbekeptinsepar at
econt aineranddi sposei tproperly
i
nat rashbi n.Housekeepi ngshal lbemai ntai
nedandwor ki
ngar eashal lbekepti nacl eanandt idy
manner .
8. Hazar dI dentif
icati
onPl an(HIP)oft hisprocedur eshallbedisseminat edandexpl ainedt owor kersfor
safetyawar eness