- Solutions: Clean connectors and end faces using specialised cleaning tools and solutions, inspect cables for bends or breaks and replace damaged sections, ensure compatibility and proper alignment of fibre optic components. Dirt, oil, fingerprints or a combination of these on the end face of the fiber will potentially ruin your day. To make matters worse, if one of these dirty end faces happens to be plugged into a female coupler or piece of active optical equipment it is actually possible to permanently damage the. This article describes several types of cleaning products and gives tips for their use in factory and field applications. The selection of. A well-built fiber link rarely fails, but when it does the symptoms can be short, confusing, and expensive to chase. This guide lists the actual, field-proven problems technicians encounter most often and gives step-by-step troubleshooting actions you can copy into your maintenance routine.
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