SYOPTEK’s One-Click Cleaner HC (Cleans OptiTap® FTTx connectors)

One-Click Cleaner HC

SYOPTEK introduces One-Click Cleaner HC. The HC One-Click Cleaner Cleans OptiTap® FTTx connectors.

The One-Click Cleaner HC is an easy-to-use option for cleaning connectors in adapters. Simply insert the One-Click Cleaner into an adapter and push until an audible “click” is heard. The One-Click Cleaner uses the mechanical push action to advance an optical grade cleaning tape while the cleaning tip is rotated to ensure the fiber end-face is effectively, but gently, cleaned.

The One-Click Cleaner is a must-have for field technicians. Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and a great addition to cleaning kits.
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What’s Fibre Optic Cables

Fibre optic “cable” refers to the complete assembly of fibres, strength members and jacket. Fibre optic cables come in lots of different types, depending on the number of fibres and how and where it will be installed. Choose cable carefully as the choice will affect how easy it is for fiber optic installation, fiber optic splicing or  fiber termination and, most important, what it will cost!

Cable’s job is to protect the fibres from the hazards encountered in an installation. Will the cables be exposed to chemicals or have to withstand a wide temperature range? What about being gnawed on by a rodent or some animal? Inside buildings, cables don’t have to be so strong to protect the fibres, but they have to meet all fire code provisions. Outside the building, it depends on whether the cable is buried directly, pulled in conduit, strung aerially or whatever.

Since the plan will call for a certain number of fibres, consider adding spare fibres to the cable – fibres are cheap! That way, you won’t be in trouble if you break a fibre or two when splicing, breaking-out or terminating fibres. And request the end user consider their future expansion needs. Most users install lots more fibres than needed, especially adding singlemode fibre to multimode fibre cables for campus or backbone applications.

SYOPTEK’s One-Click Cleaner M16

One-Click Cleaner M16

SYOPTEK introduces One-Click Cleaner M16. SYOPTEK’S M16 One-Click Cleaner Cleans MIL-PRF-29504/5 & MIL-PRF-29504/4 1.6mm terminus in MIL DTL 38999 connectors.

The One-Click Cleaner is an easy-to-use option for cleaning connectors in adapters. Simply insert the One-Click Cleaner into an adapter and push until an audible “click” is heard. The One-Click Cleaner uses the mechanical push action to advance an optical grade cleaning tape while the cleaning tip is rotated to ensure the fiber end-face is effectively, but gently, cleaned.

The One-Click Cleaner is a must-have for field technicians. Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and a great addition to cleaning kits.

Save your wrist – no more twist!

Features:
• Ergonomic, comfortable design with single action cleaning
• Precise mechanical action delivers consistent cleaning results
• Effective on a variety of contaminates including dust and oils
• Automatically advance ensures each clean is performed with fresh cleaning tape
• Low cost per clean
• Compliant with EU/95/2002/EC Directive (RoHS)

Applications:
• Cleans connectors on jumpers and in adapters
• Cleans a wide variety on connector types: MIL-PRF-29504/5 and MIL-PRF-29504/4 1.6mm terminus in MIL DTL 38999 connectors

Report: Global Data Center and SDN Market Nearly Doubled Last Year

The global data center and enterprise software-defined networking (SDN) market jumped 82% in 2015 from the prior year, reaching $1.4 billion, according to research and analysis.
“New SDN use cases continue to emerge, and 2015 was no exception with the establishment of the SD-WAN market,” said Cliff Grossner, senior research director for data center cloud and SDN at IHS. “While still a small market, many startups, traditional WAN optimization appliance vendors and traditional network vendors have jumped in, and we forecast SD-WAN revenue to hit $1.3 billion by 2020.”

Growth for SDN-capable Ethernet switches and SDN controllers continues to grow, with early players, pure-play SDN startups and traditional switch vendors gaining traction as customer deployments escalate, the report says.

Regionally, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) were all up in 2015 for data center and enterprise SDN hardware and software revenue.

“This year we look for new deployments of SDN and the scaling up of existing deployments,” Grossner said. “We continue to see vendors add to their SDN-capable products and organize new open source projects, adjusting their businesses to be part of the SDN-driven transformation.

With the data center and enterprise SDN market now looking to open source software and open hardware designs, the number of deployed networking products based on open source is expected to multiply, and open source software for networking will mature as the integration of individual components creates a complete ecosystem.

SYOPTEK is your one stop solution provider for OTDR, Fiber Optic Tools, One Click Cleaner,Fiber Optic Cleaning Kit,Fiber Optic Switch.

SYOPTEK introduces One-Click Cleaner H125

One-Click Cleaner H125

SYOPTEK’s  One-Click Cleaner H125 cleans a wide variety on connector types: ODC® FTT-Antenna and 1.25mm MIL/AERO harsh environment connectors.

The One-Click Cleaner is an easy-to-use option for cleaning connectors in adapters. Simply insert the One-Click Cleaner into an adapter and push until an audible “click” is heard. The One-Click Cleaner uses the mechanical push action to advance an optical grade cleaning tape while the cleaning tip is rotated to ensure the fiber end-face is effectively, but gently, cleaned.

The One-Click Cleaner is a must-have for field technicians. Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and a great addition to cleaning kits.

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World cabling market declined 3 percent in 2015

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In the most recent World Cabling Overview, which it completed in March, the market-intelligence firm declares the global cabling market declined 3 percent in 2015, to $6 billion after 2014’s $6.2 billion in manufacturer selling price (MSP). The market estimation covers 39 countries. When announcing the results, BSRIA commented, “The strong dollar has reduced market values in 2015 in many countries, measured in U.S. dollars, and has therefore expanded the decline to 3 percent.”

BSRIA identifies Russia and Brazil as countries that fared particularly badly last year. “Russia suffered from sanctions and contra sanctions, and from low oil prices,” BSRIA said. “Projects were postponed and fierce competition pushed cabling specifications and prices down.” Meanwhile in Brazil “some unusual large projects were completed in 2014 and early 2015, and the country is in economic and political turmoil after some years with significant growth.”

The China market grew, but at a rate of 2.3 percent in U.S. dollars (3.8 percent in local currency) “after years of significant growth, as the local area networks market suffered from lack of new construction,” according to BSRIA. “The data center segment performed very well, but it was not enough to boost the overall increase.”

In an overall down year, India stood out as a bright spot, increasing by more than 7 percent in U.S. dollars (12.8 percent in local currency), and BSRIA said the country is “expected to continue showing healthy growth in the forecast period to 2018.”
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Something about Visual inspection you should know.

 

Visual tracing

VFL-100 visual fault locatorContinuity checking makes certain the fibres are not broken and to trace a path of a fibre from one end to another through many connections. Use a visible light “fibre optic tracer” or “pocket visual fault locator“. It looks like a flashlight or a pen-like instrument with a light bulb or LED source that mates to a fibre optic connector. Attach a cable to test to the visual tracer and look at the other end to see the light transmitted through the core of the fibre. If there is no light at the end, go back to intermediate connections to find the bad section of the cable.

A good example of how it can save time and money is testing fibre on a reel before you pull it to make sure it hasn’t been damaged during shipment. Look for visible signs of damage (like cracked or broken reels, kinks in the cable, etc). For testing, visual tracers help also identify the next fibre to be tested for loss with the test kit. When connecting cables at patch panels, use the visual tracer to make sure each connection is the right two fibres! To make certain the proper fibres are connected to the transmitter and receiver, use the visual tracer in place of the transmitter and your eye instead of the receiver (remember that fibre optic links work in the infrared so you can’t see anything anyway).
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SYOPTEK’s Smart Cleaner MPO (Cleans MPO/MTP® flat and/or 8º connectors w/ or w/o guide pins)

Smart Cleaner mpoMany troubles in optical communications equipment are caused by contamination on the optical connector end face.

Smart Cleaner MPO, employs microfibers designed specifically for optical connectors to remove even the smallest contamination not visible to the naked eye. Please take advantage of the improvements you will receive in optical construction working efficiency and in communication services reliability. Read more

When do you use an OTDR?

OTDROTDR manufacturers have give the users a realistic overview of what jobs they will see and what tools they will need. It is very important to understand when you need an OTDR and when it is not appropriate.

If you are installing an outside plant network such as a long distance network or a long campus LAN with splices between cables, you will want an OTDR to check if the fibres and splices are good. The OTDR can see the splice after it is made and confirm it’s performance. It can also find stress problems in the cables caused by improper handling during installation. If you are doing restoration after a cable cut, the OTDR will help find the location of cut and help confirm the quality of temporary and permanent splices to restore operation. On singlemode fibres where connector reflections are a concern, the OTDR will pinpoint bad connectors easily.

OTDRs should not be used to measure cable plant loss. That is the job of the source and power meter, which duplicates the actual fibre optic link, as we described in the first part of this article and is documented by every standard ever written for cable plant loss. The loss measured will not correlate between the two methods; the OTDR cannot show the actual cable plant loss that the system will see.

The limited distance resolution of the OTDR makes it very hard to use in a LAN or building environment, where cables are usually only a few hundred feet long. The OTDR has a great deal of difficulty resolving features in the short cables of a LAN and is more often than not simply confusing to the user.

And one OTDR manufacturer once told a class of students that they could justify the cost of an OTDR simply by using it to test the length of the fibre on a reel when they get it to make sure they got what they paid for. The class laughed at the instructor and pointed out the cable manufacturers mark length on the cable jacket and a £2 calculator would do as well!

Since OTDRs are very expensive and have only specific uses, the decision to buy one must be made carefully. For that reason, most instrument rental companies will rent one for a few days or weeks when you need them. However, if you are not familiar with their operation or cannot understand the results of OTDR tests, it would be much better to hire a specialist to do the testing for you.

How does an OTDR work?

OTDR

Unlike sources and power meters, which measure the loss of the fibre optic cable plant directly, the OTDR works indirectly. The source and meter duplicate the transmitter and receiver of the fibre optic transmission link, so the measurement correlates well with actual system loss. The OTDR, however, uses unique phenomena of fibre to imply loss.
The biggest factor in optical fibre loss is scattering. It is like billiard balls bouncing off each other, but occurs on an atomic level between photons (particles of light) and atoms or molecules. If you have ever noticed the beam of a flashlight shining through foggy or smokey air, you have seen scattering. Scattering is very sensitive to the colour of the light, so as the wavelength of the light gets longer, toward the red end of the spectrum, the scattering gets less. Very much less in fact, by a factor of the wavelength to the fourth power – that’s squared-squared. Double the wavelength and you cut the scattering by sixteen times!

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