Senin, 25 Agustus 2014

Procedures To Be Followed In Fibre Optic Cable Installation

By Deanne Shepard


It comprises of glass threads that carries messages in form of light signals. If not properly taken care of or inappropriately installed, it can easily develop faults. Special handling of the fibre optic cable installation is therefore of great essence when doing this procedure for smooth functioning.

The placement of the fibre cable in either indoors or outdoors environments follows basic guidelines that must be followed to ensure proper handling, placement, smooth operation and possible easier maintenance in future.

The first thing you need to do is conduct a thorough site survey prior to optic fibre placement. This tries to find out if prevailing conditions on the site require some attention. Probable risks such as high level of temperatures or difficulty in handling machinery should be noted and necessary plans undertaken. Moreover, regulations relating to constructions should be considered. In case of queries regarding the same, they should be addressed by the highest authority.

Thereafter a comprehensive design is done before the deployment. This thus entails certain procedures whose basic foundation depends on the communication paths needed, determined hardware requirements, length of wires and lastly compiling a list of various components and hardware needed and the exact points they are used.

Formulate a wire pulling strategy. The system should represent the deliberations taken in during the site survey to the deployment team. For example, the location of transitional access points, the procedures of securing wires and other operating equipment and defined tasks of every individual of the team performing deployment.

Appropriate measures ought to be adhered to. Fibres being so susceptible, the end of cable should be covered with a cap or heavily taped throughout to prevent entry of moisture. The dents should not be left unattended to in the pull process because excess or difficult pulls, center-pull or back feeding techniques may be utilized.

The wires minimum bend radius should not be topped. When doing the placement, it is of essence not to bend to a radius that is beyond its original radius value. Immediately after its installation, and removal of the pulling tension, it cannot be bent to a radius other than the original radius that was defined. The cable is allowed to undergo alterations provided there is no desecration of the lowest bend radius limitations.

Maximum Recommended Load should never be surpassed during any stage of cable deployment. Each wire has a specific strength rating, hence upon placement completion the outstanding tension on the cable should always be less than this value.

It is always a common exercise to ensure you leave an extra cable at both the start and end of the optic wire run. In addition to this, an extra cable should be placed at strategic points to ensure smooth and reliable operation.

In order to make sure that the fibre plant is properly deployed, and any future trouble shooting and improvement is made easy, you need to document guidelines followed during deployment in a simplified order.




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