User's Manual Part 2

Installing Fusion Wideband
Page 146 InterReach Fusion Wideband Installation, Operation, and Reference Manual
© 2013 TE Connectivity Ltd D-620616-0-20 Rev H • TECP-77-044 Issue 7 • May 2013
12 PlacethesleeveandfusedfiberintotheFusionWidebandsplicer’sheater.
13 All
owtimeforthesplicesleevetocure.
14 Returnfibersplice
tothesplicetray,storethesleeveinaspliceholderwithinthetray,and
storeexcesscablelengthinaccordancewiththetraymanufacture’sdirections.
15 A
ftersuccessfullytestingthefiber,plugtheSC/APCpigtailintotheproperopticalportonthe
Hub.
OptionB:FusionWidebandSplicetheFiber‐OpticCabletotheSC/APCPigtail
1 MakesuretheFusionWidebandsplicerissettothepropermode(thatis,single‐or
multi‐mode).
2 Secureboththefiberc
ableandtheSC/APCpigtailinasplicetrayportionofafiber
distributionpanel.
3 Prepare
thefiberendbycuttingbackthepolyethylenejacket,thekevlarorfiberglassstrength
members,theextrudedcoating,andthebuffercoatinginordertoexposethe“barefiber”–
claddingpluscore.
4 Ensuret
hatsufficientslackismaintainedinordertobeabletoreachtheFusionWideband
splicer.
5 Clean
theuncladfibercoreusingisopropylalcoholandlint‐freewipes.
6 Cleav
etheuncladfibertothelengthprescribedbytheFusionWidebandsplicer’s
specificationsheets.
7 RepeatStep3throughStep6fortheSC/APCpigtail.
8 Passthesplicesleeveontothefiberstrand.
9 Positionbot
hfiberendsintheFusionWidebandsplicerandcompletespliceinaccordance
withtheFusionWidebandsplicer’soperationinstructions.
10 Ensuret
hattheestimatedlossforthespliceasmeasuredbytheFusionWidebandspliceris
0.10dBorbetter.
11 SlidetheFusionWidebandsp
licingsleeveoverthepointoftheFusionWidebandsplice.
12 Pla
cethesleeveandfusedfiberintotheFusionWidebandsplicer’sheater.
13 All
owtimeforthesplicesleevetocure.
14 Returnfibersplice
tothesplicetray,storethesleeveinaspliceholderwithinthetray,and
storeexcesscablelengthinaccordancewiththetraymanufacture’sdirections.
15 Aftersuccessfullytestingthefibe
rcable,plugtheSC/APCpigtailintothebacksideofthe
SC/APCbulkheadintheFiberDistributionPanel.
16 I
nstallaSC/APCpatchcordbetweenthefrontsideoftheSC/APCbulkheadandtheproper
opticalportontheHub.
NOTE: For information on troubleshooting, see “Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Technical
Assistance”onpa
ge181.