Installation Guide

Litenna  Installation Guide Optical Test Procedure
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Connecting Fiberoptic Cable
The following are needed in order to carry out a fiberoptic connection:
➤ Splice
➤ Connector
Splice
A splice consists of cutting the fiberoptic cable across the cable’s diameter and
combining the opening with another fiberoptic cable.
A splice can be carried out in the following methods:
Fusion
– following the splice, the cables are warmed and the two fiberoptic cables
are melted together.
Mechanical
– following the splice, a hard connection is made between the two
fiberoptic cables.
Connector
In order to add or connect additional fiberoptic cable, a connector is used to make
the connection. There are several types of connectors:
➤ FC/PC
➤ SC/PC
➤ SC/APC (used by Litenna)
Fiberoptic Cable Bending Loss
When the cable has bends or interior irregularities, then the optical signal becomes
weaker, known as Bending Loss.
The sharper the bend, the higher the loss. Such losses increase the cable’s
attenuation.
Note
When installing fiberoptic cable, the minimum bending radius needs to be noted
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in order to prevent excessive bending of the cable, causing additional loss.
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