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TESTING OF INSTALLED CABLING


There are three FIA Technical Support Documents (available free-of-charge to FIA members) which address
the procedures for measuring the attenuation of installed optical fibre cabling. These are:
FIA-TSD-2000-4-2-1: LSPM
FIA-TSD-2000-4-2-2: OTDR
FIA-TSD-2000-4-2-3: Specification,
procurement and use of test cords.

These documents support the use of the following national, European and international standards which can
be purchased online from the BSI links below:
[BS EN] IEC 61280-4-1:2009
Fibre optic communication subsystem test
procedures - Installed cable plant - Multimode
 attenuation measurement
[BS EN] IEC 61280-4-2:2000
Fibre optic communication subsystem basic
test procedures - Part 4-2: Fibre optic cable
plant - Single-mode fibre optic cable plant
attenuation


For technical reasons explained in detail in the TSDs, the FIA cannot support the application of the following international standard:
ISO/IEC 14763-3 Ed.1.1:2011
including Technical Corrigendum 1
Information technology - Implementation and
operation of customer premises cabling -
Testing of optical fibre cabling
even though it is referenced from the current edition of [BS] EN 50346 which references test methods for
installed cabling.

The following links provide quick reference information which define and support the FIA approach:

ShortForm Guidance

Supplier Listing
Standards-compliant Test Equipment
Mode Controller Cords (MCC)


Reliable testing of installed optical fibre cabling requires the application of inspection and cleaning of the optical fibres endsfaces under test (and on the test cords). The FIA supports the use of the following national, European and international standards which can
be purchased online from the BSI links below:

[BS EN] IEC 61300-3-35
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and
passive components. Basic test and
measurement procedures. Examinations and
measurements. Fibre optic connector endface
visual and automated inspection
[BS PD] IEC TR 62627-01
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and
passive components. Fibre optic connector
cleaning methods

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