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FIA PUBLISHES TSD-2000-4-2-3
VIABLE TEST CORD PROCUREMENT
  
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TSD-2000-4-2-3 Optical Fibre Cabling:
Testing of installed cabling:
Specification, procurement and use of test cords is now freely available to members.

This document has taken almost five years to produce - a timescale that reflects the complexity of the topic. During that period two international standards have been published which discuss the requirements for test cords to be used to undertake testing of installed optical fibre cabling.

[BS EN] IEC 61280-4-1:2009 describes
two types of test cord - one of those types
having “reference grade terminations”
(which shall be used for resolution of
disputes, unless otherwise agreed) and
are recommended to be used to reduce
measurement uncertainty and the other
type having “normal terminations”

ISO/IEC 14763-3 allows only one type of
cord - terminated with “reference grade
connectors”


The FIA, via its Project Team “Reference Grade Termination” (RGT), has been working for more than two years in order to identify an economically viable method to allow installers to obtain test cords having either “reference grade terminations” or “reference grade connectors”. This project was deemed critical since if the correct test cords are not readily available then the complete approach to test methods becomes fundamentally flawed.

TSD-2000-4-2-3 interprets the requirements of [BS EN] IEC 61280-4-1 and [BS EN] IEC 61280-4-2* in relation to the specification, procurement and use of test cords having both “normal” and “reference grade” terminations. It inter-relates with the other FIA TSDs that address testing of installed cabling.

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To date, it has only been found possible to specify and procure “reference grade terminations” for certain types of commonly used connecting hardware.

As a result, the FIA Technical Support Documents describing test procedures using both light source/power meter (LSPM) and optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) equipment have been re-issued to reflect the requirements of [BS EN] IEC 61280-4-1 for multimode (50/125 or 62,5/125 um) optical fibre cabling and of [BS EN] IEC 61280-4-2* for singlemode optical fibre cabling rather than ISO/IEC 14763-3.

 

Dateline:17th October 2011

* in revision at this time
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