Remote Fiber Test System ( Fiber Monitoring System )
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Network Operation Center (NOC) receives Alarms & Customer complaints
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Transmission equipment seems good, so it must be the fiber...
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Which rack and fiber? Where is OTDR? Who to dispatch? CO, OSP or CP technician?
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Work starts but we are digging in the right place, will we damage something else?
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Crew dispatched with map and OTDR. I think I know more or less where to go
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Great, finally found a map and OTDR. I hope the OTDR has the right configuration
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Fiber Network Fault Finding
- Without Monitoring > 6 hours
- With Monitoring < 5 minutes
Fiber Outages cost $$$$
Optical Switches for Fiber Network Monitoring
Part of the VeSion™ system, the OX4000 series optical switches provide reliable, fast, and repeatable performance. Units can be controlled via built-in keypad or remotely via RS232 or Ethernet Remote Fiber Test Systems (RFTS).
The OX-4000 in tandem with the OXA-4000 to increase available monitoring ports when more than 128 ports required.
Optical Test Access Unit for Fiber Network Monitoring
VeEX® OXA-4000 series optical test access unit is used with the RTU-4000 fiber probe to support network monitoring of dark or in-service fiber networks. The OXA-4000 provides reliable, fast, and repeatable performance and is controlled via RTU-4000.
Remote Fiber Test System (RFTS)
The Remote Fiber Test System (RFTS) comprises the RTU-4000 platform with the RTU-4100 OTDR optical test module. The RFTS monitors optical fiber infrastructures in Core, Metro, Access and FTTx/PON networks, improving workflow and reducing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).