The new SmartClass Fiber OLP-87 FTTH PON meter and OLP-82 power meter optical handhelds combine accuracy power measurements with PASS/FAIL fibre inspection into a single portable device.

This combination drives user workflow and behavior, encourages best practices, and improves overall quality of work with integrated certification. Additionally, it reduces the number of tools and peripheral required to carry into the field and correctly enables installation, commissioning or troubleshooting of fibre anywhere in the network from day one.

Fibre connectivity is rapidly expanding into new environments such as FTTH (Fibre To The Home)and FTTA (Fibre To The Antenna). As user bandwidth demands increases, the margin for error in network performance is drastically reduced. Each connection point is a potential risk for signal loss and damage as contaminated connectors are the #1 cause for troubleshooting in optical networks.

Today’s network owners are protecting their investments by demanding compliance to industry standards for endface cleanliness, such as IEC 61300-3-35. To address these demands, today’s technicians require tools that allow them to certify standards compliance for power/loss and connector quality, while utilising systematic and proactive methods that are fast and accurate.

With the explosion of fibre everywhere network owners often have to employ unskilled workforce to keep up with installation labour demands. This can result in significant training costs with project time pressures to make fibre technician’s field ready quicker. JDSU SmartClass fibre tools address the need for tools which are ease to use, self intuitive and make instant fibre smart techs without the huge overheads for training.