As demand for optical fiber increases day by day,the numbers of fibers in a single optical cable can be as many as 2096 individual fibers.As more fiber cables are buried underground,it becomes extremely dificult for the telecom engineers and technicians to manage the cables because cables may take different pathways, or be labeled incorrectly. As vast large number of optical cable being deployed by different service providers, new players such as utility,cable companies and telecom incumbents, it is crucial to correctly locate the target desired cables in outside plant. An Easy-to-Use Method of Cable Identification
Optical Cable Identifier,OClD was a specially developed instrument for telecommunications engineers and technicians to identify a desired target fiber optical cable, which is a user friendly,easy to operate and non-invasive to the optical fiber cables. It can be used in various environments,such as manholes, tunnels conduits and aerial.
Based on the properties of photo elastic effect,the OCID converts the coherent laser energy into visual or audio signal, so user can easily locate the target desired fiber in manholes,tunnels conduits,and aerial, etc. With the OCID,the user can easily recognize the target opticalcable from the rest by gently tapping them.
The OClD replaces traditional optical fiber identification methods that require cutting,bending,or freezing of the fiber.It is a new non-invasive detection method,which can greatly reduce installtion, deployment and troubleshooting time and cost reduce the operation, improve the overall operational efficiency.