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Black Box Corporation
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Black Box Corporation.
09/24/2003
#10102
FIBER TALK’N TEST, POCKET FIBER TESTER, POCKET OPTO SOURCE
Test fiber optic cable on the spool or
already installed. Even talk to a test partner!
Compact test devices
that are powered by a
standard 9-V battery.
Use to determine dB
loss.
For fiber optic cable
with ST connectors.
Use Talk’n Test to
communicate with a
partner during testing.
Headset is included.
Pocket Opto Source
provides a light source
for a tester.
Pocket Fiber Tester also
tests for continuity.
Test measurements
shown on easy-to-read
LED bar scale.
Key Features
F
or simple and affordable testing
of multimode fiber optic cable,
order one of these battery-powered
testing devices from Black Box:
The Pocket Fiber Tester is
a simple, convenient, general-
purpose tool that enables you to
check the integrity of your fiber
optic interconnections. It’s the
perfect tool when all you want is
a quick measure of a fiber cable’s
dB loss and continuity.
The Pocket Fiber Tester has
a simple test format that gives you
a rough idea of the quality of a
particular fiber cable, whether
it’s installed or still on the spool.
Test measurements are
displayed on an LED scale, which
can be easily read in even dimly
lit environments. This scale is
calibrated in dBms, which is a
standard unit for fiber optic power
measurements, and marked in
increments of 2 dBm.
The Pocket Fiber Tester works
with the following types of ST-
terminated fiber cables: multimode
(50-, 62.5-, or 100-micron) single,
duplex, or bundled. Its transmitter
has a current-controlled capability
to launch -20 dBm of continuous
850-nm light into a properly
prepared terminus of a 100-micron
fiber cable. The launch power into
62.5-micron cable is -23 dBm, and
into 50-micron cable, it’s -28 dBm.
Small enough to fit into a shirt
pocket, this compact tester also
features a power-on indicator,
which reminds you to switch the
unit off after use.
The Fiber Talk’n Test functions
like the Pocket Fiber Tester but
also enables you to talk to a test
partner at the cable’s other end
via amplitude modulation (AM).
Shipped with a folding headset
with a boom microphone, the
Fiber Talk’n Test has a ”press
to test” pushbutton switch and a
volume control so you can
optimize communications with
your test partner.
The Fiber Talk’n Test must be
used in pairs.
The Pocket Opto Source,
which can be used with the
Pocket Fiber Tester, injects a
continuous, nonpulsed signal at a
known power level into a
terminated multimode fiber optic
cable link. In simple terms, you
use it to send a beam of light to
someone with a tester at the end
of the fiber cable.
When used with the Pocket
Fiber Tester, the Pocket Opto
Source is ideal for measuring
an installed cable’s continuity or
attenuation in situations where
the cable’s ends are too far apart
to be connected.
It’s also small enough to fit into
a shirt pocket and draws its power
from a standard 9-volt battery.
Tester components
The Pocket Fiber Tester and
Fiber Talk’n Test feature four main
components: an optical source,
an optical receiver, receive-level
