Telecom Unitronics is a pioneer in sourcing and introducing the latest instrumentation solutions for new cable, radio frequency, and fiber optic networks. They are distributors and an authorized service center for the world's most recognized instrumentation brands, including Fujikura, JDSU, Noyes, and Anritsu, and offer multi-brand calibration and repair services.
Some courses announced for this year:
- JUDSU OFS200, Optical Measurement Reporting Software (includes: installation, initial configuration, commands, manual measurements, automatic measurements, report generation…)
- Optical Measurements in FTTx (includes: introduction, optical fiber composition, units of measurement, radio spectrum, refractive index, loss measurements, FTTX definitions, FTTX architectures, PON variants and characteristics, GPON network schemes, power measurements, reflectometric measurements, measurements during construction, maintenance measurements, instrumentation, radio spectrum), with practical exercises in a simulation model of a real installation of the operator, measurements during construction in the outside plant, loss measurements, reflectometric measurements, measurements for installation and maintenance, power measurements, reflectometric measurements).
- Optical Fiber Splicing (fiber types, multimode fibers, single-mode fibers, dispersion-shifted fibers, optical fiber pair connection systems, types of optical fiber splices, fiber stripping and cleaning, importance of cutting, mechanical splices, fusion splices, multimode fiber splices, single-mode fiber splices, dispersion-shifted (DS) fiber splices, NZDS fiber splices, mixed splices, main causes of losses in optical fiber splices, fusion splicer configuration and adjustment, fusion splicer maintenance and cleaning) with practical exercises in fiber stripping and cleaning, multimode fiber splicing, single-mode fiber splicing, dispersion-shifted (DS) fiber splicing, and NZ-DS fiber splicing.
- Measurements for specialist fiber optic technicians (optical transmission measurements, optical measurement programming, optical power, insertion loss, return loss, reflectometry, dispersion, modal dispersion, chromatic dispersion, PMD, nonlinear effects, measurements in WDM systems, measurements with OSA, interpretation of results) with practical exercises in chromatic dispersion measurements, PMD measurements, and interpretation of results.
- Relectometric-OTDR measurements (optical fiber composition, units of measurement, wavelength, refractive index, insertion and return loss, types of optical fibers, how an optical reflectometer works, what can be measured with an OTDR, fiber length, splice measurements, connector measurements, automatic measurements, manual measurements, launch fiber, connectors, steps to follow before measuring, phantom events) with practical exercises in link loss measurements, splice and connector loss measurements, length measurements, return loss measurements, and complex measurements.
This year also includes online seminars (webinars) on the basics of working with Optical Fiber (Introduction to Optical Fibers, Splicing in Single-mode Optical Fibers, Splicing in Multimode Optical Fibers, Power and Optical Loss Measurements, Configuration and simple measurements with OTDRs, ICTs…)
