Splicing, Jointing & Termination

Fiber Optic Splicing & Termination

1. Splicing FO Ring & Access
a. Make sure that all of the below tools and equipment is ready : 1. Cutting Tools (Hand saws, etc) 2. FO cable stripper 3. FO Core Cleaver 4. Splice Closure + Protection Sleeves 5. Splicing Equipment 6. Genset & Lamp set 7. Tent/Large Umbrella 8. Knife Cutter 9. Pliers 10. Linen and Alcohol/Thinner 11. Tissue & Cotton 12. Marker 13. Isolation tape 14. Tie-rope 15. Measuring Tape 16. OTDR Things to be consider 1. All equipment and tools must be in good condition and clean.

2. To do the cutting/stripping of the cable, hand should always behind the cutter. 3. Dont step up the fiber tube, it will cause damage of the FO core. 4. Keep away the alcohol from eye. 5. Dont slack the core with very small radius, the minimum radius is approx. 8cm. 6. Dont throw away the cutting core everywhere, put it in save bin or stick it to the isolation tape.

Fiber Optic Jointing Procedure Step by step a. b. c. d. Setup the tent or big umbrella to prevent the rain or heat of sundries. Setup the Genset and power cable for power supply. Prepare the cables which need to splice. Strip back about 2 meters of fiber cable skin to expose the fiber loose tubes or tight buffered fibers. Use cable rip cord to cut through the fiber skin. Then carefully peel back the skin and expose the insides tubes. Cut off the excess skin. Clean off all cable gel with cable gel remover. Separate the fiber loose tubes and buffers by carefully cutting away any yarn or sheath. Leave enough of the strength member to properly secure the cable in the splice enclose. For the aerial cable, because theres any metal to support the cable (messenger wire) it required to be stripped first. Strip the tube protection (black one), to do this, it needs to consider below thing: Do it slowly little by little (approximately per 25cm with handsaw and not too deep to prevent any damage to the optic tube. Break it slowly and turn the tube protection to release it from the whole part. Pull the protection so the yarn will expose, cut the yarn then only the tube will shows. Clean the tubes from jelly with linen and thinner B. For a loose tube fiber cable, strip away about 2 meters of fiber tube using a buffer tube stripper and expose the individual fibers. Carefully clean all fibers in the loose tube of any filling gel with cable gel remover. Coiling the fiber optic core rounded for it to be secure. Secure the end of the loose tube to the splice tray and lay out cleaned and separated fibers on the table. Strip and clean the other cable tubes fiber that is to be spliced, and secure to the splice tray. Do the Splicing. 1. Connect the Splicer and OTDR to the Genset to get sufficient power to work on. 2. Prepared the cores which need to join 3. Put a fusion splice protection sleeve onto the fiber being spliced. 4. Strip the core from it jacket, for this use the special pliers (fiber stripper). 5. Carefully clean the stripped bare fiber with lint-free wipes soaked in isopropyl alcohol. After cleaning, prevent the fiber from touching anything. 6. When it clean then put the core into the cleaver to cut the fiber core. 7. With a high precision fiber cleaver, cleave the fiber to a specified length according to the fusion splicers manual. 8. Strip, clean and cleave the other fiber to be spliced. 9. Place both fibers in the fusion splicer and do the fusion splice according to its manual. 10. Push the SET button to jointing these two cores automatically. Heat shrink the fusion splice protection sleeve. Slide the fusion splice protection sleeve on the joint and put it into the heat shrink oven, and press the heat button.

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m. Place splice into splice tray. Carefully place the finished splice into the splice tray and loop excess fiber around its guides. Ensure that the fibers minimum bending radius is not compromised. n. Repeat the process (k2-10) for another core. o. Repeat the process (f-m) for another tube. p. Perform an OTDR test of the splice and redo the splice if necessary. q. After all fibers have been spliced, carefully close the splice tray and place it into the splice enclosure. r. Close the closure properly as per given manual. s. Run the flush test to ensure that theres no leaking inside the closure. t. Put the closure at the assigned place. u. Filled up the DSD.

2. Termination of FO Ring and Access

a. Make sure that all of the below tools and equipment is ready : 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. Cutting Tools (Hand saws, etc) FO cable stripper FO Core Cleaver Splicing Equipment Protection Sleeve Pigtail Knife Cutter Pliers

5. Genset (if working outdoor)

10. Linen and Alcohol/Thinner 11. Tissue & Cotton 12. Marker 13. Isolation tape 14. Tie-rope 15. Measuring Tape 16. OTDR Things to be consider 1. All equipment and tools must be in good condition and clean. 2. To do the cutting/stripping of the cable, hand should always behind the cutter. 3. Dont step up the fiber tube, it will cause damage of the FO core.

4. Keep away the alcohol from eye. 5. Dont slack the core with very small radius, the minimum radius is approx. 8cm. 6. Dont throw away the cutting core everywhere, put it in save bin. Fiber Optic Termination Procedure Step by step a. Setup the tent or large umbrella to prevent the rain or heat of sundries. (if working outdoor at the MSAN cabinet) b. Prepare the cables which need to terminate. c. Strip back about 2 meters of fiber cable skin to expose the fiber loose tubes or tight buffered fibers. Use cable rip cord to cut through the fiber skin. Then carefully peel back the skin and expose the insides. Cut off the excess skin. Clean off all cable gel with cable gel remover. Separate the fiber loose tubes and buffers by carefully cutting away any yarn or sheath. Leave enough of the strength member to properly secure the cable in the splice enclose. d. For the aerial cable, because theres any metal to support the cable (messenger wire) it required to be stripped first. e. Strip the tube protection (black one), to do this, it needs to consider below thing: Do it slowly little by little (approximately per 25cm with handsaw and not too deep to prevent any damage to the optic tube. Break it slowly and turn the tube protection to release it from the whole part. Pull the protection so the yarn will expose, cut the yarn then only the tube will shows. f. Clean the tubes from jelly with linen and thinner B. tube stripper and expose the individual fibers. h. Carefully clean all fibers in the loose tube of any filling gel with cable gel remover. i. j. Strip and clean the pigtails fiber core that is to be spliced, and secure to the splice tray. Coiling both fiber optic core (cable & Pigtail) rounded for it to be secure. separated fibers on the table.. l. Do the Splicing. 1. Connect the Splicer and OTDR to the power outlet (if work in STO) or Genset to get sufficient power to work on. k. Secure the end of the loose tube to the splice tray and lay out cleaned and g. For a loose tube fiber cable, strip away about 2 meters of fiber tube using a buffer

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Prepared the both cores, cable and pigtail which need to join. Put a fusion splice protection sleeve onto the fiber being spliced. Strip the core from it jacket, for this use the special pliers (fiber stripper). Carefully clean the stripped bare fiber with lint-free wipes soaked in isopropyl alcohol. After cleaning, prevent the fiber from touching anything. 6. When it clean then put the core into the cleaver to cut the fiber core. 7. With a high precision fiber cleaver, cleave the fiber to a specified length according to the fusion splicers manual. 8. Strip, clean and cleave the pigtail fiber core to be spliced. 9. Place both fibers in the fusion splicer and do the fusion splice according to its manual. 10. Push the SET button to jointing these two cores automatically. m. Heat shrink the fusion splice protection sleeve. Slide the fusion splice protection sleeve on the joint and put it into the heat shrink oven, and press the heat button. n. Place splice into splice tray. Carefully place the finished splice into the splice tray and loop excess fiber around its guides. Ensure that the fibers minimum bending radius is not compromised. o. Repeat the process (k2-10) for another core. p. Repeat the process (f-n) for another tube. q. Perform a OTDR test of the splice and redo the splice if necessary. r. After all fibers have been spliced, carefully close the splice tray and place it into OTB or ODF s. Filled up the DSD.

Copper Joint & Termination

1. Outdoor Cut Over (Join Parallel Secondary)
a. Make sure that all below tools and equipments are ready 1. Tent / Large Umbrella 2. Cable Cutter (handsaw) 3. Copper cable stripper 4. 1(one) set jointing kit 5. Multipurposed tool kit 6. Crimping Plier 7. AVO Meter

8. Linen & Kerosene 9. Isolation tape 10. Tie-rope b. Setup the tent or large umbrella to prevent the rain or heat of sundries. (if working outdoor at the MSAN cabinet). c. Start preparations to do the parallel join of cooper cable tie-line. d. In this process, strip the secondary cable PE jacket along 150 cm until the pair cable is exposed. e. Leave the small piece of the cable jacket with metal foiled for a grounding kit installation purpose. f. Install the grounding kit and it cord, attached to this cable jacket.. g. Clean the copper cable pairs from jelly using clean linen and kerosene. h. Cut the cable pairs along 50 cm to get the good cable edge i. j. Install temporary closures for copper pair join. Strip the existing cable that will be cut over along +/- 50 cm until the cable pairs has exposed. k. Connect the tie-line wire with the existing cable pair per pair using the 3M-UB2 connector. l. When all the tie-line connected to the existing secondary cable pairs, continuity test can be perform. m. After all the cables are jointed and tested as continued and there is no crossing, then the customers line is ready to migrate. n. Close the join with temporary closure is to prevent from moisture.

2. Indoor Cut Over (Secondary Parallel Jumper)

a. Make sure that all below tools and equipments are ready 1. Cable Cutter (handsaw) 2. Copper cable stripper 3. 1(one) set jointing kit 4. Multipurposed tool kit 5. Crimping Plier 6. AVO Meter 7. Linen & Kerosene

8. Isolation tape 9. Tie-rope b. Do the preparation for jumper parallel pvc cable cooper indoor. c. Install the LSA broadband and it BMF beside the buildings secondary LSA/K71, or in a place that has been assigned. d. Pull the PVC indoor cable through a tray or wall that has been determined. e. Clamp this cable to the cable tray using tie-rope or cable clamp if this cable running through the wall. f. Terminate this PVC cable to the Primary Terminal of Indoor MSAN. g. Terminate this PVC cable to the new LSA broadband/K71 h. Do the T-line connection from new LSA broadband/K71 to the existing secondary LSA. i. . When it done and test with the good result, the customers line is ready to migrate.

3. Termination of Secondary Cable Tie-line

a. Make sure that all of the below tools and equipment is ready : 1. Hand saws 2. copper cable stripper 3. AVO Meter 4. 1(one) set jointing kit 5. Multipurposed tool kit 6. Linen and kerosene 7. Isolation tape 8. Tie-rope 9. Insertion Tools (IDC tool) 10. MDF Insulator b. Setup the tent or large umbrella to prevent the rain or heat of sundries. (if working outdoor at the MSAN cabinet). c. Make sure that the cooper cable tie-line is pulled into the secondary compartment of MSAN.

d. Install the LSA+ on the secondary frame (secondary BMF) of MSAN is mounted. The numbers of this LSA+ should same with the Secondary Cable Capacity which mention in the BOQ and Secondary Schematic As-Plan Drawing. e. Terminate the tie-line in accordance to the MSAN tie-line capacity that has been pulled. f. In this process, the secondary cable should be stripped along +/- 100 cm (for MSAN type D-200) or 150cm (for MSAN type D-500/1000 & Indoor) until the pairs cable are exposed. g. Leave the small piece of the cable jacket with metal foiled for a grounding kit installation purpose. h. Clean the copper cable pairs from jelly using clean linen and kerosene. i. j. Install the grounding kit and it cord, attached to this cable jacket. Adjust the length of the cables in accordance to the position of the LSA Terminal. follow the length of the cable and leave +/- 5 cm open for termination purpose. l. Arrange the placement of the cable in it place inside the MSAN. previous customer number (adapted to the order of previous customer's number and customer validation data). n. For the MSAN with type D-500, the order of the LSA is set with the odd number of secondary tie-line will placed in the left side of MSAN, and for the even number of Secondary tie-line will placed in the right side of MSAN. The order of pair number is according to the order of previous customer number (adapted to the order of previous customer's number and customer validation data). o. Tighten the LSA+ at the Frame (BMF) which attached to the MSAN. p. Then insert the secondary cable pair one by one into the blade clamp of the LSA, using the IDC tool (insertion tools), q. After all pairs have been terminated, tied up neatly the secondary cables using black color.tie-rope. r. Install grounding cable at a predetermined place in the MSAN wall. m. For the MSAN with type D-200, the order of the LSA is according to the order of

k. Wrap the cable pairs neatly with the black insulation tape. The wrapping should

When the cutover joint and termination is finish do the continuity test to make sure that all line are straight and no twisting. The testing should be done from Secondary Terminal of MSAN to the Secondary Terminal of existing cabinet.

Note : Its recommended that termination done parallel with MSAN Installation in Implementation stage.