Patent ID: 11906389
Assignee: EXFO INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method for assisting a technician in optical fiber splices using a first and a second test unit to be connected toward opposite ends of an optical fiber link, the optical fiber link comprising a first fiber span and a second fiber span to be spliced, each test unit having at least one output port, the method comprising:
at least one of the first test unit and the second test unit activating a tone generator to produce a tone optical signal toward an output port;
at least the other one of the first test unit and the second test unit detecting, using a tone detector, a presence of the tone optical signal produced by the tone generator of the opposite test unit and received via the output port in order to test a continuity of the optical fiber link;
on a portable device used by the splicing technician and in communication with the first test unit and the second test unit, displaying a result of a continuity test performed using the first test unit and the second test unit in a user interface, whereby the splicing technician can verify that the spliced fiber spans match;
after the splice is completed, at least one of the first test unit and the second test unit conducting a splice quality test toward the optical fiber link, the splice quality test comprising performing at least one OTDR acquisition toward the output port; and
on the portable device used by the splicing technician, displaying a result of the splice quality test, whereby the splicing technician can be informed about the splice quality.