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CAUTION: Laser radiation, do not look directly into beam of light!
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The sealing shutter mechanism of the opticalCON avoids contamination of the MTP ferrule locked inside.
The dust-proof design reduces maintenance intervals to a minimum; if nevertheless necessary,follows the maintenance procedure below to avoid damages on the due to inpropes cleaning.

A. Connector Cleaning / Inspection
Intervall:Tools:

every 500 matings recommended
Ÿ NEUTRIK MTP service Tool (FOCD-STM)
Ÿ Dry Cleaner MPO/MTP (FOCD-DCM)
Ÿ optical fiber video probe®

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1. Disconnect both cable ends for safety reasons.
Invisible laser radiation may be emitted fromdisconnected fibers or connectors. Do not stare intobeams or view directly with optical instruments.

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2. Remove dust cap from the connector (A) and mount
NEUTRIK FOCD-STM inspection tool on it until it islocked (B).

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3. Prepare the optical fiber video probe with thecorrelate singlemode or multimode tip (C).
Under the following QR-code you can find a list withappropriate video probs and tips.

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4. Insert the video probe tool into our NEUTRIK FOCDSTM service tool (D).

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5. To inspect the MTP ferrule surface focus the video
probe by rotating the focus wheel (E) and to switch(F) or move to the next ferrule rotate the wheels onthe tip (G).
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6. Clean the MTP surface with the Dry Cleaner over
the NEUTRIK MTP service tool.
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7. Push back and forth the dry cleaner to start thecleaning procedure (H). An endless lint free taperemoves dust particle on the ferrule surface of theMTP connector.
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8. Check the condition of the MTP ferrule surface
again and if necessary repeat step 7.
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Dry Cleaner MPO/MTP® (FOCD-DCM)

During inspection procedure, make surethat each ferrule is completely free of dust.
As a reference the ferrule has to look asillustrated on Picture B.

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9. After the cleaning procedure unlock the NEUTRIK
inspection tool (I).

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B. Chassis Cleaning
Dry cleaning using FOCD-DCM
1. Remove dust cap and insert the tip of the drycleaning cleaner.

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2. Guide the tip to the dry cleaner into the chassis
housing (A).

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3. Push back and forth the dry cleaner to start thecleaning procedure (B). An endless lint free taperemoves dust particle on the ferrule surface of theMTP connector.
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4. After cleaning procedure, remove dry cleaner
and coves the tip with the dust cap.
Dry Cleaner (FOCD-DCM)

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