RedBrick Technology Group’s Fiber Optics division offers professional, certified fiber optic technicians trained in the latest termination, splicing and testing procedures.  We also offer professional design services for LAN, WAN and MAN optical fiber plants both inside and outside.

Fiber Optic Design

Our design team can assist you with the proper selection of fiber type and quantity as well as proper jacket selection to precisely fit the needs of your application.  We can help you answer questions like these:

• How far can I go with multimode fiber?
• Do I need singlemode fiber anywhere?
• What are the differences between 50 and 62.5 micron fiber?
• Aerial vs. buried vs. blown fiber what are the advantages? Disadvantages?
• How do I calculate my power loss budget so that we order the proper electronics?

There are many other important questions to ask and answer when designing a fiber optic physical plant.  We will work with you to make sure that each question is asked and properly answered before any construction work begins.

Our termination technicians are trained in the latest techniques by the Fiber Optic Association. We work with all manufacturers to insure that all terminations meet or exceed the manufacturers’ recommendations. Our technicians have been taught how to evaluate each termination to make sure they are not over or under polished which could result in poor light transmission.  Unlike many field technicians, we don’t wait for testing to determine a bad termination we can properly diagnose a good or bad termination with a microscope and are trained in what procedures to follow to fix the problem. Some problems can be fixed, others can not. We don’t just cut off the connector and start again.

Fiber Optic Testing

We can provide Professional Engineers or RCDD’s to perform fiber optic testing directly or we can provide these same individuals to review and certify the test results from the contractor of your choosing.

• When should OTDR testing be done and what does a proper trace look like?
• Reading for light loss from my OTDR tests differ from those done with the light source/power meter.  Why is there a difference?
• The tops of all or some of my OTDR traces seem to be clipped off?  Is this a concern?
• How do I know what are the proper settings for pulse width, frequency, numerical aperture, index of refraction, etc.

If you or your technician can’t answer all of these questions then how can you be certain that your test results are accurate. OTDR testing is time consuming and expensive…you don’t want to have to do it twice because the test equipment was improperly set up or improperly operated.

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