User's Manual

Chapter 6 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Cleaning the instrument and optical connections
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Step 2: Cleaning
the cable
connectors
If optical performance of your unit is poor, clean the ferrule tip
of the optical cable connector using alcohol and lint free lab
wipes or a CLETOP reel type cleaner. To ensure a good
connection, clean the connectors every time you connect the
cables to the optical jacks.
To clean the cable connectors
1 Remove the protective cap on the optical fiber cable
connector.
2 If you are cleaning the connector using the CLETOP reel
type cleaner, proceed to step 3; otherwise, if you are
cleaning the connector using alcohol wipes, do the
following:
a If you are using a pre-saturated alcohol wipe, proceed
to step b; otherwise, if you are using a wipe that is not
pre-saturated, fold the wipe several times to get a pad
of 6 to 8 layers of material, and then use the alcohol
dispenser to dampen (without soaking) a corner of the
pad.
b Firmly press the tip of the ferrule (see Figure 30) into
the damp area of the wipe.
NOTE:
JDSU offers the OCK-10 Cleaning kit, which includes a
CLETOP cleaning tape cassette, spare tape for the cas-
sette, lint free laboratory wipes, and cleaning sticks
(swabs). To order a kit, contact JDSU Customer Care.
Figure 30 Cable connector assembly
ferrule tip