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3 Ways to Customize Your Fiber Optic Connector Inspection Process

Posted by Rachael Cates on Jan 17, 2017 1:50:25 PM

One of the biggest advantages to having a FastMT automated fiberscope, is the ability to customize the settings and parameters of your inspection protocol. Whether you have one system or several, a small team of operators or dozens, you simply have to input the desired parameters and you can rest assured that every connector will be inspected consistently and reliably, regardless of whom is operating which system.


FiberQA has just released software update 2.10.9 (if you require and upgrade, please contact sales@fiberqa.com). Here a few different ways to tweak the settings to ensure you are getting the most of your FastMT desktop fiberscope.

1.Customizing Test Configurations

The Test Configuration panel will most likely be the area you want to become the most familiar with. This is the panel where new test configurations are created and edited. While systems come pre-loaded with IEC standards, operators can create configurations that meet the quality control standards of their own company. Minimum thresholds for particles and scratches can be set, along with many other test parameters. Operators can create additional zones and setup rules as needed. To further customize a test, ferrules with multiple rows can have different rules applied to each row of fibers or even be left out of the processing all together in special use cases to further minimize testing time. Below is an example list of rules that can be included in a test configuration.

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2.Enhancing Contrast

Operators have a couple of options for increasing and decreasing the contrast of the fiber images. This can be extremely helpful when testing brightly illuminated cores and will help accentuate low contrast defects. Below is an example of how increasing the enhancement through the Ferrule Menu can help find defects while in Live Mode, without having to even process the ferrule. Operators can also conduct automated HDRI processing to properly level the image based on the brightness of the Cladding and Core Zones.

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3.Running Reports

One of the newer features FastMT offers is the ability to run and print reports. There are so many different ways to produce reports that we did not want to limit operators to just one. Reports can be saved as a PDF, MS Word or HTML file. Operators can also choose to have all fiber images saved as one image file, which can include or exclude the pass/fail text as desired. Operators have several other customization options depending on the formatting they choose, and can set the program to automatically print depending on the chosen result.


 There are endless combinations of testing parameters when using a FastMT system. This ensures that no matter how basic or complex the needs of a company are, the FastMT is able to provide the most repeatable, reproducible, and reliable test results. With the dozens of customizable parameters and settings, operators can automate and streamline their process as much or as little as they choose. The FastMT can be easily used to take a cursory look at the entire ferrule without scrolling from fiber to fiber, or can be used to apply a set of complex rules to multiple zones and different rows of fibers for even the most demanding of standards.

If you are still stuck using a manual fiberscope, or would like to learn how to be using your FastMT more efficiently, please contact us today.


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Topics: fastmt, fiberoptic inspection, fiberoptic, auto inspection