Fiber Rings are often a necessity when testing with an OTDR or Optical Troubleshooter. A launch cable, which connects the OTDR or Optical Troubleshooter to the link under test, reveals the insertion loss and reflectance of the near-end connection. A receive cable, which connects to the far-end of the link, reveals the insertion loss and reflectance of the far-end connection. Launch and receive test cables can range from 150 m to 1 km (or longer) in length. Because very long test cables are impractical to transport and use, AFL offers coiled lengths of 50 mu multimode, 62.5 mu multimode, or single-mode fiber packaged in compact rings.
