Certifying and Troubleshooting Premises Cabling Systems NETCONNECT ACT II

Course code

ND3802

Duration

2 Days, 16 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

Course overview

This is a comprehensive CommScope NETCONNECT course featuring approximately 70% hands-on training with appropriate tools and test equipment. Each student will obtain the experience necessary to certify and document twisted pair and optical fiber cable plants according to the current ANSI/TIA-568 industry standards. Each student will also obtain experience troubleshooting common problems with installed premises cabling systems.

Objectives

Learn the terminology and standards associated with certification and compliance of premises cabling systems
Understand the capabilities of the available test equipment and which is used when
Know the steps required to break down a circuit and identify a fault on both copper and fiber
Learn how to verify a circuit is standards compliant
Understand the relationship of power budgets and application support
Recognise the common faults that occur on both copper and fiber and how to deal with themObjectives
Learn the terminology and standards associated with certification and compliance of premises cabling systems
Understand the capabilities of the available test equipment and which is used when
Know the steps required to break down a circuit and identify a fault on both copper and fiber
Learn how to verify a circuit is standards compliant
Understand the relationship of power budgets and application support
Recognise the common faults that occur on both copper and fiber and how to deal with them

Audience

Installers of premises cabling systems who prefer to take a class rather than the online SP3802 version of the ACT II course. (May not be available in all regions).

Prerequisites

Prerequisities for this course

We recommend that students attending this course have previously completed CommScope NETCONNECT ACT I

Course Outline

Course outline

Introduction and Terminology

Define and explain the terminology associated with the certification and troubleshooting of premises cabling systems.
Review the capabilities and general operation of the following test equipment: Cable Analyzers, Optical Loss Test Sets, Visual Fault Locators (VFL), Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDR) and Microscopes.

Industry Standards Review

Identify, compare, and define the role of the industry standards in the network cabling industry.
Describe the elements of the telecommunications system as described by the industry standards.
Define “link” and “channel”, and describe the difference between the two.

Twisted Pair Cabling Systems

Describe twisted pair cable classifications and transmission performance guidelines.
Explain the industry standards parameters and guidelines for twisted pair cable, connectors, and cabling systems.
Recognize common twisted pair cabling system faults and describes how to troubleshoot them.
Use a variety of Cable Analyzers to make typical certification tests on twisted pair cable.

Optical Fiber Cabling Systems

Describe optical fiber cable classifications and transmission performance guidelines.
Explain the industry standards parameters and guidelines for optical fiber cable, connectors, and cabling systems.
Describe how to determine power budgets and margins.
Recognize common optical fiber cabling system faults and describes how to troubleshoot them.
Describe the testing procedures for Insertion Loss as required by the ANSI/TIA 568 standard.
Use a microscope, an optical loss test set, and an OTDR to make typical certification tests on fiber optic cable.