Certifying and Troubleshooting Premises Cabling Systems NETCONNECT ACT II
Course code
ND3802
Duration
2 Days, 16 Acad. Hours
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
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.
