BS EN 61300-2-42:2014

What is BS EN 61300-2-42 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components about?  

BS EN 61300 is a series on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components.  

Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components is a fibre optic telecommunications technology for delivering broadband network access to end-users. BS EN 61300-2-42 specifies a test to determine the influence of a side load applied to a cord assembled with strain relief. The intention is to simulate a static load, due to a length of fibre cable, which would typically be experienced during service.  

Components should withstand side loads during optical transmission without degradation of the optical performance. Besides a boot, any feature that controls the bending radius of the fibre can be considered as strain relief. 

Who is BS EN 61300-2-42 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components for? 

BS EN 61300-2-42 on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components is useful for: 

• Telecommunication component manufacturers 
• Telecommunication equipment manufacturers 
• Design engineers 
• Quality control personnel 

Why should you use BS EN 61300-2-42 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components?  

Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components architecture implement a point-to-multipoint topology in which a single optical fibre serves multiple endpoints by using unpowered (passive) fibre optic splitters to divide the fibre bandwidth among the endpoints. The specimen is inserted into the test apparatus as shown in BS EN 61300-2-42.

A load, equivalent to several metres of cable, is applied to the cable attached to the device under test and any changes in optical attenuation are recorded during the specified period of the test.  

The details, as applicable, specified in BS EN 61300-2-42 are the magnitude of the load applied to the cable, duration of the load application, cable configuration, number of mutually perpendicular directions of load application, initial examinations, measurements and performance requirements, examinations and measurements during test and performance requirements, final examinations, measurements and performance requirements, deviations from this test method, additional pass/fail criteria and wavelength of the source. Using BS EN 61300-2-42 you can specify a test to determine the influence of a side load applied to a cord assembled with strain relief. 

What’s changed since the last update?  

BS EN 61300-2-42:2014 supersedes BS EN 61300-2-42:2005. BS EN 61300-2-42:2014 includes a technical change with respect to BS EN 61300-2-42:2005: 

• Modification of the severity according to cable configurations