QLD Health has clarified its OTDR requirements with confirmation that testing requires a signature trace, which entails testing in one direction, two wavelengths with a launch and a tail cable for cables over 100metres.
NEWS UPDATE!
21/03/2011 - 4:32pm
VTI Services is currently undertaking additional reporting to assist contractors to identify which reports associated with NATA requirements within specifications remain Non Compliant for extended periods.
This will be done only in conjunction with the customer who has specified the requirement for NATA inspections and has asked VTI Services to follow-up on Non Compliant reports.
The procedure includes an automatic email being sent 1 month, 2 months and 3 months after a Non Compliant status is given.
A phone call will be made after the initial first email to ensure that the information is being received by the correct point of contact and to check in on any possible compliance issues the contractor may have.
The final email will be forwarded to the specifier, 3 months after the non compliance at which time VTI Services will pass the project to the specifier for them to action if required.
The project will be archived as Non Compliant 1 month after the notification to the specifier.
If you do not wish to receive these emails please notify VTI Services.
Please note, specifiers may nominate to have reports automatically issued to them within their additional requirements. NATA Reports generated against published national standards that are with no additional customer requirements will only be sent to the commissioning agent.
17/03/2011 - 3:38pm
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently published the standard for measuring installed multimode fibre-optic cabling, bringing the launch conditions in line with ISO/ IEC 14763-3
31/01/2011 - 9:44pm
VTI Services had orginally delevoped the inspection application for internal use but early indicactions are hat the application may be suitable for any observational based inspections
The inspection application incorporates OH&S and inspection guidelines along with strong reporting capabilities
31/01/2011 - 9:25pm
Murray Teale - Technical Director- VTI Services:- has stated today that clarity is required as to the method of establihing compliance to major Australian LAN cabling standards in order to minimise commerical risk in the Australian marketplace.
He stated this was particularly important for AS/NZS3080 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763-3 and AS/NZS ISO/IEC 61935.1 as these are the primary standards called up under commercial arrangement
A revision of these standards are due this year
21/12/2010 - 4:08pm
VTI Services have new Standardised Pricing for 2011 for our test verification service. This pricing will begin in the new year, 1/1/2011. All projects Submitted for test verification before 1st January 2011 will remain under the previous pricing. VTI Services will also release standardised pricing for Fibre to the desktop.
19/07/2010 - 2:16pm
Tyco Electronics and ADC announced on 13th July 2010 a definitive agreement in which Tyco will acquire ADC.
25/06/2010 - 5:54pm
A project in Melbourne submitted by Jason Webb of Kevin R Sheather (Victoria) Pty Ltd has become the first installation in Australia to achieve full NATA verified compliance to Australian Standard AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3. When contacted, Jason indicated that the success of the testing was due to Rob Richardson- the testing officer for the project.
Since the release of AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3 on 15th May 2007, VTI Services has only issued conditionally compliant NATA Statements of Compliance for fibre test results until this Melbourne submission.
The changes to the testing standard requiring the use of reference grade connectors on test cords, modal conditioning, changes to optical attenuation limit calculations and new documentation requirements has taken longer than expected to successfully be implemented by the market.
VTI Services management and staff congratulate the team at Kevin R Sheather (Victoria) Pty Ltd and in particular Rob Richardson for their outstanding display of professional trademanship.
27/05/2010 - 12:09pm
VTI Services has acquired encircled flux launch mode conditioners as a prelude to the release of AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763-3 Amendment. This amendment will recquire the establishment of encircled flux mode conditioning for multi mode testing. Encircled flux launch conditions will enable more repeatable and reproducable optical attenuation testing irrespective of test equipment used.
07/04/2010 - 11:42am
The IEEE has approved work on IEEE P802.3bg, which will specify standards for a serial version of 40-Gigabit Ethernet (40G)
The objectives for the IEEE P802.3bg project include:
- Support a bit error ratio (BER) Better than or equal to 10-12
- Provide a specification which support 40-Gbps Ethernet operation over at least 2 km on singlemode fibre
- Provide optical compatability with exisiting carrier 40-Gbps client interfaces (OTU3/STM-256/OC-768/40G POS).
The Working Group will hold its first meeting to develop IEEE P802.3bg in May 2010, hosted by the ITU in Geneva Switzerland.
19/03/2010 - 4:28pm
Col Browitt has been appointed on a casual basis as the new Buisness Development Manager for VTI Services in VIC. Katie Teale has left VTI Services in her aims of pursuing a career in teaching.
19/03/2010 - 4:20pm
At the QLD BICSI Seminar held on the 11th March, QLD Health announced that an approved NATA inspection body is to verify all Twisted Pair and Fibre results
20/01/2010 - 1:33pm
The latest draft of ISO/IEC 11801 includes the requirement for the inclusion of RL for infield testing of fibre links and channel. The current stated test methodology to determine ORL (Optical Return Loss) is by use of an OTDR and interpetation and calculation based on the OTDR traces. Acceptance of ORL into the standards could see a dramatic change in infield testing requirements
05/01/2010 - 3:34pm
Fluke Network has annouced that support for the DSP 4x00 range of testers will cease in Australia and New Zealand on the 30th June 2010. Support for the repair of DSP range of testers finished on 1st January 2010.
Calibration support was indicated to be continued until 30th June 2010.
Given this VTI Services will be unable to validate any test data where testing was carried out past 30th June 2011
04/01/2010 - 3:21pm
Samantha Prechatanapoj has joined VTI Services as Client Services Manager. Samantha's role will include assisting in the implementation of the intergated CMS and Project Tracking System
03/01/2010 - 3:10pm
VTI Services has updated its web site as part of its 2010 "Driving Customer Care" Campaign.
The web site update includes moving to drupal 6 to better manage project tracking and to support the inhouse deleopment of a Customer Management System.
Additionally an image upgrade of the site will be roled out progressively over the year .