{"id":2445,"date":"2018-09-27T13:10:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2018-09-27T13:10:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T13:10:16","slug":"fiber-terminating-and-otdr-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/fiber-terminating-and-otdr-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiber terminating and OTDR testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2446\" style=\"width: 174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2446\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/fiber-terminating-and-otdr-testing\/img_1969\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?fit=1475%2C2543\" data-orig-size=\"1475,2543\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1327430343&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1969\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Terminating fiber and testing with OTDR.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?fit=174%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?fit=580%2C1000\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?resize=174%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?resize=174%2C300 174w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?resize=594%2C1024 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?w=1475 1475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1969.jpg?w=1160 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terminating fiber and testing with OTDR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[223],"tags":[72,95,458],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6VLMf-Dr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1710,"url":"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/bi-directional-fiber-testing\/","url_meta":{"origin":2445,"position":0},"title":"Bi-Directional Fiber Testing","author":"j2sw","date":"August 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fiber&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fiber","link":"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/category\/fiber\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2434,"url":"http:\/\/www.mtin.net\/blog\/fluke-networks-explains-fiber-polarity\/","url_meta":{"origin":2445,"position":1},"title":"Fluke Networks explains fiber polarity","author":"j2sw","date":"September 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.flukenetworks.com\/blog\/cabling-chronicles\/b-c-s-fiber-polarity Polarity defines direction of flow, such as the direction of a magnetic field or an electrical current. 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