Operating Basics
Use the following items to clean optical connectors:
Dry, clean, and dust-free compressed air
Fiber cleaning cassette and/or tape dispenser cleaner
Pipe cleaner
CAUTION.
Clean both ferrule endfaces with a dry cloth tape cleaner (cassetted
or in a dispenser).
For safe and effective cleaning of the optical male
fi
ber end-face exposed after
removing the UCI adapter, Tektronix recommends the following method and tools.
Overview
To clean the optical connectors
Related information
Supplies
required
One compressed air can, such as Tektronix part
number 118-1068-01.
A cleaning tool, such as:
a FIS cassette cleaner, (such as FI-6270)
a FIS tape dispenser cleaner (such as FI-7111).
an Optipop pipe cleaner (such as F1-6364).
Cleaning kits for optical connectors (such as
the Tektronix Optical Connector Cleaner part
number 020-2494-XX) are available from several
suppliers.
Remove UCI
adapter
1.
Loosen the UCI adapter and remove it. This exposes
the male
fi
ber end-face behind the UCI connector.
Clean UCI
adapter
2.
Clean contaminates from the inside wall of the hollow
female-to-female ferrule alignment tube inside the UCI
adapter.
Use the compressed air can to clean the female
input of the UCI adapter end-to-end.
Pull the pipe cleaner through the UCI adapter.
CAUTION.
Do not blow compressed air into the female
input of the UCI adapter when it is installed on the module.
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