Optical fiber connector test equipment

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of optical fiber testing, and provides optical fiber connector testing equipment, which comprises a plurality of ports used for inserting optical fiber connectors at the input end of an optical cable and capable of sending optical signals to the inserted optical fiber connectors; the detection assembly is used for receiving an optical signal sent by the optical fiber connector; the rotating assembly comprises a plurality of mounting seats, the rotating assembly can drive the mounting seats to rotate, and the mounting seats are used for inserting optical fiber connectors at the output ends of optical cables; the control assembly is used for controlling the rotation assembly to rotate, so that the detection assembly receives optical signals transmitted by the optical fiber connectors of different output ends. After the optical fiber connector on the mounting seat at the detection assembly is detected once through the control assembly, only the control assembly is needed to control the rotating assembly to enable the optical fiber connector on the mounting seat to rotate; the to-be-detected optical fiber connector on the mounting seat is moved to the detection assembly, and the optical fiber connector does not need to be repeatedly plugged and unplugged.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of optical fiber test, specifically relates to a kind of optical fiber connector test equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Optical fiber is widely used in data center, communication network, optical fiber to the home and many other scenarios as important carrier of information transmission. In order to ensure the transmission performance and quality of optical fiber, testing optical fiber is an essential link.

[0003] At present, the test method for optical fiber connector is mainly carried out by manual or semi-automatic way. The specific operation is: the tester inserts the optical fiber connector into the optical fiber connector test equipment, and then starts the test program to detect the performance parameters of the optical fiber channel. A cable often includes multiple optical fiber connectors. After testing all the optical fiber channels included in a cable, the tester needs to manually pull out the optical fiber connector and insert the next optical fiber connector for testing. This test method meets the test requirements of optical fiber connector to some extent.

[0004] However, using the existing test method, when continuously testing multiple optical fiber connectors of a cable, the tester needs to frequently insert and pull out the optical fiber connector, which results in long time consumption. SUMMARY

[0005] In view of the time-consuming problem of the prior art, the utility model aims to provide a time-saving optical fiber connector test equipment.

[0006] To solve the above problems, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:

[0007] An optical fiber connector test equipment, comprising: a plurality of ports, the port is used for inserting the optical fiber connector of the input end of cable, the port can send optical signal to the inserted optical fiber connector;

[0008] A detection component for receiving the optical signal transmitted by the optical fiber connector;

[0009] A rotating component comprising a plurality of mounting seats, the rotating component can drive the mounting seat to rotate, and the mounting seat is used for inserting the optical fiber connector of the output end of cable;

[0010] A control component for controlling the rotation of the rotating component, so that the detection component receives the optical signal transmitted by the optical fiber connector of different output ends.

[0011] In some embodiments, the projection of the detection component towards the rotating component is located on the movement path of the plurality of mounting seats;

[0012] The control component controls the rotating component to rotate, and the rotating component rotates the mounting base to the projection of the detection component.

[0013] In some embodiments, the rotating component comprises a rotating disc and a first motor.

[0014] The rotating disc is installed on the first motor.

[0015] A plurality of mounting bases are arranged on the rotating disc.

[0016] The control component controls the first motor to rotate the rotating disc and move the corresponding fiber connector inserted in the corresponding mounting base to the detection position after the detection component completes detection.

[0017] In some embodiments, the first motor is a stepping motor.

[0018] In some embodiments, the plurality of mounting bases are arranged at the same angle interval on the rotating disc.

[0019] In some embodiments, the number of mounting bases is eight.

[0020] When the number of mounting bases is eight, the included angle between the adjacent two mounting bases and the center of the rotating disc is 45 degrees.

[0021] In some embodiments, the rotating disc is provided with a through hole, and the mounting base is clamped in the through hole.

[0022] In some embodiments, the port is inserted with a busbar.

[0023] The other end of the busbar is provided with a first connector, and the busbar is inserted with the fiber connector of the fiber input end through the first connector.

[0024] When the port sends a signal, the signal is sent to the fiber through the first connector and the fiber connector.

[0025] In some embodiments, the detection component comprises a detection window.

[0026] The detection window is used to receive the optical signal transmitted by the fiber connector of the output end.

[0027] The control component is used to analyze the optical signal to obtain a detection result.

[0028] In some embodiments, the port is provided with a signal emission source for emitting a test optical signal.

[0029] The utility model discloses an advantageous effect is: after the detection component on the mounting seat of control assembly to optical fiber connector completes a detection, only needs control assembly to control rotating component and makes the optical fiber connector on mounting seat rotate, makes the optical fiber connector of mounting seat to be detected remove to the detection component, does not need to repeat the plug -in optical fiber connector, also does not need to spend a lot of time on the plug -in. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0030] Figure 1 It is the perspective drawing of one of optical fiber connector test equipment of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 2 It is the enlarged view of A of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 3 It is the perspective drawing of one of optical fiber connector test equipment of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 4 It is the perspective drawing of another optical fiber connector test equipment of the utility model;

[0034] Figure 5 It is the use state diagram of one of optical fiber connector test equipment of the utility model;

[0035] Figure 6 It is the use state diagram of another optical fiber connector test equipment of the utility model.

[0036] REFERENCE SIGNS

[0037] 100, optical fiber connector test equipment;120, moving assembly;130, port;140, detection component;150, mounting seat;160, busbar;170, control assembly;

[0038] 121, rotating component;1211, rotating disc;1212, first motor;122, translation component;1222, track;1223, bearing;1224, driving part;122a, second motor;122b, screw;

[0039] 141, detection window;

[0040] 161, first connector;

[0041] 210, optical cable;220, optical fiber connector

[0042] 211, input end;212, output end. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0043] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0044] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more than two, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0045] For the convenience of describing the first direction, the second direction and the third direction in the embodiments of the present application, the first direction is the left-right direction in the drawings, the second direction is the front-rear direction in the drawings, and the third direction is the up-down direction in the drawings. Among them, the x-axis arrow direction is as the "right" direction in the following text, the y-axis arrow direction is as the "up" direction in the following text, and the z-axis arrow direction is as the "back" direction in the following text, which is not limited in the actual application of the present application.

[0046] As Figure 1As shown in Figures 4-6, this embodiment provides a fiber optic connector testing device 100, which includes multiple ports 130, a detection component 140, a moving component 120, and a control component 170. Ports 130 are used to insert fiber optic connectors 220 into the input end 211 of the optical cable 210, and can send optical signals to the inserted fiber optic connectors 220. The detection component 140 is used to receive the optical signals sent by the fiber optic connectors 220. The moving component 120 includes multiple mounting bases 150, which can drive the mounting bases 150 to move. The mounting bases 150 are used to insert fiber optic connectors 220 into the output end 212 of the optical cable 210. The control component 170 is used to control the movement of the moving component 120, thereby allowing the detection component 140 to receive optical signals transmitted from fiber optic connectors 220 at different output ends 212. In other words, during installation, the fiber optic connectors 220 of multiple fiber optic input terminals 211 are connected to the port 130 in sequence, and the fiber optic connectors 220 of multiple fiber optic output terminals 212 are inserted into a corresponding mounting base 150. During testing, the signal emitted through the port 130 is transmitted to the detection component 140 via the fiber optic cable 210. The detection component 140 receives the signal and then performs detection and analysis through the control component 170. After each detection is completed, the control component 170 controls the moving component 120 to move the fiber optic connector 220 on the mounting base 150. This moves the fiber optic connector 220 to be tested on the mounting base 150 to the detection component 140 for testing, eliminating the need for repeated plugging and unplugging of the fiber optic connector 220 and reducing the time spent on plugging and unplugging.

[0047] The port is equipped with a signal transmitter for transmitting test optical signals.

[0048] The moving component 120 has two embodiments: a rotating component 121 and a translating component 122.

[0049] like Figures 1-3 as well as Figure 5 As shown, when the moving component 120 is a rotating component 121:

[0050] In this embodiment, the moving component 120 includes a rotating component 121, and a control component 170 controls the rotating component 121 to rotate, causing the fiber optic connector 220 of the output end 212 of the corresponding optical cable 210 to be tested to rotate to the detection position. That is, rotation is used to rotate the fiber optic connector 220 of the output end 212 of the corresponding optical cable 210 to be tested to the detection component 140, and finally the control component 170 detects the signal emitted from the fiber optic output end 212. By rotating and sequentially aligning the components, multiple tests are performed, which can accelerate the detection efficiency.

[0051] like Figures 1-3In the embodiment, the projection of the detection assembly 140 towards the rotating assembly 121 is located on the moving path of the plurality of mounting seats 150. By locating the projection of the detection assembly 140 towards the rotating assembly 121 on the moving path of the plurality of mounting seats 150, the signal emitted by the fiber connector 220 inserted into the mounting seat 150 can be collected by the detection assembly 140, preventing the problem of being unable to receive the signal emitted by the fiber connector 220 or receiving incomplete signal.

[0052] As Figures 1-3 In the embodiment, the rotating assembly 121 comprises a rotating disc 1211 and a first motor 1212; the rotating disc 1211 is installed on the first motor 1212; the rotating disc 1211 is provided with a through hole, and the mounting seat 150 is clamped in the through hole; the plurality of mounting seats 150 are arranged on the rotating disc 1211 at the same angle interval; each time the detection assembly 140 completes detection, the control assembly 170 controls the first motor 1212 to rotate the rotating disc 1211, and the corresponding fiber connector 220 inserted into the corresponding mounting seat 150 moves to the detection position. By arranging the plurality of mounting seats 150 on the rotating disc 1211 at the same angle interval, the accurate angle of rotation can be analyzed according to the same angle when the control assembly 170 controls the first motor 1212 to rotate the rotating disc 1211, preventing the problem of being unable to accurately detect due to difficulty in controlling the rotation angle caused by uncertain angle.

[0053] The first motor 1212 is a stepping motor, and the rotation angle and stop gap of the stepping motor are adjusted by the control assembly 170, so that the detection time and the time gap of detection can be accurately utilized; that is, when the control assembly 170 detects the signal emitted by the fiber connector 220 of the fiber output end 212, the first motor 1212 stops; when the control assembly 170 analyzes the detected data, the control assembly 170 controls the first motor 1212 to rotate at the same time so that the fiber connector 220 on the next mounting seat 150 to be detected rotates to the detection assembly 140.

[0054] The number of mounting seats 150 installed on the rotating disc 1211 is greater than or equal to two, and the optimal number is eight; when there are eight mounting seats 150, the included angle between two adjacent mounting seats 150 is 45 degrees.

[0055] When the moving assembly 120 is a translation assembly 122:

[0056] As Figure 4 and Figure 6As shown, in this embodiment, the moving component 120 includes a translation component 122, and the control component 170 controls the translation component 122 to move, so that the fiber optic connector 220 of the output end 212 of the corresponding optical cable 210 to be tested moves to the detection position. That is, by translation, the fiber optic connector 220 of the output end 212 of the corresponding optical cable 210 to be tested is rotated to the detection component 140, so that the mounting base 150 is aligned with the detection component 140. Finally, the detection component 140 detects the signal emitted by the fiber optic connector 220 of the optical cable output end 212. By sequentially aligning through translation, multiple tests are performed, which can accelerate the detection efficiency.

[0057] like Figure 4 and Figure 6 As shown, in this embodiment, the projection of the detection component 140 onto the translation component 122 is located along the movement path of the plurality of mounting bases 150. By ensuring that the projection of the detection component 140 onto the translation component 122 is located along the movement path of the plurality of mounting bases 150, the signal emitted by the fiber optic connector 220 inserted into the mounting base 150 can be collected by the detection component 140, preventing problems such as failure to receive the signal emitted by the fiber optic connector 220 or incomplete signal reception.

[0058] like Figure 4 and Figure 6 As shown, in this embodiment, the translation component 122 includes a carrier 1223 and a drive component 1224; a mounting base 150 is mounted on the carrier 1223, and multiple mounting bases 150 are arranged at equal intervals on the carrier 1223; the drive component 1224 can drive the carrier 1223 to move the mounting bases 150; each time the detection component 140 completes a detection, the control component controls the drive component 1224 to translate the carrier component, and moves the corresponding fiber optic connectors 220 inserted on the mounting bases 150 to the detection position. By using multiple mounting bases 150 arranged at equal intervals on the carrier 1223, the precise translation distance can be analyzed based on the equal intervals when the control component 170 controls the drive component 1224 to translate the carrier 1223, preventing the problem of inaccurate detection due to difficulty in controlling the translation distance caused by uncertain distance.

[0059] like Figure 4 and Figure 6 As shown, in this embodiment, the translation component 122 further includes a mounting base 150 and a track 1222; the track 1222 is disposed on the mounting base 150, and the carrier 1223 is mounted on the track 1222, allowing the carrier 1223 to translate linearly along the track 1222; the driving component 1224 is mounted on the mounting base 150, and the driving component 1224 drives the carrier 1223 to move. In other words, the driving component 1224 pushes the carrier 1223 to move along the track 1222, making operation simple and convenient.

[0060] likeFigure 4 and Figure 6 As shown in FIG. 12, in an embodiment, the driving member 1224 comprises a second motor 122a and a screw rod 122b; the second motor 122a and the screw rod 122b are installed on the mounting base 150, the second motor 122a can drive the screw rod 122b to rotate; the bearing member 1223 is provided with an internal thread; the bearing member 1223 is installed on the screw rod 122b through the internal thread; when the second motor 122a rotates, the screw rod 122b drives the bearing member 1223 to move along the track 1222. That is, the second motor 122a is used to drive the screw rod 122b to rotate, and the screw rod 122b drives the bearing member 1223 to move through the thread; and the screw rod 122b is used to push, according to the self-locking property of the screw rod 122b, the stability of the bearing member 1223 can be ensured when the bearing member 1223 stops moving, so that the stability of the control assembly 170 during detection can be ensured.

[0061] The second motor 122a is a stepping motor, the translation distance and the stop gap of the stepping motor are adjusted by the control assembly 170, so that the detection time and the time gap of detection can be accurately used; that is, when the control assembly 170 detects the signal emitted by the fiber connector 220 of the fiber output end 212, the second motor 122a stops; when the control assembly 170 analyzes the detected data, the control assembly 170 controls the second motor 122a to rotate at the same time, so that the fiber connector 220 on the next mounting base 150 to be detected is translated to the detection assembly 140.

[0062] In other embodiments, the driving member 1224 can also use gears and racks to cooperate; that is, the gear is installed on the mounting base 150, one end of the rack is fixed on the bearing member 1223, the gear rotates to drive the rack to move, and the rack drives the bearing member 1223 to move along the track 1222.

[0063] In an embodiment, when the fiber 210 is 32-core, the fiber 210 comprises two fiber connectors 220 and four fiber connectors 220; and each fiber connector 220 contains 16 cores, and each fiber connector 220 contains 8 cores; each fiber connector 220 is connected with one of the ports 130; and each fiber connector 220 is sequentially connected with one of the mounting bases 150.

[0064] In an embodiment, when the fiber 210 is 64-core, the fiber 210 comprises four fiber connectors 220 and eight fiber connectors 220; and each fiber connector 220 contains 16 cores, and each fiber connector 220 contains 8 cores; each fiber connector 220 is connected with one of the ports 130; and each fiber connector 220 is sequentially connected with one of the mounting bases 150.

[0065] And the use of multi-port 130 and a plurality of mounting seat 150, can be different core fiber connector 220 detection at the same time, detection is more convenient.

[0066] As shown in Figures 5-6 In this embodiment, the port 130 inserted with the busbar 160; busbar 160 is provided with a first connector 161; busbar 160 through the first connector 161 and the fiber connector 220 inserted with the fiber input end 211; when the port 130 sends a signal, the signal is sent to the fiber through the first connector 161 and the fiber connector 220. The use of busbar 160 makes the port 130 and the fiber connector 220 of the fiber input end 211 connected, which can prevent the fiber connector 220 of the fiber input end 211 from being directly connected with the port 130, and the problem of being difficult to insert; and through the busbar 160 connection, it is convenient to connect under the extension of the busbar 160.

[0067] As shown in Figures 3-4 The detection assembly 140 includes a detection window 141; detection window 141 for receiving the optical signal transmitted by the fiber connector 220 of the output end 212; control assembly 170 for analyzing the optical signal, thereby obtaining the detection result. That is, the signal emitted by the fiber connector 220 of the fiber output end 212 enters the detection window 141, and then is detected and analyzed by the control assembly 170, and the abnormal data is recorded.

[0068] As shown in Figures 1-6 The embodiment provides a kind of fiber connector test method, using fiber connector test equipment 100 to test fiber connector 220, comprising:

[0069] First, the fiber connector 220 of the input end 211 of the optical cable 210 is sequentially inserted with the first connector 161 on the busbar 160; again, the fiber connector 220 of the output end 212 of the optical cable 210 is sequentially inserted with the mounting seat 150 according to the order of the input end 211 of the optical cable 210;

[0070] That is, according to the position of the fiber connector 220 on the input end 211 on a optical cable 210 on the optical cable 210, the first connector 161 on the corresponding busbar 160 is inserted in sequence, and then according to the position of the fiber connector 220 on the output end 212 on a optical cable 210 on the optical cable 210, the corresponding mounting seat 150 is inserted in sequence; prevent the record order from being reversed during detection, which leads to confusion.

[0071] Then, control assembly 170 starts detection assembly 140;

[0072] The control component 170 controls the mobile component 120 to move so that the output end 212 of the optical cable 210 corresponding to the optical fiber connector 220 moves to the detection position according to the polarity information;

[0073] The detection component 140 receives the optical signal transmitted by the optical fiber connector 220 of the output end 212 located in the detection position;

[0074] The control component 170 obtains the optical signal received by the detection component 140 and obtains the detection result.

[0075] The control component 170 controls the movement of the mobile component 120, thereby controlling the order of detection, which can effectively detect the target optical fiber and ensure the effective detection and stability.

[0076] Installation and implementation steps;

[0077] 1. The busbar 160 is inserted into the port 130 before use, and the busbar 160 does not need to be pulled out during use;

[0078] 2. The optical fiber connector 220 of the input end 211 of the optical cable 210 to be detected is inserted into the first connector 161 on the busbar 160 in turn; and the optical fiber connector 220 of the output end 212 of the same root optical cable 210 is inserted into the mounting seat 150 in turn;

[0079] 3. The signal emission source is started to emit test optical signals at the port 130, and the control component 170 starts to receive the optical signals;

[0080] 4. When the test optical signals pass through the busbar 160, the first connector 161, the optical fiber connector 220 of the input end 211, the optical fiber in the optical cable 210, and the optical fiber connector 220 of the output end 212 in turn, and then pass through the detection window 141 to the control component 170;

[0081] 5. After the control component 170 receives the optical signals, the mobile component 120 is controlled to move and the optical signals are analyzed to obtain the polarity information of the optical fiber connector;

[0082] 6. When the mobile component 120 is controlled to move, the control component 170 judges whether there is an untested channel in the optical fiber connector 220 according to the polarity information; if there is an untested channel, the control component 170 controls the mobile component 120 to move the next optical fiber connector 220 to be tested to the detection position;

[0083] 7. When the optical signals are analyzed, the analysis results are recorded and the detection positions are recorded.

[0084] 8. Whenever the control component 170 completes a reception, it will perform an analysis and control the moving component 120 to move once;

[0085] 9. Continue testing until the fiber optic connectors 220 on the entire optical cable 210 are completed.

[0086] In summary, this utility model provides a fiber optic connector testing device. After the control component completes one test on the fiber optic connector on the mounting base of the testing component, the control component only needs to control the rotation component to rotate the fiber optic connector on the mounting base, so that the fiber optic connector to be tested on the mounting base can be moved to the testing component. There is no need to repeatedly plug and unplug the fiber optic connector, thus eliminating the need to spend a lot of time on plugging and unplugging.

[0087] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this application, and are not intended to limit them. Although this application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features. Such modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application.

Claims

1. An optical fiber connector testing apparatus, characterized by, The application relates to a device for testing optical fiber connectors, comprising: a plurality of ports for inserting optical fiber connectors of input ends of optical cables, the ports being capable of transmitting optical signals to the inserted optical fiber connectors; a detection assembly for receiving the optical signals transmitted by the optical fiber connectors; a rotating assembly comprising a plurality of mounting seats, the rotating assembly being capable of rotating the mounting seats, the mounting seats being used for inserting optical fiber connectors of output ends of optical cables; a control assembly for controlling the rotating assembly to rotate so that the detection assembly receives optical signals transmitted by different optical fiber connectors of the output ends.

2. The fiber optic connector test apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The projection of the detection assembly on the rotating assembly is located on a moving path of the plurality of mounting seats; After the rotating assembly is controlled to rotate by the control assembly, the rotating assembly rotates the mounting seats to the projection of the detection assembly.

3. The fiber optic connector test apparatus of claim 2, wherein: The rotating assembly comprises a rotating disc and a first motor; The rotating disc is installed on the first motor; The plurality of mounting seats are arranged on the rotating disc; After the detection assembly completes detection once, the control assembly controls the first motor to rotate the rotating disc and moves corresponding optical fiber connectors inserted in corresponding mounting seats to a detection position.

4. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 3, wherein: The first motor is a stepping motor.

5. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 3, wherein: The plurality of mounting seats are arranged on the rotating disc at the same angular interval.

6. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 3, wherein: The number of the mounting seats is eight; When the number of the mounting seats is eight, the included angle between two adjacent mounting seats and the center of the rotating disc is 45 degrees.

7. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 3, wherein: The rotating disc is provided with through holes, and the mounting seats are clamped in the through holes.

8. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 1, wherein: The ports are inserted with busbars; The busbars are provided with first connectors at the other ends, and the busbars are connected with the optical fiber connectors of the input ends of optical fibers through the first connectors; After the ports transmit signals, the signals are transmitted into the optical fibers through the first connectors and the optical fiber connectors.

9. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 1, wherein: The detection assembly comprises a detection window; The detection window is used for receiving optical signals transmitted by the optical fiber connectors of the output ends; The control assembly is used for analyzing the optical signals so as to obtain detection results.

10. The fiber optic connector testing device of claim 1, wherein: The ports are provided with signal emission sources for emitting test optical signals.

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