The FiberChek Sidewinder is the industry’s first "all-in-one" handheld inspection and analysis solution for multifiber connectors such as MPO. The latest addition to the award-winning VIAVI FiberChek family delivers a completely automated solution to inspect and analyze every fiber of an MPO or other multifiber connectors with industry-leading reliability and speed.
Learn more about fiber inspection, fiber testing, passive optical networks (PON), XGS-PON.
Benefits
- Fully autonomous multifiber inspection
- Automate the inspection workflow
- Certify end face quality to customer requirements
- Ensure accurate and fast test performance with automatic test results at the press of a button.
- Easily access connections in any location
- Connect with anything and test anywhere!
Key Features
- Integrated touchscreen
- Live fiber viewing
- Auto-center
- Auto-focus
- Auto-pan/scroll
- Built-in fiber end-face analysis
- Audible sounds for Pass/Fail results
- User-selectable acceptance profiles
- Stores results on device or export
- WiFi, and USB connection to a PC and mobile devices
- All-day battery life
- Built in acceptance criteria to industry standards (IEC-61300-3-35)
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Care Support Plans
| Product Group | Recommended Plan | Bronze | Silver | Maxcare | |
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| FiberChek Sidewinder | Bronze-5 | Does the product require calibration? Common questions or issues |
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Technical Assistance Premium Premium Premium Factory Repair Priority Service Self-paced Training Factory Calibration Express Loaner * 5-year plans only; if applicable
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VIAVI Care Support for Existing Equipment
FleetCare plans can be customized to include any service entitlements on your fleet of existing equipment. Please fill out a Service Contracts form for a quote.
- Any collection instruments with a single coterminous renewal date
- Each contract is customized with any number of annual terms required by the customer
- Onsite Calibration, Training, Field Application Engineer days can be added
Training Courses
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This course presents a detailed overview of the technology fundamentals including the topology, network problems and fault isolation, and real-world issues that impact quality of service as well as fiber inspection techniques and connectivity/continuity tests. Learn the recommended approach for how to test and evaluate the performance of DWDM networks using OTDR and PMD tests. Understand how to confidently troubleshoot network faults and locate problems in DWDM networks.
- Understand light propagation, DWDM network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, fiber losses and attenuation process, and the recommended fiber inspection and cleaning techniques
- Describe the multiplexing process
- Define PMD and why it needs to be measured
- Understand the operation of an OTDR test and what conditions impact the accuracy of it
- Describe the recommended approach to DWDM and PMD testing and for troubleshooting
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
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This course presents a detailed overview of technology fundamentals including the topology, protocol-oriented network problems, fault isolation, and real-world issues that impact quality of service. Learn the recommended layered/structured approach for testing and troubleshooting techniques to test and certify Ethernet circuits, including proper fiber inspection techniques.
- Understand the fundamental operation of Ethernet/IP networks including the network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, errors and alarms
- Comprehend the purpose and need for auto-negotiation, Ethernet switching, flow control, and prioritization functions
- Detail the structured approach to test and troubleshoot Ethernet/IP networks including VLANs
- Describe the the characteristics of the TCP/IP protocol suite and how to perform protocol analysis on an IP network
- Become familiar with how to employ the RFC 2544 and Y.1564 automated testing scripts
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
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This course presents a detailed overview of the basic technology fundamentals including the topology, network problems and fault isolation, and real-world issues that impact quality of service as well as fiber inspection techniques and connectivity/continuity tests. Learn the recommended approach for how to characterize and certify fiber using three key fiber tests, fiber inspection, connectivity/continuity and OTDR for FTTx, FTTP, and FTTA. Understand how to confidently troubleshoot network faults and locate problems in xWDM and PON networks.
- Understand light propagation, network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, fiber losses and attenuation process
- Describe the causes of loss in fiber networks
- Understand the recommended fiber inspection and cleaning techniques and describe the proper process to perform fiber optic connectivity/continuity and OTDR tests
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
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This course presents a detailed overview of the technology fundamentals and Passive Optical Networks (PONs) including the topology, network problems and fault isolation, and real-world issues that impact quality of service as well as fiber inspection techniques and connectivity/continuity tests. Learn the recommended approach for how to characterize and certify fiber using three key fiber tests, fiber inspection, connectivity/continuity and OTDR for FTTx, FTTP, and FTTA. Understand how to confidently troubleshoot network faults and locate problems in FTTx and PON networks.
- Understand light propagation, network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, fiber losses and attenuation process
- Describe the causes of loss in fiber networks
- Understand the recommended fiber inspection and cleaning techniques
- Describe the proper process to perform fiber optic connectivity/continuity tests
- Understand the fundamental operation of an OTDR test
- Describe what conditions impact the accuracy of the OTDR test
- Detail the steps involved in the process to perform an OTDR test including event analysis
- United States
- English
- Other languages available upon request
Self-Paced Online Training
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This course presents an overview of performing an OTDR test using the FTTH-SLM mode on the SmartOTDR tester. Learn how to set up an OTDR test for a 1x8 configuration, run the test, and locate, review and save test results.
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
- Self-Paced Online Training
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This course presents an overview of the recommended Inspect Before You Connect (IBYC) process. Learn how to properly inspect, clean, and test fiber end-faces before making connections.
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
- Self-Paced Online Training
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This course presents a solid foundation of understanding for Fiber Optic technology and concepts. Learn about fiber safety and standards, light propagation, network components and architecture, connectors and cable types, and fiber losses and attenuation process.
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
- Self-Paced Online Training
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This course presents a solid foundation of understanding for Fiber Optic testing concepts. Learn about the importance of embracing the proper fiber inspection, cleaning, and basic fiber testing process and techniques, and the basic fiber tests and the tools needed to perform.
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
- Self-Paced Online Training
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This course presents an overview of the key concepts for performing testing operations in Fiber-to-the-X (FTTX) networks and Passive Optical Networks (PONs). Learn about testing methods for FTTX and PON circuits, and how to test the Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (OSNR) in Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) networks.
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
- Self-Paced Online Training
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This course presents an overview of IP Routing concepts and the operation of Multi Protocol Label Switching networks. Learn about the routing equipment and protocols, and how data flows through the network.
- Global
- English
- Other languages available upon request
- Self-Paced Online Training
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