TIA 526 : 1992(R2003)

Provides uniform test procedures for testing all or part of fiber optic systems or subsystems intended for optical communications and data transmission use. In testing an installed system, the testing organization will usually have little or no control over the environment which each component of the system will be experiencing; consequently, when the procedures covered by this document and its addenda are used for acceptance testing of a particular system, the results shall be evaluated with the understanding that all system components might not be at the standard conditions at which they were originally tested and accepted. When a system is being tested as a representative of other systems not yet built, environmental conditions shall, however be as close to the standard ambient conditions listed.