DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 60793-1-1
; VDE 0888-200-1:2017-10
Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance (IEC 60793-1-1:2017); German version EN 60793-1-1:2017
Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 1-1: Messmethoden und Prüfverfahren - Allgemeines und Leitfaden (IEC 60793-1-1:2017); Deutsche Fassung EN 60793-1-1:2017
Overview
This part of IEC 60793 lists and gives guidance on the use of documents giving uniform requirements for measuring and testing optical fibres, thereby assisting in the inspection of fibres and cables for commercial (mostly telecommunications) purposes. The individual measurement and test methods are contained in the different parts of the IEC 60793 series. They are identified as IEC 60793-1-X, where "X" is an assigned sub-part number, indicating its affiliation to the IEC 60793-1 series. In general, measurements and tests methods apply to all class A multimode fibres and class B and class C single-mode optical fibres covered by the IEC 60793-2 series relating to product specifications, although there can be exceptions. Clause 1 of each part of the IEC 60793 series contains the scope for each particular attribute. The standard thus offers investment security for manufacturers and users and provides test laboratories and manufacturers with defined information for testing. The responsible committee is DKE/UK 412.6 "Lichtwellenleiter und Lichtwellenkabel" ("Optical fibres and fibre cables") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
