What is the OTDR?

With the growing trend of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services, verifying the integrity of the fiber optic cables with the right OTDR testing methods has never been more vital to be able to quickly identify and locate faults. So what is the OTDR? In short the OTDR is use for fiber optic link characterization and troubleshooting.

So how do you use it?
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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:36 Theory: Trace
02:57 Events
03:15 Trace
08:25 OTDR
13:00 Experiment/Demonstration
18:01 Theory: Damaged Span
23:04 VFL
23:38 Outro