FIBER FUSION SPLICER

OPERATION MANUAL

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 Contents
1. Instructions before Usage............................................... 4

1.1. Safety Instruction..........................................................4

1.2. Notes.............................................................................5
1.3. Legal Statement............................................................ 6

2. Overview of Fiber Splicer...............................................8

2.1. Overview of Splicer......................................................8

2.2. Technical Parameters.................................................. 11

3. Detail of Splicing Operation......................................... 13

3.1. Power on.....................................................................13

3.2. Fiber End Face Preparation........................................ 13
3.3. Setting Fibers in Splicer............................................. 16
3.4. Splicing Operation......................................................17
3.5. Storing the Splice....................................................... 19
3.6. Cooling....................................................................... 20

4. Introduction of Menu....................................................20

4.1. Workbench..................................................................22
4.2. Parameter Setting........................................................24
4.3. Setup........................................................................... 32
4.4. Function......................................................................35
4.5. Maintain......................................................................40
4.6. Information................................................................. 51

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5. Routine Maintenance.................................................... 52

5.1. Cleaning......................................................................52
5.2. Replacing Electrodes.................................................. 54
5.3. Electrode Aging.......................................................... 56
5.4. Software Upgrade.......................................................57

6. Common fault and solution.......................................... 58

7. Appendix A.....................................................................61

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1. Instructions before Usage

1.1. Safety Instruction

Please read the following information before first using.
1. Please use the battery and adapter specified by our
company, otherwise it may cause an explosion or
permanent damage to the machine;
2. Do not use the optical fiber fusion splicer in high
temperature, flammable and explosive environments
(such as near gas stations);
3. Do not disassemble the fusion splicer and its
accessories without authorization. Only authorized
institutions can repair the fusion splicer;
4. Do not touch the electrode rod under working
conditions, it may cause personal injury;
5. When liquid or foreign objects enter the machine, or
smoke, odor, abnormal noise, etc., or the machine is
strongly impacted, please turn off the fusion splicer
immediately and unplug the AC power supply.

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1.2. Notes
When using this fusion splicer, it may cause damage to
the machine or endanger human health due to improper
operation. It is recommended to use the fusion splicer in
the following ways.

1. This type of fusion splicer is only used for splicing

silica glass optical fibers, and cannot splice any other
substances.
2. Do not use and store the fusion splicer in an
environment with high temperature and humidity
(otherwise it may damage the equipment or cause the
performance of the machine to decline).
3. When used in a dusty environment, the fusion splicer
should try to avoid dust;
4. When the fusion splicer moves from a low
temperature environment to a high temperature
environment, try to have a heating process to eliminate
condensation;
5. Please use high-purity anhydrous alcohol (purity>99%)
to clean the surface of magnifying glass, reflector and
fiber V-groove;
6. Handle the fusion splicer gently, try to avoid strong

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 vibration and collision, and use the equipped carrying
case for transportation and storage;
7. Carry out maintenance of the whole machine once a
year.

1.3. Legal Statement

Copyright®: Shanghai SHINHO Fiber Communication
Co., Ltd. all rights reserved.
The products described in this manual include the
company's software, and no one can copy, distribute,
modify, extract, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, reverse
engineer the aforementioned software in any form unless
the permission of the relevant right holder is obtained ,
rental, assignment, sublicense, and other violations of
software copyright.
Note: Some features and functions of the product and its
accessories described in this manual are related to the
production batch; therefore, the descriptions in this manual
may not correspond exactly to the product or its accessories
you purchased. The company reserves the right to modify
any information in this manual at any time without any
prior notice and without any liability.
Limitation of Liability: To the extent permitted by

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applicable law, under no circumstances shall the company
be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or
consequential damages arising from the use of the relevant
contents of this manual and the products described in this
manual Indemnification, nor for any loss of profits, data,
goodwill or anticipated savings.
To the extent permitted by relevant laws, under any
circumstances, the company's maximum liability for losses
suffered by you as a result of the use of the products
described in this manual (except for damages under
applicable laws in the case of personal injury) shall be The
price you paid for this product is limited.

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2. Overview of Fiber Splicer

2.1. Overview of Splicer

2.1.1. Keyboard Appearance

Figure2.1 Keypads

Table 1-- Function of Button

1 Power Light 2 Up 3 Menu

4 Left 5 Down 6 Right

7 Power 8 Enter 9 Heating light

10 Heat 11 Arc 12 Reset

13 Splice 14 Switch View

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Table 2 --Keypads on the panel

 While Power On, press this key to shut down.

 While Power OFF, press this key to Power On.

 Under standby interface, press this key to

discharge weak arc, usually for fiber cleaning
 In menu interface, press this key to enter to
submenu.
 In the test interface such as arc testing and
motor checking, press this key to execute the
test.
 In camera brightness or motor adjusting, press
this key to switch the left and right sides of
CMOS Sensor, Motors and so on.

 Under standby interface, press this key to enter

main menu.
 Under the main menu interface, press this key
back to the upper menu.

 In motor adjust; press this key to drive up the

fiber.
 In menu interface, press this key to move up the
cursor.

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 In motor adjust; press this key to move down
the fiber.
 In menu interface, press this key to move down
the cursor.

 Under standby interface, after closed the

windproof cover, press this key to gap the fiber.
 Under the main menu interface, press this key
to move to the left icon.
 In motor adjust; press this key to drive the left
motor back or the right motor forward

 Under standby interface after closed the

windproof cover, press this key to align the
fiber.
 Under the main menu interface, press this key
to move to the right icon.
 In motor adjust; press this key to drive the left
motor forward or the right motor back.

 Under standby interface, press this key to fuse.

 In Power On state, press this key to reset motor

position.

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  Under standby interface, press this key to
switch X/Y view.

 Under standby interface, after closed the

windproof cover, press this key to run auto
splice.

2.2. Technical Parameters

Table 3 Technical Parameter
Applicable fiber SM, MM, DS, NZDS, others

Cladding diameter 80 -150um

Coating diameter 160 - 900um

SM:<=0.02dB; MM:<=0.04dB;
Typical loss
DS:<=0.04dB; NZDS:<= 0.04dB

Return loss Better than 60dB

10-16mm(Coating layer Diameter: <250µm)

Cutting length
16mm(Coating layer Diameter: 250~1000µm)

Program 40 groups

Operation mode Auto mode and Manual mode

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Auto heating Supported

Typical splice time Less than 9 seconds

The heater temperature and time are adjustable,

Heating time
heating time is 26 seconds
Dual high-sensitivity cameras XY axis real-time
Observation mode
observation

Fusion Records Support to store 8000 groups of fusion records

Estimate loss Supported

Tension Supported, 1.8~2.2N

Operation Support touch screen operation and physical

Interface button operation, graphical menu interface, clear
and simple, easy to operate
Large capacity power, pluggable and replaceable,
Battery capacity
real-time power monitoring

Adapter : AC100-240V(50/60HZ); Output :

Power supply
DC11~13.5V

Electrodes times More than 4000 times, easy to replace

Interface USB2.0 for export record and software upgrading

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3. Detail of Splicing Operation
A full fiber splice procedure including: the fiber preparation,
fiber splicing, and tension testing, heating and cooling of
shrink tube. This chapter will introduce details of the
specific process of the fiber splice.

3.1. Power on

Figure 3.1 Power On

Press and hold the power button until the power indicator
light is on, then, LCD is lit, and the machine enters to the
self-test screen as showed in Figure 3.1.

3.2. Fiber End Face Preparation

Prepare two optical fibers; put one side into the heat shrink

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tube as shown in Figure 3.2.

Figure 3.2 Heat Shrink Tubing

As shown in Figure 3.3, clenched fiber cleaver, place the

fiber into the tooth of clamp by the left hand, reserve bare
fiber 30 to 40 mm stripped fiber coating. Use a cotton ball
dipped in anhydrous alcohol (purity>99%) wipes off the
remaining coating debris on the fiber surface, as shown in
Figure 3.4.

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 Figure 3.3 Remove Fiber Coating
Put the cleaned fiber into the cutter positioned groove, the
edge alignment of the fiber coating cutter ruler “13” scale
outside (the scale is greater than 13, shown in Figure 3.4).
Close small platen; the bare fiber must be put straight on
the left and right rubber on the chopping block. Then close
the large plate, and push the cutter blade slider to the other
end to cut off the fiber.
After cleaving, open the large pressure plate and the small
pressure plate in turn, carefully take out the optical fiber
with the cut end face, and do not let the optical fiber section
touch any other objects to avoid damage or contamination
of the end face. Take away the cut and broken fibers and
put them in the waste fiber storage box (the broken fibers
are extremely harmful to human health, please be sure to
collect and dispose of the broken fibers uniformly). A
second fiber is then prepared in the same way.

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 Figure 3.4 Fiber Cleaving

3.3. Setting Fibers in Splicer

Open the windproof cover and fiber platens put the
prepared fiber into V-groove through the locating slot.
Make sure that the fiber end face should be located between
V-groove edge and two electrodes as shown in Figure 3.5.
Please operate carefully and don’t let the fiber end face
touch any other object. Then close the large platen to fix
optical fiber, which should be placed horizontally in the
V-groove, without upturned phenomenon. If clamping
failed, you can lift fiber carefully and repeat the above
operation until the fiber clamping is qualified.

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 Figure 3.5 Fiber Clamping
Similarly, prepare and clamp another optical fiber.
Then, close the windproof and continue to observe the
amplified fiber from the display. If the fiber end face is
obviously uneven, tilt or damaged, please remove the fiber
to cut again.

3.4. Splicing Operation

After clamping, the machine is in ready state, as shown in
Figure 3.6. If in "Automatic" splice mode, auto splice
begins once the windproof closed. If in "Manual" splice
mode, user needs to click the icon “ ▷” bottom of the
screen or press the "SET" button to run the splice routine.

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 Figure 3.6 Ready Interface

If the splice parameters are not set correctly, please select

the splice parameter group according to the type of fiber to
be spliced. Steps as below:
Press “MENU” to enter the main menu, and then select the
“parameters” icon and press the “enter” key or touch
“parameters” icon, to enter the menu. Select fusion
parameter group matched with splice fiber type.
When the fusion splicer starts to splicing, it first drives the
motor, which will promote both sides of fibers to the
middle of the screen, judging the fiber end face to see if it
meets the requirements. And display the fiber end face
information on the screen in the form of angle. If qualified,

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turn to the next process, otherwise a tip of bad end face will
show on the screen, a new fiber need to be prepared.
After meeting the set end face conditions, the pushing
motor will further push the fiber to the position to be
spliced, and the aligning motor precisely aligns the fiber.
Finally, the electrode discharges to splice the fiber. After
the welding is completed, the machine will give the
estimated value of this welding loss and perform a tension
test.

3.5. Storing the Splice

Due to that optical fiber fusion point is relatively fragile
and easy to break; it needs to be protected by heat
shrinkable sleeves.
The procedures as following:
Open the windproof cover, large platen, take out the optical
fiber gently, do not bend the optical fiber greatly to avoid
the broken of fusion point. Move the heat shrink sleeve to
the splice point, which is in the middle of the sleeve. Open
the heater tank’s cover, pull the optical fiber with both
hands, put the heat shrinkable sleeve into the heating
furnace, and the sleeve is located in the middle of the
heating furnace. Close the heater’s cover and the heater

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light is on, it starts to heat. Wait until the light is off, the
heat shrinking is completed. Figure 3.7 shows the fiber heat
shrinkable sleeves before and after heat shrinking from top
to bottom.

Figure 3.7 Heat Shrinkable Sleeves

3.6. Cooling
Please pay attention that the temperature of the sleeve after
heat shrinking is very high and needs to be cooled. Hang
the cooling tray on the handle, so after the heating is
completed, pull the optical fiber out of the heating furnace
with both hands, put it into the cooling tray, wait until the
sleeves cool to normal temperature.

4. Introduction of Menu
The machine adopts METRO-style menu, which is simple,
beautiful and convenience for operation. It supports touch

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screen function. The operation interface has 6 icons, and
each icon corresponds to different functional menu as
showed in Figure 4.1.

Figure 4.1 Menu Interface

For the main menu interface：

In standby state, press the key to enter interface of
main menu.
In the main menu, press the key to exit the main menu
to standby interface.
In the main menu, press the direction keys, and the
corresponding direction on the next icon is selected.
Press the key to enter the submenu.

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In submenu:
Press the key or to select the up down cursor.

Press the key or to modify the current value.

Press the key to enter the next submenu.
Press the key to enter the upper menu.

4.1. Workbench
In the main menu interface, touch the workbench or press
the key to enter the standby interface. The standby
interface is shown in Figure 4.2

Figure 4.2 Standby Interface

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The time bar of the fusion splicer, showing
the current time of the fusion splicer;
The status bar of the fusion splicer, showing
the status of fusion splicer and splicing
process information
The battery bar of the fusion splicer, showing
the battery level.
Display the fusion mode of the fusion splicer.
Click itto quickly enter the operation mode
setting menu to set the welding process.

Showing the current splice parameters ;Click

to quickly modify the parameters of the
welding group;；

Showing the temperature of the heater. Click

to quickly modify the heating parameter.

Showing total splicing numbers

Click to turn on /off heater

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 Click to start fiber splicing
Click to the main menu；
Click to switch X/Y view

4.2. Parameter

Figure 4.3 Splice Parameter

"Parameter" menu is used to select and set the operation

mode, fiber splicing parameters, heating etc..

4.2.1. Operation Mode

The operation mode is the process method of the fusion

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splicer splicing optical fibers, which consists of the
following parameters (as shown in Figure 4.4).

Figure 4.4 Operation Mode

Fusion Mode: There are automatic and manual modes. If it
is “automatic” mode, the fusion splicer starts to run the
fiber splicing program automatically, after closing the
windshield in the standby interface. Under the manual
mode, the user needs to press the "SET" button or touch the
icon ▷ before the fusion splicer starts to splice the fiber.
Press the key or touch this option, the parameter value
will be switched between "Auto" and "Manual".
Gapping Pause: It means that during fiber splicing, after
the optical fiber is forwarded to meet the gap condition, the
program suspends operation and waits for further operation

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by the user. To continue splicing, press "SET" button or
▷ at the bottom of the screen. To interrupt splicing, press
the "RESET" button. Press the key or touch this
option, the parameter value will be switched between” ON”
and “OFF”.
Aligning Pause: It means fiber suspend the running at the
end of the subsequent process of aligning. To continue
splicing, press "SET" button or ▷ at the bottom of the
screen. Press the key or touch this option, the
parameter value will be switched between” ON” and
“OFF”.
Reset Second: After the optical fiber is spliced, open the
windshield and wait for a period of time for the motors
back to initial position. The waiting time is “reset second”.
After selecting this menu, press key or ; or touch
or icon on the screen to change the parameter values.
Aligning View: When it is” ON”, the fiber is aligned and
the fiber is centered during aligning process; when “OFF”,
the fiber is not aligned, and it may not be centered. Press
the key or touch this option, the parameter value will
be switched between” ON” and “OFF”.
Last View: It is used to switch the last view mode when
splice completed. Users can press the key or touch
this option to switch the fiber image view mode.

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4.2.2. Operation Mode

Figure 4.5 Parameters

Menu forms by different splicing parameters, as shown in

Figure 4.5. Each sub-menu is a group of splicing
parameters, and the menu is composed by 4 parts with the
number, file name, mode and status. Number from 1 to 40,
a total of 40 groups of parameters can be used. There are
three modes: Auto, Calibrate, and Normal. The Auto
parameters are optimized by the manufacturer and cannot
be modified. It is recommended for new users. The data of
the Calibrate parameters can be modified except the prefuse
time and fusion time. All values in “Normal group”

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parameters can be modified.
Type is the fiber type corresponding to the parameter group.
SM, MM, DS, and NZ represent the parameters of this
group for single-mode fiber, multi-mode fiber,
dispersion-shifted fiber, and non-zero dispersion-shifted
fiber, which must be consistent with the type to be spliced.
Status indicates whether the group of parameters are
currently in usage, ON/OFF means in use/unused.
Press the key or to change the current splicing
parameter group. Press the key to enter the para group.
Or directly click the option to set the parameter group to
enter the parameter setting menu; as shown in Figure 4.6.

Figure 4.6 Set Parameters

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The parameter consists of the following parameters:
Prefuse time: After the fiber is forwarded to the fusion
splicing position and aligned, the fiber is preheated by
short-term discharge. This is prefuse time. The single-mode
time is 16ms, and the multi-mode time is 25ms. It is not
recommended for new users to modify this parameter value.
Press or key or touch this option, click or
key on the screen, it will increase or decrease the parameter
value.
Fuse time: After the pre-discharge, the fusion splicer starts
the fusion discharge. The discharge lasts for a long time
which is called fuse time. The length of this period is 2.0
seconds for both single-mode fiber and multi-mode fiber. It
is not recommended for new users to modify this parameter
value. Press or key or touch this option, click or
key on the screen, it will increase or decrease the
parameter value.
Arc value: It refers to the current intensity of the discharge
arc when machine starts to splice. A higher current value
corresponds to a stronger arc, resulting in higher
temperature and more serious fiber ablation. Press or
key or touch this option, click or key on the
screen, it will increase or decrease the parameter value..
Overlap: When the optical fiber is spliced, the high

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temperature generated by the arc melts the optical fiber, and
the optical fiber needs to be pushed forward to make the
optical fiber contact and fuse. The forward advance
distance of the optical fiber is the overlap. Press or
key or touch this option, click or key on the
screen, you can modify the value.
Gap: Before the fiber is spliced and the arc is released, the
two fibers need to run to a relatively close position. The
distance between the end faces of the two fibers is the gap
between the left and right fibers. Press or key or
touch this option, click or key on the screen, you
can modify the value
Endface: It is the angle between the end face of the left
and right fiber and the vertical direction in the X and Y
two-way fiber images. The maximum end face angle refers
to the maximum allowable end face angle when judging the
fiber end face. If the face angle judgment always fails, the
value of this parameter can be appropriately increased, but
the splicing loss may be increased. Press or key or
touch this option, click or key on the screen, you
can modify the value
State: It refers to whether the parameter group is the
current splicing parameter group. Press the button or
or touch this option to change the parameter.

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4.2.3. Temperature
Press the key / or click the / on the screen will
change the temperature of the heater.

4.2.4. Heating Time

Press the key / or click the / on the screen will
change the heating time of the heater.

4.2.5. Pre-Heat
Press key or touch the option to switch Normal/Rapid
mode.

4.2.6. Tension
When this option is turned on, once the fiber is spliced, a
pulling force of 2 N will be applied to the fiber to test the
quality of the splicing. If the fiber is pulled and broken, it
indicates that the fiber splicing has failed. Press the key
or touch the option to switch the tension state between ON
and OFF.

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4.3. Setup
The “Setup” menu is used to set the data including the
camera brightness, language, Flashligh, Beep sound etc., as
shown in Figure 4.7.

Figure 4.7 Setup Menu

4.3.1. Camera Brightness

The camera brightness menu sets the value of the CMOS
sensor in the camera, increasing the gain will increase the
image brightness Press the key or touch the option to
enter the interface of camera brightness, as shown in Figure
4.8. Under this interface, press the key or or touch
or icon on the screen to modify the value of CMOS.

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Press the key or touch X/Y on the screen to switch the
CMOS camera sensor between X and Y.

Figure 4.8 Camera Brightness

4.3.2. Language
Language shows the current software in usage as showed in
Figure 4.9.

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 Figure 4.9 Language

4.3.3. Flashlight
This is used to control the LED light on/off. When flipping
the screen to splice fiber, users could turn off the LED light
to avoid the light directs to eyes.

4.3.4. Beep sound

When beep is on, when pressing the button or touch the
screen, there will be a beep sound. When it is off, there will
be no sound in such operation.

4.3.5. Auto power off

When the option is turned on, if there is no operation within
10 minutes, the machine will automatically turn off.

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4.3.6. Calender
This is used to set the time and date of the machine. Press
the key or touch the option to enter the interface of
Date/Time as shown in Figure 4.10. Press the key or
to move the selection cursor, and then press the key or
to modify the selection value. Or touch the area where
need to be modified. Press key to effect the change.

Figure 4.10 Calender

4.4. Function
The function menu lists some functions of the fusion splicer,
such as motor push test, screen flip, export records,

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software upgrading and arc adjustment as shown in Figure
4.12

Figure 4.12 Function Menu

4.4.1. Motor Push Test

The motor push test simulates the distance of the push
motor moving forward during automatic splicing process.
Press the key or click the option to enter the test
interface, completely follow the steps of splicing the optical
fiber, cut and clamp the optical fiber, and press the key
or ▷ icon on the screen to start the test. The results will be
shown after the testing finished, which means the forward
distance of fiber during the pushing process, as shown in
Figure 4.13.

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 Figure 4.13 Motor Push Test Menu

4.4.2. Screen Flip

Press this menu, it could flip screen when the user operate
the machine from the back side.

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 Figure 4.14 Motor Push Test Menu

4.4.3. Adjust CMOS View

Press the direction button to adjust the fiber’s position in
the display, press key or touch the X/Y icon on the
screen to change the X/Y view. Shown as in Figure 4.15.

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 Figure 4.15 Adjust CMOS View

4.4.4. Software Updating

This function is used to upgrade software in the machine.
After the U disk with upgrade file inserted into USB port,
choose this option and press the key or touch the option
to upgrade, otherwise it will remind error. After upgraded,
and users need to restart the fusion splicer.

4.4.5. Password
This function is used for user to set the password, after this
password setting, user needs to input the password every
time to turn on the machine.

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 Figure 4.16 Password

4.5. Maintain
The Maintain menu consists of rapid diagnosis, motor
adjust, electrodes aging, fusion records, fusion numbers,
adjust CMOS view, as shown in Figure 4.17.

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 Figure 4.17 Maintain Menu

4.5.1. Rapid Diagnosis

Rapid diagnosis is used to check the fusion splicer
camera brightness, LED brightness, ARC value etc. ,
press Enter key, it will start checking automatically, this
will make the common maintaining work more simply
for end users, as shown in Figure 4.18.

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 Figure 4.18 Rapid Diagnosis

4.5.2. Motor Adjust

Motor adjust is used to check the motor performance or
change the motor position manually. It includes left and
right pushing motors, left and right aligning motors.
Press the key or touch the option to enter the menu as
shown in Figure 4.20. Press the key to switch the left
and right motors. The align motor will move up or down by
pressing the key or . For left pushing motor, press
the key or to move it back or forward, while the
right pushing motor is opposite.
If the direction of the up and down adjustment is not
correct, keep moving until it is in the correct position.

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 Figure 4.19 Motor Adjust

4.5.3. Arc
Arc includes the Arc test, Arc calibration, replace
electrodes, electrodes aging, please check figure 4.20.

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 Figure 4.20 Arc

4.5.3.1 Arc Test

Select this option into the interface, as shown in Figure
4.20. According to splicing procedure, cleaving and
clamping the fiber, and then press the key or click ▷ on
the screen. The calibration program starts to run and give
test results. According to the test results, set the arc value in
splicing parameter group. Repeat the above steps until the
test results meet the requirements.
Parameter modification requirements: the default value is
between 8 and 10, modify 1 current parameter every 5
values from the center value, that is, if the calibration result
is greater than 10, the discharge current value in the

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welding parameters should be reduced, and vice versa.

Figure 4.21 Arc Test

4.5.3.2 Arc Calibration

Select arc calibration, the screen as shown in Figure 4.22.
Cleave and clamp the fiber according to the steps of
splicing fiber, touch the icon "▷" at the bottom of the
screen or press the key, the calibration program starts
to run and the test result is given.
The automatic calibration will automatically change the
discharge current in the welding parameters according to
the test results. If it shows "Arc calibration complete", the

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current value is an appropriate current value; if it displays
"Arc is too large or arc is too small", then restart prepare
the fiber and test again until the test result shows "Arc
Calibration Complete"

Figure 4.22 Arc Calibration

4.5.3.3 Replace electrodes

When replacing electrodes, press key to start, machine
will power off automatically, replace the electrodes, restart
the machine, shown as below Figure 4.23. Current Arc
Count will be cleared to 0000000.

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 Figure 4.23 Replace electrodes

4.5.3.4 Electrodes aging

Due to the instability of new electrode, it needs to discharge
several times to stabilize the arc. This process is called
electrode aging.
When new electrode replaced, select this menu and then
press the key or touch the option to start aging the
electrode. Do not open windproof cover during the process.

4.5.4. Fusion records

It includes current fusion, fusion numbers, fusion records
and export records, as below figure4.24 shows.

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 Figure 4.24 Fusion records

4.5.4.1 Current fusion

This option shows current total Arc discharge number from
replacing with an new pair electrodes.

4.5.4.2 Fusion numbers

This option shows the total number of arc discharge.

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4.5.4.3 Fusion records

Figure 4.25 Fusion Records

This option records working parameters, fiber end face,
environmental parameter and date in each splicing. The
machine can store 4000 groups of fusion records. Press the
key or touch the option to enter the page of fusion
record as shown in Figure 4.25. Each page displays 6
records in turn, sequence from top to bottom by the latest
fusion time as shown above. Press the key or to the
contiguous page. Press the key or touch the option to
select the record and view the detailed parameters as shown
in Figure 4.26.

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 Figure 4.25 Fusion Records Details

4.5.4.4 Export Records

The option is used to export the fusion records memories in
the machine. After the U disk inserted into the USB port,
choose this option and press the key or touch the option
to confirm fusion records export. The program starts to
detect whether there is U disk inserted in the USB port, and
then starts to write the record content into it after finding
the record file; if there is no record file, the program will
prompt an error. Note: The file format of the U disk is
FAT32; create a non-empty RXXXXX.txt file in the root
directory of the U disk.

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4.5.5. Last maintain date
It shows the latest maintaining time this splicer has.

4.5.6. Debug entry

This is only for authorized engineer maintaining splicer
use.

4.6. Information
In the information menu, users can query the machine
software version, serial number, temperature, battery
remaining capacity and manufacture date, as shown in
Figure 4.26.

Figure 4.25 Information Menu

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5. Routine Maintenance

5.1. Cleaning

5.1.1. Cleaning V Groove

The V-groove is a V-shaped notch on the ceramic substrate.
It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It is easy to
accumulate dust, which leads to unstable optical fiber
movement and big loss of fusion. Therefore, the V-groove
should be cleaned regularly.
The following is the way of cleaning the V groove:
1. Place the fiber with good enface into the V groove to
remove the pollution, shown in figure 5.1.

Figure 5.1

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2. Use a cotton swab soaked in alcohol to clean the upper

surface and bottom of the V-shaped groove, and

finally wipe the alcohol in the V-shaped groove with a

dry cotton swab as shown in Figure 5.2. Be careful not

to leave lint.

Figure 5.2

5.1.2. Cleaning Fiber Clamp Chips

If there is dust on the fiber clamp chips, it will cause
unstable fiber clamping and affect the quality of splicing.
Therefore, the fiber presser foot should be cleaned
regularly.
The cleaning method as follows:
Open the windproof cover and then use the cotton dipped in

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alcohol to clean the surface of the presser foot. When
cleaning, do not use the cotton swab to repeatedly wipe it
back and forth, but to wipe it in one direction. Besides user
needs to spin the cotton swab, keeping the unused cotton
facing the presser foot, waiting for the alcohol to volatile.

5.1.3. Cleaning Objective Lens

The microscope is the core component of the optical
system of the fusion splicer, and its optical surface must be
kept clean, and the objective lens should be cleaned
regularly.
The cleaning method as follows:
Wipe the objective lens with a cotton swab dipped in a little
alcohol. The cotton swab makes a spiral motion from the
center of the lens to the edge until the edge of lens.

5.2. Replacing Electrodes

When the arc produces high temperature to melt the optical
fiber, silicon oxide vapor will be generated, which will
partially deposit on the electrode, increasing the surface
potential energy of the electrode, which will cause the

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electrode to discharge poorly and the arc to be unstable.
Therefore, the electrode should be replaced after the
number of discharges exceeds 3000 times.
Please replace the electrodes according to the following
steps:
1. Turn off the machine.
2. Loosen setscrews of electrodes cover and remove the
electrodes cover, as shown in Figure 5.3
3. Take out the old electrode from the electrode holder.
(Electrode is fixed on the electrode holder, figure 5.4).

Figure 5.3

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 Figure 5.4

4. Use the tissue paper dipped in alcohol to clean the new

electrodes, then, install the electrodes into the original
electrodes seat position.
5. Close the electrodes cover and tighten the screws.
6. Close the windproof cover and power on the machine.
7. Take an electrode aging.
8. Use the automatic calibration operation in the arc test
to correct the discharge current parameters after
replacing the electrode.
Note: Be gentle when changing electrodes to avoid
damaging the splicer or stabbing yourself.

5.3. Electrode Aging

The electrodes arc begins unstably when the external

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environment such as the temperature and pressure changed
greatly especially moving the machine from low altitude to
high altitude. When such happened, users should take
certain numbers of discharge to stabilize the circuit
operating parameters
Note: Please operate according to tips, do not open the
windproof cover during operation.

5.4. Software Upgrade

The user should copy the upgrade file to the U disk and
then insert the USB to the machine. Enter into “maintain”
menu, select “software updating” menu, the machine will
start and complete the upgrading automatically. After
upgrading, restart the machine.
1. Copy the upgrade document named “X40V60.bin” to
the U-Disk, whose capacity must be more than 2GB.
2. Insert U-Disk into the USB interface of the machine.
3. Power on the machine. Press the menu button “ ”,
enter into the main menu.
4. Select the option “Function”, and press button “ ”or
click it.
5. Select the option “Software updating”, and press the
button “ ” or click it, start the upgrading..

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6. After upgraded, pull out U-Disk, and restart machine.

6. Common fault and solution

Problems Reason Solution

1 The cutting length of the When placing the
bare fiber is too short or optical fiber, it is
the fiber clamping is too best to make the
Tip of backward; optical fiber enter
“Please 2. The left (right) fiber is the field of view of
check fiber!” not placed; the fiber the objective lens,
forwarding distance and the end face of
exceeds the motor the optical fiber can
stroke, and the fiber has be observed on the

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 not yet reached the field screen or the
of view of the objective distance between
lens the optical fiber and
the center of the
electrode does not
exceed 2mm..
Press the Reset key
The fiber is not correctly
and reload the
Tip of loaded into the V groove;
fiber ,it should be at
“Please The fiber image position is
a position that
reload fiber” offset from the center area
could be seen from
of the screen.
the display
Clean the V groove
Improper splicing
Tip of and fiber press foot;
parameter setting, dirty
“Fusion do arc calibration
fiber, unstable fiber
failed” and motor pushing
advance during splicing
test.

Tip of
Close the
“Please close The cover is not closed.
windproof cover.
cover”

Impurity deposits on the

electrode surface are too
Electrodes do Clean or replace the
dirty or the electrode tip is
not discharge electrodes.
damaged or the
high-voltage circuit board

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 is faulty

1. Recut fiber and

fix clamp.
The fiber end face is too
Tip of “Bad 2.clean the V
bad, the fiber is not wiped
L(R) end groove. 3. Increase
clean or the fiber image is
face” the end face value
blurred
in splicing
parameter.
Reload the fiber in
Tip of The motor exceeds the
correct position
“Resetting range of operation and
when resetting
push motors” automatically resets
completed.
Tip of
Wipe camera lights
“X(Y) Image Camera light is too dim
or mirrors
Light Error”
Adjust the gap first
Tip of Manual alignment without
and then perform
“Please Gap prior adjustment of the
the core adjustment
Again!” clearance
operation
Note: If the above-mentioned solutions could not solve your
problem, please contact technical support.

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7. Appendix A
Warranty Terms and Conditions
If the fusion splicer fails within two years from the date of
shipment, it will be repaired free of charge. However, if the
following situations occur, it is not covered by the free
warranty:
 Failure or damage caused by natural disasters.
 Failure or damage caused by abnormal voltage supply.
 Malfunction or damage caused by wrong operation.

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 Failure or damage caused by not following the
operation steps in the manual.
 Consumable parts (such as electrodes, etc.).
Information required for repairs (please include the
following information in the machine)
<1>your full name, company, address, phone number, fax
number and e-mail.
<2> model and serial number of the fusion splicer.
<3> the problems encountered.
Under what circumstances, and when the problem occurs?
What is the current situation?
Information of screen display and the error tips etc.
Notice: Before return the fusion splicer, please contact
the manufacturer or agent.

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