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Fluke Networks demonstrates a ‘third hand’ for fiber installation San Jose

Sometimes, when you're testing, it seems you need an extra hand. For example, you need a hand to hold the connector when using our FiberInspector Pro MPO camera, a second to hold the camera, and a third to run the phone or Versiv unit and display the images. Most of the time, it's not a big deal–you have a free hand to handle the phone or Versiv, for example, once you get the cable attached to the device. But in some situations, if you had that third hand, it might improve productivity. Since we're not in the business of prothetics, we've been looking for an alternative to additional limbs. The outcome is a prototype of a concept that we will show in Las Vegas on September 30 at Fall BICSI

We're going to assume you're familiar with the FI-3000, the camera that lets you grip on more effective inspection of MPO. If not, check out the details here, but what's a "rugged Android tablet portable HMT-1?" It's just an Android head-mounted unit with a high-resolution micro display that sits just below your sight line and looks like a 7 "laptop. This helps you to see the show down and look up to see what you're working on. This features advanced voice recognition for monitoring even in noisy environments with four microphones. And as it works from -20 to+ 50 oC, is resistant to dust, water and drop, it can work almost anywhere.

The demonstration allows customers to use the Android version of the FI-IN application to monitor the FI-3000 via the advanced voice recognition command system of the HMT-1. Users may manually or automatically focus the camera and trigger an optional Autotest that scans the fibers on the endface and then provides a PASS / FAIL result that shows whether the endface is clean in compliance with IEC61300-3-35. In the head-mounted monitor, the user can then see the endface and use the voice commands to zoom in and then rotate across the entire endface by simply moving their head.

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