Cable Assembly Numbering Legend

The following cable assembly legend is for your convenience while you are ordering fiber optic cable assemblies. The document can be printed, filled in and faxed to us with your specific needs

 

Cable Assembly Legend 

                    0 0 0    

 Number of Fibers (2 spaces) 

02,04,06,08,12,24,36,etc

                    0 0 0    
Connectors Fibers

Connector on each end (2 spaces)

A C E F G H I J K L N P

FC/APC

SC

MTP® Male

FC

SC/APC

SC/UPC

FDDI

MTP® Female

MTRJ Female

LC

ESCON

nil
Q R S T U W X

MU

MTRJ Male

SMA

ST

FC/UPC

MPO(f)

MPO(m)

 

                    0 0 0    
  Fibers

Fiber Type (1 space)

H

M

S

HybridMM/SM

Multimode

Singlemode

 

                    0 0 0    

Core/Cladding Size um

(1 space)

   Fibers

 

 

1

2

5

6

9

100/140

200/230

50/125

62.5/125

9/125

 

                    0 0 0    
Cable (1 space)      Fibers

 

A B C D E G H N L R S X
Armored Distribution Breakout Simplex Distribution
Round Patchcord
 1.6mm
Bare Fiber Ribbon
No Cable
Loose Tube
 Ribbon Shipboard Duplex (for duplex connectors)
Z 9
Zipcord
900um Buffered

 

 

                    0 0 0    
Flame Rating (1 space)   Fibers

 

N

P

R

Non Rated

Plenum

Riser

 

                    0 0 0    
Termination Type (1 space)   Fibers

 

A

B

D

E

H

L

N

T

Z

Fusion Splicing

Breakout 3mm

Cassette

Breakout 900um

Breakout 2mm

Installation/ Fusion Splicing

Normal

Staggered Breakout

Loop back

 

                    0 0 0    
Accessories (1 space)   Fibers

 

I

L

P

S

U

X

Innerduct

Liquatite

Pullsock

Customer supplied liquatite

Liquatite/ Pullsock

None of the previous

 

                    0 0 0    
Breakout Length (If applicable) (1 space)   Fibers

 

Length in meters: example 1m, 2m, etc

 

                    0 0 0    
Connector Manufacturer (1 space)   Fibers

 

A

C

F

I

J

M

N

S

T

V

AMP

Corning

FIS

Seiko

Johanson

Molex

Atlantic Vision

Senko

Thomas & Betts

Avaya (Lucent)