The use of fiber optical cables for work and home use is now becoming more and more popular. To make the best use of a fiber optical cable, a fiber optical patch panel needs to be installed as well. This device is used to separate out the individual fibers within the cable so that these can be spliced into other cables. Through this, the cables can be crossed, connected, and installed in many different ways. The fiber optic patch panel also serves as a safe environment to work with the exposed fibers.

Fiber patch panel is a little bit different than the traditional 8P8C connectors in the 100BASE-TX / 1000BASE-T world but this is mainly because of the number of different connectors used in fiber networking.

 

Fiber connections are a lot harder to work with than copper connections. Unlike copper connections which can be terminated using a punch tool, fiber needs to be carefully fused together by optical fiber fusion splicer.

Fiber patch panels are generally used in companies that rely on a network to send and receiver data. This panel is usually situated at where the cables enter the building or floor area it is through here and where changes can be done without affecting the whole system. This provides a greater deal in flexibility as machines can be added, removed, and changed as needed.