EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026
(Main)Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Performance standard - Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style OTDR reflecting devices for category C - Controlled environments
General Information
- Abstract
- Status
- Not Published
- Publication Date
- 13-Aug-2026
- Current Stage
- 6055 - Ratification Completed (DOR) - Publishing
- Start Date
- 22-Jul-2026
- Completion Date
- 22-Jul-2026
Overview
EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 is a European performance standard developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and adopted by CENELEC (CLC). This standard focuses on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components, specifically outlining the performance requirements for plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style OTDR reflecting devices. These devices are intended for operation within category C controlled environments, which typically include equipment rooms or similar settings with regulated temperature and humidity.
Designed to ensure compatibility, interoperability, and reliability, EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 sets the minimum initial performance, testing, and measurement criteria for OTDR reflecting devices, supporting optical network testing and maintaining system integrity in broadband and telecommunication infrastructures.
Key Topics
Plug-Pigtail & Plug-Receptacle OTDR Reflecting Devices
The standard covers two main form factors:- Plug-pigtail-style: One end with a connector, the other end with an optical fibre tail.
- Plug-receptacle-style: Both ends feature standard connectors or ports.
Performance Testing in Controlled Environments
This standard addresses stringent performance requirements to be met in stable, indoor environments, mapped as Category C in IEC 61753-1.Optical Characteristics
- Attenuation (Insertion Loss)
- Wavelength Isolation (separation between passing and reflecting ranges)
- Return Loss (reflection properties at specific wavelengths)
- Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL)
- High optical power durability
- Mechanical robustness (shock, vibration, mating durability, tensile strength, temperature cycling, humidity tolerance)
Test Methods and Reporting
All specified tests must follow methods from the IEC 61300 series, ensuring consistent, repeatable, and auditable results.Device Structure
Examples of device internal structures include solutions based on chirped fibre Bragg grating (FBG) filters or thin-film filters (TFF), integrated into standard connector assemblies.
Applications
EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 is highly relevant to manufacturers and operators of fibre optic networks, including:
Broadband and FTTH Networks
OTDR reflecting devices facilitate out-of-band Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) testing, enabling in-service monitoring of fibre optic links without disrupting active data transmission.Telecommunications Infrastructure
Widely used for maintenance and troubleshooting in access, metro, and core networks, these devices help quickly locate faults and characterize connection quality.Controlled Environment Installations
This standard focuses on device performance in controlled settings, ensuring reliability in equipment rooms and data centers where environmental conditions are regulated.Quality Assurance and Compliance
Ensures devices meet rigorous international standards for physical and optical performance, supporting procurement and deployment in global projects.
Related Standards
For full compliance and integration with optical networks, reference these important related standards:
IEC 61300 Series:
Basic test and measurement procedures for fibre optic components.IEC 61754 Series:
Interface standards for fibre optic connectors, ensuring device compatibility.IEC 61753-1:
General performance standard for all fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components.IEC 60793-2-50:
Product specifications for single-mode optical fibres.IEC TS 62627-09:
Vocabulary for passive optical devices.IEC 62074-1:
Generic specification for fibre optic WDM devices.
Adopting EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 in your projects ensures robust, consistent, and standards-compliant performance for OTDR reflecting devices, supporting effective network operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting in controlled environments.
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- 28-Jul-2026
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- 28-Jul-2026
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- 28-Jul-2026
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- 06-Feb-2024
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 is a draft published by CLC. Its full title is "Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Performance standard - Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style OTDR reflecting devices for category C - Controlled environments". This standard covers: Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Performance standard - Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style OTDR reflecting devices for category C - Controlled environments
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Performance standard - Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style OTDR reflecting devices for category C - Controlled environments
EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.180.20 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN IEC 61753-042-02:2026 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN IEC 61300-2-14:2021, EN 61300-2-17:2011, EN IEC 61300-1:2022/A2:2026, EN IEC 61300-2-6:2024, EN 61300-2-2:2009, EN IEC 61300-2-5:2022, EN IEC 61300-1:2022, EN IEC 60793-2-50:2025, EN IEC 61300-2-4:2019, EN IEC 61300-2-1:2023, EN IEC 61300-2-18:2023, EN IEC 61300-1:2022/A1:2024, EN 61300-2-9:2017, EN 61753-042-2:2014. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Optični spojni elementi in pasivne komponente - Tehnični standard - 042-2. del:
Odsevne naprave OTDR vrste vtič-repek in vtič-vtičnica za kategorijo C -
Nadzorovana okolja
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Performance standard -
Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style of OTDR reflecting devices for
category c - Controlled environments
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs à fibres optiques - Norme de
performance - Partie 042-2: Dispositifs de réflexion pour OTDR de modèle à fiche-fibre
amorce et modèle à fiche-embase pour catégorie c - Environnements contrôlés
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN IEC 61753-042-02:2025
ICS:
33.180.20 Povezovalne naprave za Fibre optic interconnecting
optična vlakna devices
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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TITLE:
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Performance standard - Part
042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style of OTDR reflecting devices for category C -
Controlled environments
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1 CONTENTS
3 FOREWORD . 3
4 1 Scope . 5
5 2 Normative references . 5
6 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 6
7 3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
8 3.2 Abbreviations . 7
9 4 Test . 7
10 5 Test report . 7
11 6 Performance requirements. 7
12 6.1 Reference components . 7
13 6.2 Dimensions . 8
14 6.3 Sample size . 8
15 6.4 Test details and requirements . 8
16 Annex A (normative) Sample size . 16
17 Annex B (informative) General information of OTDR reflecting devices . 17
18 Bibliography . 18
20 Figure B.1 – Examples of structure of OTDR reflecting device . 17
21 Figure B.2 – Examples of OTDR reflecting device . 17
23 Table 1 – Test details and requirements for plug-pigtail style (1 of 4) . 9
24 Table 2 – Test details and requirements for plug-receptacle style (1 of 3) . 13
25 Table A.1 – Number of plug-pigtail style samples for each test . 16
26 Table A.2 – Number of plug-receptacle style samples for each test . 16
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29 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
30 ____________
32 FIBRE OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES AND
33 PASSIVE COMPONENTS – PERFORMANCE STANDARD –
35 Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style
36 OTDR reflecting devices for category C –
37 Controlled environments
39 FOREWORD
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71 International Standard IEC 61753-042-02 has been prepared by subcommittee 86B: Fibre optic
72 interconnecting devices and passive components of IEC technical committee 86: Fibre optics.
73 This first edition cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 61753-042-2, published in 2014,
74 and constitutes a technical revision.
75 This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to IEC 61753-042-
76 2.:
78 a) Harmonization of test requirements with requirements from IEC 61753-1:2018
79 b) Harmonization of tests with tests from IEC 61753-1:2018
80 The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
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82 Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
83 voting indicated in the above table.
84 This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3.
85 A list of all parts of IEC 61753 series, under the general title Fibre optic interconnecting devices
86 and passive components performance standards, can be found on the IEC website.
87 The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until the
88 stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "https://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related
89 to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
90 • reconfirmed,
91 • withdrawn,
92 • replaced by a revised edition, or
93 • amended.
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96 FIBRE OPTIC INTERCONNECTING DEVICES AND
97 PASSIVE COMPONENTS – PERFORMANCE STANDARD –
99 Part 042-02: Plug-pigtail-style and plug-receptacle-style
100 OTDR reflecting devices for category C –
101 Controlled environments
106 1 Scope
107 This part of IEC 61753 contains the minimum initial performance, test and measurement
108 requirements and severities which plug-pigtail style and plug-receptacle style OTDR reflecting
109 devices need to satisfy in order to be categorized as meeting the requirements of category C-
110 Controlled environments, as defined in Annex A of IEC 61753-1 [1] . These devices are utilized
111 for out-of-band OTDR testing of an optical fibre system.
112 Annex B provides information concerning these devices.
113 2 Normative references
114 The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
115 constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
116 For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
117 amendments) applies.
118 IEC 60793-2-50, Optical fibres – Part 2-50: Product specifications – Sectional specification for
119 class B single-mode fibres
120 IEC 61300 (all parts), Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test
121 and measurement procedures
122 IEC 61300-1, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
123 measurement procedures – Part 1: General and guidance
124 IEC 61300-2-1, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
125 measurement procedures – Part 2-1: Tests – Vibration (sinusoidal)
126 IEC 61300-2-2, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
127 measurement procedures – Part 2-2: Tests – Mating durability
128 IEC 61300-2-4, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
129 measurement procedures – Part 2-4: Tests–Fibre or cable retention
130 IEC 61300-2-5, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
131 measurement procedures – Part 2-5: Tests – Torsion
132 IEC 61300-2-6, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
133 measurement procedures – Part 2-6: Tests – Tensile strength of coupling mechanism
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Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography.
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134 IEC 61300-2-9, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
135 measurement procedures – Part 2-9: Tests –Shock
136 IEC 61300-2-14, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
137 measurement procedures – Part 2-14: Tests – High optical power
138 IEC 61300-2-17, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
139 measurement procedures – Part 2-17: Tests – Cold
140 IEC 61300-2-18, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
141 measurement procedures – Part 2-18: Tests – Dry heat
142 IEC 61300-2-19, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
143 measurement procedures – Part 2-19: Tests – Damp heat (steady state)
144 IEC 61300-2-22, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
145 measurement procedures – Part 2-22: Tests – Change of temperature
146 IEC 61300-2-42, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
147 measurement procedures – Part 2-42: Tests – Static side load for strain relief
148 IEC 61300-2-44, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
149 measurement procedures – Part 2-44: Tests – Flexing of the strain relief of fibre optic devices
150 IEC 61300-3-2, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test and
151 measurement procedures – Part 3-2: Examination and measurements – Polarization dependent
152 loss in a single-mode fibre optic device
153 IEC 61300-3-6, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and
154 measurement procedures - Part 3-6: Examination and measurements – Return loss
156 IEC 61300-3-7, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and
157 measurement procedures - Part 3-7: Examination and measurements – Wavelength
158 dependence of attenuation and return loss of single mode components
159 IEC 62074-1, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Fibre optic WDM
160 devices - Part 1: Generic specification
161 IEC TS 62627-09, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Vocabulary
162 for passive optical devices
163 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
164 For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62074-1 and
165 IEC TS 62627-09 and the following terms and definitions apply.
166 ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
167 addresses:
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168 IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
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169 ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
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170 3.1 Terms and definitions
171 3.1.1
172 OTDR reflecting device
173 optical filter that has two ports in which light in the signal wavelength ranges transmits from the first port
174 to the second port and OTDR light in the OTDR wavelength range launched into one port is (partly)
175 reflected back to that launch port
176 NOTE 1 to entry: It is used for out of band testing of optical fibre systems.
177 3.1.2
178 passband wavelength range
179 the wavelength ranges of 1 260 nm to 1 360 nm, 1 480 nm to 1 500 nm and 1 550 nm to 1 560 nm
180 3.1.3
181 reflection-band wavelength range
182 the wavelength ranges of 1 620 nm to 1 630 nm or 1 645 nm to 1 655 nm
183 3.2 Abbreviations
FBG fibre bragg grating
ONU optical network unit
OTDR optical time-domain reflectometer
PDL polarisation dependent loss
TFF thin-film filter
185 4 Test
186 Unless otherwise specified, all test methods shall be in accordance with a specific IEC 61300
187 series standard. Each test defines the number of samples to be evaluated. The samples used
188 for each test are intended to be previously unstressed new samples but may also be selected
189 from previously used samples if desired. The samples shall use single-mode fibres as per IEC
190 60793-2-50 category B-652.B, B-652.D or B-657 in either coated fibres (primary and secondary)
191 or reinforced cable format. All measurements shall be carried out at standard atmosphere
192 condition defined in IEC 61300-1, unless otherwise stated.
193 All tests shall be carried out over the operating wavelength range: the signal wavelength ranges
194 of 1 260 nm to 1 360 nm, 1 480 nm to 1 500 nm and 1 550 nm to 1 560 nm, and the OTDR
195 wavelength of 1 620 nm to 1 630 nm or 1 645 nm to 1 655 nm, unless otherwise specified.
196 NOTE 1 310 nm, 1 490 nm and 1 550 nm are the nominal or centre wavelengths, stated for the ranges 1 260 nm to
197 1 360 nm, 1 480 nm to 1 500 nm and 1 550 nm to 1 560 nm as defined in ITU-T Recommendations G.983.3 [2],
198 G.984.2 [3] and IEEE standard 802.3-2022 [4].
199 5 Test report
200 Fully documented test reports and supporting evidence shall be prepared and be available for
201 inspection as evidence that the tests have been carried out and complied with.
202 6 Performance requirements
203 6.1 Reference components
204 The performance testing in this document does not require the use of reference components.
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205 6.2 Dimensions
206 Dimensions shall comply with either an appropriate IEC interface standard as defined in the
207 IEC 61754 series or with those given in appropriate manufacturers drawings, where the IEC
208 interface standard does not exist or cannot be used.
209 6.3 Sample size
210 Sample sizes for the test are defined in Table A.1 of Annex A for plug-pigtail style and in Table
211 A.2 of Annex A for plug-receptacle style.
212 6.4 Test details and requirements
213 Test details and requirements are shown in Table 1 for plug-pigtail style and Table 2 for plug-
214 receptacle style.
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217 Table 1 – Test details and requirements for plug-pigtail style (1 of 4)
No Tests Requirements Details
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