Optical fiber coating removal device, external device, optical fiber coating removal system, and optical fiber coating removal method

An external device in combination with an optical fiber removal device, that inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, comprising:

• an inputter that inputs optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types;
• a first storage that stores at least one connection program that comprises a discharge heat current for connecting optical fibers;
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• a communicator that transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information,
• wherein the optical fiber coating removal device comprises:
• a second storage that stores coating removal information for removing the coating;
• a controller that receives the information based on optical fiber type information and controls at least one of heat temperature and heat time of the heater based on the coating removal information stored in the second storage;
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• the heater that heats the coating of the optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, and heats the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.

An optical fiber coating removal system in combination with an external device comprising:

• an optical fiber coating removal device that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade;
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• the external device that inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device, wherein
• the external device includes:
• an inputter that inputs optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types stored in the external device;
• a first storage that stores at least one connection program that comprises a discharge heat current for connecting optical fibers;
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• a first communicator that transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information,
• the optical fiber coating removal device includes:
• a second communicator that receives information based on the optical fiber type information transmitted from the external device;
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• a second storage that stores coating removal information for removing the coating;
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• a controller that receives, from the communicator, the information based on optical fiber type information and controls at least one of heat temperature and heat time of the heater based on the coating removal information stored in the second storage;
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• the heater heats the coating of the optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information and heats the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.

An optical fiber coating removal method using an optical fiber coating removal device in combination with an external device, that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, and an external device that inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device, comprising:

• inputting optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types stored in a first storage disposed in the external device, executed by the external device;
• transmitting information based on the input optical fiber type information, executed by the external device;
• receiving information based on the optical fiber type information transmitted from the external device, executed by the optical fiber coating removal device;
• storing coating removal information for removing the coating in a second storage disposed in the optical fiber coating removal device, executed by the optical fiber coating removal device;
• receiving the information based on optical fiber type information and controlling at least one of heat temperature and heat time of the heater based on the stored coating removal information, executed by the optical fiber coating removal device;
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• heating the coating of an optical fiber with the heater using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, and heating the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information in the coating heat step, executed by the heater.