Fusion condition providing system

A fusion condition providing system that provides fusion conditions to a fusion splicer that fusion splices optical fibers, the fusion condition providing system comprising:

• a user-side communication terminal that generates a command for requesting a fusion condition for a pair of optical fibers to be fusion spliced by the fusion splicer, the user-side communication terminal transmitting said command via a network;
• a storage device storing a database of a plurality of fusion conditions;
• a first computer having a first processor, connected to the network, the first processor of the first computer being configured to create and manage a new fusion condition that is not in the storage device;
• and
• a second computer having a second processor, the second processor of the second computer being configured to control the storage device and to communicate with the user-side communication terminal via the network,
• wherein the storage device, the first computer, and the second computer are remotely located from the user-side communication terminal and the fusion splicer, and are accessible only through the network via the user-side communication terminal, and
• wherein when the second computer receives said command for requesting the fusion condition via the network, the storage device is searched for the fusion condition requested by the user-side communication terminal, and if the requested fusion condition exists among the plurality of fusion conditions stored in the storage device, the second computer retrieves the requested fusion condition from the storage device and transmits the retrieved requested fusion condition to the user-side communication terminal via the network so that the retrieved requested fusion condition is provided to the fusion splicer,
• wherein, if the requested fusion condition does not exist among the plurality of fusion conditions stored in the storage device, the second computer transmits a request to newly create the requested fusion condition to the first computer,
• wherein in response to the request to newly create the requested fusion condition, the first computer causes the requested fusion condition to be newly created and transmits the newly created fusion condition to the second computer,
• wherein upon receipt of the newly created fusion condition, the second computer stores the newly created fusion condition in the storage device so as to update the database of the fusion conditions in the storage device, and transmits the newly created fusion condition to the user-side communication terminal via the network so that the newly created fusion condition is provided to the fusion splicer, and
• wherein the command for requesting the fusion condition includes index information, the index information including first optical fiber identifying information that identifies a type of one of the pair of optical fibers, second optical fiber identifying information that identifies a type of another of the pair of optical fibers, passing-light wavelength information that indicates an operating wavelength that is a wavelength of light passing through the optical fibers after fusion splicing, and fusion splicer identifying information that identifies a model of the fusion splicer.