I/We Claim:
1. An optical fiber coating removal device which heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, comprising:
a communicator which receives information based on optical fiber type information to specify an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types, transmitted from an external device to which the optical fiber type information has been input; and
a heater which heats a coating of an optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, wherein
the heater can heat a coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
2. The optical fiber coating removal device according to Claim 1, wherein
the optical fiber type information includes coating heat condition information to specify a coating heat condition of the optical fiber,
the communicator receives the coating heat condition information as information based on the optical fiber type information, and
the heater heats a coating of the optical fiber under a coating heat condition specified by the received coating heat condition information.
3. The optical fiber coating removal device according to Claim 1, wherein the communicator receives information based on a power-saving
operation-setting instruction for the optical fiber coating removal device, transmitted from the external device, and the heater controls preheating of the heater using the received information based on the power-saving operation-setting instruction.
4. The optical fiber coating removal device according to Claim 1, further comprising a buzzer sound outputter which outputs a buzzer sound, wherein
the communicator receives information based on a buzzer sound volume-setting instruction for the optical fiber coating removal device, transmitted from the external device,
the buzzer sound outputter outputs a buzzer sound using the received information based on the buzzer sound volume-setting instruction, and
the buzzer sound outputter can output a buzzer sound with a plurality of buzzer sound volumes according to the buzzer sound volume-setting instruction.
5. The optical fiber coating removal device according to Claim 1, further comprising a maintenance information acquisitor which acquires at least one or more of a capacity of a built-in battery, the number of times of charging and discharging the built-in battery, the number of times of use of the blade, and occurrence of abnormality, serving as maintenance information, wherein
the communicator transmits information based on the acquired maintenance information, and
the external device outputs the maintenance information using the received information based on the maintenance information.
6. The optical fiber coating removal device according to Claim 1, wherein
the communicator transmits information based on identification information of the optical fiber coating removal device, and
the external device outputs the identification information of the optical fiber coating removal device using the received information based on the identification information.
7. The optical fiber coating removal device according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, wherein
the external device is a fusion splicer which performs fusion splicing using a connection program selected out of a plurality of connection programs corresponding to optical fiber types, and inputs information of an optical fiber type included in the connection program selected as the optical fiber type information.
8. The optical fiber coating removal device according to Claim 2, wherein the connection program selected further includes the coating heat condition
information of the optical fiber,
the communicator receives the coating heat condition information transmitted from the fusion splicer as information based on the optical fiber type information, and
the heater heats a coating of the optical fiber using the received coating heat condition information under a coating heat condition specified by the coating heat condition information.
9. The optical fiber coating removal device according to any one of Claims 1 to 8, further comprising a storage which stores the received coating heat condition informatio as set coating heat condition information, wherein
the communicator transmits the set coating heat condition information, and the external device outputs the received coating heat condition information.
10. An external device which inputs information used for heat a coating in an optical fiber coating removal device which heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, comprising:
an inputter which inputs optical fiber type information to specify an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types; and
a communicator which transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information, wherein
the optical fiber coating removal device heats a coating of an optical fiber with the heater using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, and
the heater can heat a coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
11. The external device according to Claim 10, wherein
the optical fiber type information includes coating heat condition information to specify a coating heat condition of the heater,
the communicator transmits the coating heat condition information included in the input optical fiber type information, and
the optical fiber coating removal device receives the coating heat condition information, and heats a coating of an optical fiber using the received coating heat condition information under a coating heat condition specified by the coating heat condition information.
12. The external device according to Claim 10, further comprising an outputter which outputs information, wherein
the optical fiber coating removal device detects at least one or more of a capacity of a built-in battery, the number of times of charging and discharging the built-in battery, the number of times of use of the blade, and occurrence of abnormality, serving as maintenance information, and transmits information based on the detected maintenance information,
the communicator receives information based on the maintenance information, and
the outputter outputs the maintenance information based on the received information based on the maintenance information.
13. The external device according to any one of Claims 10 to 12, wherein the external device is a fusion splicer which performs fusion splicing using a connection program selected out of a plurality of connection programs corresponding to optical fiber types, and inputs information of an optical fiber type included in the connection program selected as the optical fiber type information.
14. The external device according to Claim 13, wherein
the connection program selected further includes the coating heat condition information of the optical fiber,
the optical fiber coating removal device receives the coating heat condition information transmitted from the fusion splicer as the optical fiber type information, and
the heater heats a coating of the optical fiber using the received coating heat condition information under a coating heat condition specified by the coating heat condition information. 15. An optical fiber coating removal system, comprising:
an optical fiber coating removal device which heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade; and
an external device which inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device, wherein
the external device includes:
an inputter which inputs optical fiber type information to specify an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types; and
a communicator which transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information,
the optical fiber coating removal device includes:
a communicator which receives information based on the optical fiber type information transmitted from the external device; and
a heater which heats a coating of an optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, and
the heater heats a coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
16. An optical fiber coating removal method using an optical fiber coating removal device which heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, and an external device which inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device, comprising:
an input step for inputting optical fiber type information to specify an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types, executed by the external device;
a first communication step for transmitting information based on the input optical fiber type information;
a second communication step for receiving information based on the optical fiber type information transmitted from the external device, executed by the optical fiber coating removal device; and
a coating heat step for heating a coating of an optical fiber with the heater using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, wherein
the heater can heat a coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information in the coating heat step.