OFS-100 V6.60 MAN Eng
OFS-100 V6.60 MAN Eng
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About the Fiber Trace software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
About the Platform 6000/6000L/8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Recycling information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Installation
Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installing the software on your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Modifying or upgrading your installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Removing the software from your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Files conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Converting several WTK files into SOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Converting several SOR or TFW files to the WTK format 8
File Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
To save your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Delete Trace(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Printing trace and results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
To select your printer and printing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
To Setup the page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mosaic setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Multi-traces printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
To Preview the printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
To Print the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mosaic page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Manual measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Measuring the Slope of the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Measuring Discontinuity on the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Measuring Reflectance on the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Measuring the Optical Return Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To measure the ORL: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Measuring the Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defining a Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Differences between traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Both End measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Measurement Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Execution of a Both End measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Multi-traces analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Generate a multi-traces analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Opening an OEO result from a 6000/8000 Platform . . . . . . . . . .
Operations onto the OEO files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Save one of the 2 traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saving the 2 traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Displaying Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results table content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of confidence in result table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saving Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results file contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To copy the results to a word processing file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Defining Calculation Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Calculations carried out on the spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table contents without statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Choice of channels displayed in the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Results sorting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Display of relative results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Link between the trace and the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Successive addressing of channels according to the sort method 90
Table contents with statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cursor position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Alarm thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Displaying Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Results file contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ODM Trace selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defining Calculation Parameters and alarm thresholds . . . . .
Dispersion, Slope and Delay traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results Table display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Link between the trace and the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results file contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Results display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Opening fox files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Results display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiber Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting the alarm parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saving results in a txt file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saving results in a txt format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saving results in a txt file for Fiber Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Macros
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Appendix A
Customer Services
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Index
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Welcome to the Fiber Trace OFS-100 Software, the standard reference for processing traces acquired using the range of JDSU fiber
optic analyzers.
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Technical assistance
If you need assistance or have questions related to the use of this
product, call or e-mail JDSUs Technical Assistance Center for
customer support.
Table 1
Region
Phone Number
Americas
Telecom Products
+33 (0) 1 30 81 50 60
(JDSU France)
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Region
Phone Number
All others
During off-hours, you can request assistance by doing one of the following:
leave a voice mail message at the Technical Assistance number in
your region;
e-mail North American Technical Assistance Center,
[email protected], or European Technical Assistance Center,
[email protected];
or submit your question using our online Technical Assistance
Request form at www.jdsu.com.
Recycling information
JDSU has established processes in compliance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, 2002/96/EC.
This product should not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste
and should be collected separately and disposed of according to your
national regulations. In the European Union, all equipment purchased
from JDSU after 2005 08 13 can be returned for disposal at the end of
its useful life. JDSU will ensure that all waste equipment returned is
reused, recycled, or disposed of in an environmentally friendly
manner, and in compliance with all applicable national and international waste legislation.
It is the responsibility of the equipment owner to return the equipment
to JDSU for appropriate disposal. If the equipment was imported by a
reseller whose name or logo is marked on the equipment, then the
owner should return the equipment directly to the reseller.
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Conventions
This guide uses naming conventions and symbols, as described in the
following tables.
Table 2
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Typographical conventions
Description
Example
All results ok
platform [a|b|e]
<password>
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Description
Example
Press Ctrl+s
Press Alt+f,s
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Symbol conventions
NOTE
This symbol represents a Note indicating related information or tip.
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Safety definitions
WARNING:
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION:
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury.
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Chapter 1
Installation
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This chapter describes how to install the FiberTrace OFS-100.
The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
Software requirements page 2
Hardware requirements page 2
Installing the software on your PC page 2
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Software requirements
Software requirements
Microsoft Windows version 98 or later.
Microsoft Excel .
All the files necessary to install the Fiber Trace software package
on your hard disk are provided on a CD-ROM.
Hardware requirements
An IBM Pentium 133MHz PC or 100% compatible computer
(Pentium II 233MHz or more recommended).
A Hard disk.
A CD-ROM unit.
64 MB or more of memory.
A mouse pointing device.
A 800*600 monitor (1152*864 or more recommended).
In addition a printer is recommended, but not required.
First installation
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Installing the software on your PC
Modifying or
upgrading your
installation
From the Windows Explorer select the CD-ROM Drive and double
click on the Acterna Optical Fiber Trace Setup.exe icon. The files
needed to install the software on your computer are extracted.
Removing the
software from
your PC
From the Windows Explorer select the CD-ROM Drive and double
click on the Acterna Optical Fiber Trace Setup.exe icon. The files
needed to install the software on your computer are extracted.
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Generalities
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This chapter describes the basic functionalities of the Fiber Trace software.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
Opening trace files page 6
File Operations page 8
Printing trace and results page 9
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Opening trace files
To use the FiberTrace OFS-100 software you must first have suitable
trace files available. These can be files you have previously saved
using Fiber Trace or files you have acquired with the JDSU test platforms (with OTDR, WDM, OSA, PMD, CD, AP or ODM modules) and
transferred to your PC.
Fiber Trace is also compatible with the OTDR files, .sor type, respecting the Bellcore standards 1.0, 1.1 ans 2.0.
Opening a file
Date
Device
Cable
Fiber
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Files conversion
You can also open several OTDR or WDM/OSA files at the same time.
To do this select the required files and left-click on the Open or Open
in the same window button. According to the button used, the traces
will be opened in different windows or in the same window. You can
then use the Display/Multi-trace commands to add or remove a trace
in the window: see "Displaying Multi traces (OTDR / WDM -OSA)"
page -52.
Converting several
WTK files into
SOR
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File Operations
File Operations
To save your work
When you save your work, you can change its name and its location.
When you change the name of a file or its location you create a copy
of the file.
1 Choose Save as... from the File menu.
2 Change the name of the file, open a different directory to hold the
file in, or do both.
3 If necessary, change the type of file to save it in another format.
4 Click Save.
Delete Trace(s)
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2 Select the source drive and directory where the trace you want
to delete is located.
3 Select the trace(s) you want to delete.
4 Click Delete.
5 Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box to delete the trace and its
associated file.
To select your
printer and
printing options
Before you print a trace for the first time, you may want to check the
printer selection and choose the printer options you want to use.
1 Choose Print Setup from the File menu.
2 Choose the printer.
NOTE
You can choose to print the trace on paper or in pdf format; for this
fomat a pdf writer software is mandatory (Adobe Acrobat / Cuteprinter / PDFCreator...).
3 Choose a paper source and paper size.
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4 Make sure you have correctly selected all the options you want to
use: you can print a scaled image of your document, print in
portrait or landscape orientation, etc.
5
Click OK.
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&&
Enter the size of the margins you require for the left, top, right and
bottom of the page.
Enter the folder path of the file containing the logo and the file
name (in .bmp or .WMF format)
Enter the company name: they will be printed at the top right of the
page.
1 Under the Contents tab, you can either use the default settings by
clicking on the Default button, or change the printer options by
checking the associated boxes to your own requirements:
Logo
Configuration
Title, Operator, Cable, Fiber, Origin, End, and parameters depending on the type of trace (OTDR, WDM, etc.)
will be printed.
Comments
Job
Trace
Results summary
Results summary
on first page
the result table will be printed on the first page with the
parameters (and with the trace if selected).
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Mosaic setup
Multi-traces printout
To Preview the
printing
1x2
2x1
2x2
Others
In this part, you can choose to print all traces on the same page or print
each indivudual trace on a separate page with its associated results
table.
Multiple-traces
Single traces
Before printing the trace you can preview it to see what it will look like
when it is printed with the options you have selected.
1 Choose Print Preview from the File menu or click on the
icon.
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NOTE
The alarms thresholds selected in the menu Display > Alarms...wil
be printed in the printout header, wether the file is printed on paper
or in pdf format.
Click on
If a Mosaic page layout (N squares) has been defined (refer to the previous page), then the N squares must be filled, otherwise the pages
are not printed.
For example, for a mosaic 2 x 2, if only three pages are filled, when a
print is submitted, the printer waits until the empty square is filled.
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NOTE
To force a printout when all the mosaic squares have not been filled,
select Eject page from the File menu. This Eject page option is followed by the number of occupied squares from the selected mosaic
presentation (in our example: 3/4).
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Chapter 3
3
From a PC, Fiber Trace enables you to remote control the functions
OTDR, WDM of the MTS (with the corresponding modules).
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
Remote Control menus page 16
Configuration of a MTS <-> PC link page 16
Connection of the MTS to the PC page 17
Transfer of files MTS <-> PC page 23
Remote Control of a measurement on the MTS page 26
Storing traces page 28
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The connection of the Platform 6000/6000L/8000 to the PC via Ethernet is done automatically.
The MTSe Srie 5000 can be remotely controlled via the RS 232-C
(type DCE) interface of the controller.
Link between the MTS 5x and the PC
The link with the PC may be direct or via a network:
1 To establish a direct link between the Ethernet ports of the MTS 5x
and of the PC, use the Ethernet crossed cable supplied with the
Ethernet option of the MTS 5x.
2 To establish a link via the network, ask the network administrator
for an IP address and connect the MTS 5x on a hub by using a
direct cable supplied by the administrator (and not the crossed
cable provided with the MTS 5x Ethernet option).
Configuration of MTS 5x
Start the MTS 5x and press the key Config. System.
Select the interface E/S: FTP/Eth using the key pad.
Configure the Ethernet interface: IP address, IP mask, IP bridge.
NOTE
The IP address is in the following form: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (4 numbers
separated by dots) If one of the numbers has only one or two
digits, enter only this (or these) digit(s). Do not add a zero,
otherwise the link will not be established.
NOTE
To check that the connection has been made correctly, without
using the software WS-FTP Pro, click on Start, then on Execute...,
and choose: ping followed by the IP address of the MTS 5x.
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Connection via
the RS232
interface
NOTE
This connection is only available with the MTS 5x.
As PCs are usually configured as DTE, an adaptor (DTE to DCE)
may be needed to connect the PC to the MTS 5x.
Selection of the MTS 5x transmission parameters
In the SYSTEM / RS232 menu, if necessary modify the following configuration parameters:
BAUD RATE
115200
CHAR. LENGTH
8 bits
STOP BIT
PARITY
Without
TERMINATOR
CR
PROTOCOL
RTS/CTS
NOTE
The transmission rate must be the same for both MTS 5x and PC.
1 Connect the modem to the MTS 5x via the RS232 connector.
2 On the MTS 5x, in the System set-up > Remote Access menu,
select the option TCP/PPP.
3 On the MTS 5x, press on the Init Modem key: the modem
connected to the MTS 5x is initialized. You are ready to transfer
data.
Local connection
via ppp
You can, using the PPP protocol, connect directly the MTS 5x (RS 232
port)1 and the PC via a cable seen as a modem.
1. see "Connection via the RS232 interface" on page -18
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NOTE
Local connexion via ppp can be done exclusively with a MTS 5x.
Then you have to:
1 install this fictive modem on the PC.
2 configure the link on the PC.
NOTE
When the MTS 5x is connected to the PC using the PPP protocol, if
the connection is unintentionally interrupted, the MTS 5x considers
that it is still connected for about 3 minutes and refuses all attempt
to connect it in the meantime.
If the MTS 5x is accessible, you can switch it off/on to avoid this
delay before restoring the connection.
NOTE
The following procedures are given for information only: they can be
slightly different according to the PC configuration.
Connexion via
existing ppp
Select PPP
Fig. 2
Driver configuration
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NOTE
To edit or modify the connection parameters, click on Modify PPP
in the Driver Configuration dialog box. Then, click on Properties in
the Configuration PPP dialog box.
3 Click on Connect... to start the connection of the MTS 5x to the
PC.
Fig. 3
Connecting...
Add a
connection
Fig. 4
Configuration PPP
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Connection
name
Fig. 5
Modem
selection
Modem selection
2 Once the modem is selected and the name is entered, click Add
button.
The Configuration PPP dialog box reappears, with the name of
the connection, the type of modem and the corresponding
number.
3 Click on Close button to go back to the Driver Configuration
dialog box.
4 Click on Connect to start the MTS 5x connection to the PC.
Fig. 6
Connecting...
Fig. 7
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Fig. 8
Digital signature
After less than 1 minute, the Add MTS connection dialog box is
displayed with the name of the modem (Acterna Mts)..
Connection
name
Fig. 9
Name of the
modem
Connection name
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Disconnecting the
MTS from the PC
Once the files are transferred (see "Transfer of files MTS <-> PC" page
23):
1 Select Disconnect in the Remote menu.
Fig. 10
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MTS side
PC side
Fig. 11
File transfer from the
PC to a remote MTS
Enter / Selct
folders
Transfer of files
1 On the local system (PC), use the drop down menu to access the
folder where the file(s) are stored to be transferred. The contents
of the folder is displayed in the bottom left-hand side window.
2 Select either the folder or the required file(s) in the folder to be
transferred.
3 Click the
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NOTE
It is not possible to select more than one directory, however you can
select and transfer several files at one time.
Possible actions on
the selected files on
PC or MTS
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Acquisition of an
OTDR trace
Fig. 12
The MTS type, serial number and software version are indicated in
the Device field.
2 Select the OTDR module of the MTS (if two modules are present).
3 Choose the measurement parameters: wavelength, pulse width,
range, acquisition time, resolution. Click Auto to have an automatic selection of the resolution.
4 Click the OK button. The Trace information dialog box is displayed:
5 Enter the measurement information:
Title
Operator name
Cable identification
Fiber number.
Automatic fiber number increment for each acquisition or not.
Identification of the origin and of the extremity
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Acquisition of an
optical spectrum
Fig. 13
The MTS type, serial number and software version are indicated in
the Device field.
2 Select the WDM module of the MTS in which the measurement is
to be carried out on (if two modules are present).
3 Choose the measurement conditions:
Number of required sweep to establish the trace (1 to 100),
High sensitivity:
No = power +15 to - 65 dBm
Yes = power - 25 to - 75 dBm.
Filter resolution: Max (<0,1 nm) or 0,1 / 0,2 / 0,3 / 0,4 / 0,5 nm.
Signal thresholds: Auto or Manual (-79.9 to + 20 dBm).
4 Click the OK button. The Trace information dialog box is displayed:
5 Enter the measurement information:
Title
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Operator
Cable identification
Fiber number.
Automatic fiber number incrementation for each measurement, or
not
Identification of the origin, the extremity and the test point.
6 Click the OK button to configure the OSA module.
7 To start the measurement, select the Measurement > Start option
from the Remote menu.
The trace is then transferred to the PC.
The trace is then displayed on the screen of the PC and can be eventually stored (see "Storing traces" page 28) or analysed.
Storing traces
The storing of the traces can be carried out in two ways:
manually using the menu File > Save As...
automatically after the acquisition.
1 To define the required save type, from the Remote menu, choose
the Measurement > Storage option.
The Saving acquisitions dialog box is displayed.
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Naming files
tfw
wtk
sor
wdm
JDSU format
txt
The user can choose from the three different filename types:
Automatic
Semi-automatic
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Manual
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Displaying Traces
4
This chapter describes the main traces displaying functions.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
"Traces display window" page 32
"Actions on traces" page 39
"Display Zoom Functions" page 39
"Cursors" page 45
"Setting Display Preferences" page 47
"Displaying open trace files" page 51
"To copy the trace to a word processing file" page 54
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Status Bar
Fig. 15
32
Tool bar
Parameters
Cursors position
Trace
Results table
Small trace
Alarms table
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The menu bar generally have the same commands as the tool bar, but
not necesseraly. Exclusively the most used functions of the menu bar
are available on the tool bar.
NOTE
The icons which can be activated are colored whereas those you
cannot activate are dispayed in grey.
The tool and menu bars are different according to the type of trace
open.
The trace
Trace parameters
Parameter
Description
INFORMATION
File
File name
Operator Name
Operator name.
Comment
Date, Time
ACQUISITION
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CABLE
JOB
Device
Module
Origin
Extremity
Cable Origin
Fiber Origin *
Color Origin *
Cable End
Fiber End *
Color End *
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Parameter
Description
ACQUISITION
Wavelength
(nm)
Pulse (us)
Acq. Time
Average
Range
Distance range.
Resolution
Index
Way
Launch Cable
CABLE
WDM / OSA
parameters
Parameter
Description
ACQUISITION
Wavelength
(nm)
Number of
acquisitions
Resolution
High sensivity
Yes / No
Averaging
Number of measurements
SNR method
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CABLE
PMD parameters
CD OTDR parameters
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Distance S<->N
(Ghz)
Noise acquisition
BW (nm)
Coupler compensation
Test point
Parameter
Description
ACQUISITION
Wavelength
(nm)
Number of
acquisitions
Averaging
Number of measurements
Fiber length
Coupling
CABLE
Test point
UNDER THE
DISPLAYED
PARAMETERS
Methods
Parameter
Description
ACQUISITION
Length
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CABLE
Way
CALCULATION
Approximation
Formula
Wavelength ref.
Fiber type
Standard / Special- Used to measure hybrid fiber links configuration such as Dispersion
compensating fiber.
CD ODM Parameters
Tab
Parameter
Description
CABLE
Way
CALCULATION
Approximation
Formula
Length
NOTE
If the parameter "Length" is not selected, the fiber length is considered as undefined and the measurement will be performed with non
normalized values, even if Normalized values has been selected in
the Calculation parameters (see Defining Calculation Parameters
and alarm thresholds page 117),
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AP parameters
FOX parameters
Specfic information
Parameter
Description
ACQUISITION
Wavelength
Averaging
Number of measurements
Fiber length
Tab
Parameter
Description
ACQUISITION
Index of refraction
NOTE
The Extremities are different parameter is exclusively available
with traces acquired with a 6000/8000 Platform.
If the option Extremities different is selected, in the Cable tab, you
can specify a different name and color code for cable and fiber, at each
end.
Launch cable (OTDR)
Click on the corresponding radio button to show wether there are no
or 1 to 3 launch cables at the front end, the middle (if there is a loop)
or at the far end of the cable.
Moving between
events (OTDR)
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To move quickly from one event to another on the active trace, use the
Next Event or Previous event command in the Calculation menu (or
select the
or
button). The next or previous event is centered
in the screen.
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Actions on traces
Grid (OTDR /
WDM)
The display window of the trace may contain a grid to facilitate the control of the position of the markers.
To display a grid on an OTDR trace, click on
or in the Display>Grid menu.
To remove the grid, click once again onto the icon or unselect Grid in
the Display menu.
One of the following grid types can be selected from the Display >
Grid menu for the WDM / OSA traces.
Conventional grid: the space interval is indicated in the top right
corner of the window. It varies according to the zoom level.
ITU grid: it uses the ITU-T G.692 channel plan channel spacings
available:25, 50, 100 or 200 GHz.
Grid defined by the user to correspond exactly to the channels.
Enter the position of the first vertical line (wavelength of the first
channel), the spacing between channels and the number of channels.
Display Zoom
Functions
The zoom functions are used to widen or reduce the trace diplay. With
an OTDR file, you can also set a predefined zoom.
NOTE
For the CD traces, the zoom functions are exclusively available with
the OTDR mode.
Zoom-in
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Zoom out
or
Set the cursor + on the trace and use the mouse roll backward.
NOTE
You cannot select a section to be zoomed out. You have to select
the Zoom out function as many times as necessary, the Zoom in
icon being automatically the icon by default.
Vertical or horizontal
zoom
Predefined zoom
(OTDR)
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button
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Using the
maximum display
area
The trace window, by default, does not occupy all of the display. The
left-hand side is left free for the trace parameters. If you want to use all
of the display for the trace, press the icon Trace only (different according to the type of trace) or select Trace only in the Display menu.
Icon Trace only for OTDR traces.
Icon Trace only for WDM traces
Icon Trace only for PMD traces
Icon Trace only for CD OTDR and CD ODM traces
Icon Trace only for AP traces
To return to the display of parameters, press again the icon or unselect
Trace only in the Display menu.
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Displaying the
Results / Alarms
table
To move the Results / Alarms table, click on the window upper part and
move the table where you want before releasing the mouse button.
To set the table to the pop-up mode or contrary, double click in the window upper part.
Fig. 16
Manual shift
2 Choose the required X and Y shift for each trace, from the
displayed dialog box.
3 Click on Apply to see the chosen shift without closing the dialog
box or click on OK to apply the shift and close the dialog box.
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Fig. 17
Traces shift
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Cursors
Mouse pointer
If you move the mouse pointer in the trace display window, the pointer
will be represented by:
A small circle on the trace
A small triangle on the X and Y axis.
This representation is useful to show the precise coordinates of the
trace point, corresponding to the mouse position.
2
3
Fig. 18
Cursors A and B
You can position two reference cursors (A and B) and then have delta
results between the reference cursors. These cursors are dotted vertical lines.
The cursor position indicator shows the distance and attenuation from
the start of the fiber to the point that the cursor intersects with the trace.
It also indicates when the cursor is in the zone preceeding an event,
the number and characteristics of this event.
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NOTE
For PMD and CD ODM traces, you can position only one cursor (A).
Positioning A and B
cursors
Cursor selection
To make the cursor selection easier, use the option Cursor Mode in
the Display menu.
Cursor Auto: the active cursor is the closest one of the current
cursor. Directly click on the display window allow you to immediately move the active cursor. This option allows you to move either
the right or left cursor.
Cursor A / B : this option is used to exclusively move the A / B
cursor.
Cursor A + B : move the both cursors simultaneously, without
modifying their distance.
NOTE
You cannot make a cursor selection with the PMD and CD ODM
traces.
Tooltips
The current cursor is associated with a Tooltips (activated in the Display > Preferences ... menu) which gives the coordinates of the point
of the trace showed by the current cursor, as well as the direction of
the A and B cursors. The active cursor is underlined.
When you click on the cursor or when the focus stays more than 1 second on it, a bigger tooltip is displayed, giving more informations (loss,
reflectance, slope etc.).
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Trace information
Once the A and B cursors are positioned on the trace, their respective
positon and the difference between the two locations are displayed at
the bottom of the trace.
NOTE
The cursors data are different according to the type of trace opened.
Cursor A value
B - A value
Cursor B value
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Display
preferences for
OTDR traces
Enter the required values for the trace top and bottom margins2.
Check the boxes to select the results to be displayed on the trace:
Events
Distances
Slopes
Values
Units
Markers name
Write in vertical (in case of dropping out of place - needs a font
allowing this function)
Print results in black (for color printer)
Results on all the traces: allows to display the measurement
results on all traces in the same screen.
Select the distance unit (Meters / Km / Feet / Kfeet / Miles)
Choose the inversion axis for both-end measurement.
Fig. 20
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Display
preferences for
WDM/OSA traces
Fig. 21
Display
preferences for
PMD traces
Fig. 22
Display
preferences for
CD OTDR and CD
ODM traces
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Fig. 23
Display
preferences for
AP traces
Fig. 24
Display
preferences for
fox results
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Fig. 25
Whenever you open a trace file, the trace becomes the active display
and occupies all the trace display window. Its name is shown in the title
bar.
If you open another trace file, it is superimposed on the previously
opened file and becomes the active display.
If you want to reselect the first display, select its filename from the
Window menu. It will then become the active display again
The name of the active displayed file is preceded
with a in the Window menu and it is shown in the
title bar.
Displaying more
than one file at a
time
You can display more than one open file at the same time to simplify
comparisons. Two methods are available: Cascade or Tile, selected
from the Window menu.
Using the cascade method displays all the open files in cascade
with the active display always on the top of the stack.
Using the tile method re-scales the displays to show all the open
files in the trace display window.
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To choose which file is the active display, left-click on the title bar
of the required file (the color of the title bar changes).
To reposition the active file in the display window, left-click on the
title bar of the displayed file and drag it to a new position.
To quit the tile or cascade mode and use all of the trace display
window for a file, double left-click on the title bar of the required
file.
Displaying
Multi traces
(OTDR / WDM OSA)
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Display / Hide
trace
Color selectors
Fig. 26
Removing a trace
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5
This chapter describes the analysis of OTDR traces.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
"Trace display window" page 56
"Defining Calculation Parameters" page 58
"Automatic Event Detection and measurements" page 60
"Using Markers" page 61
"Manual measurements" page 67
"Differences between traces" page 73
"Both End measurement" page 73
"Multi-traces analysis" page 76
"Opening an OEO result from a 6000/8000 Platform" page 77
"Results Table" page 78
"To copy the results to a word processing file" page 82
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Small trace
Tooltip
Fig. 27
Table resultss
Table alamrs
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Cursors position
indicator
The status bar, at the bottom of the trace, gives the values of the
cursors A and B.
/
Cursors
Values
Cursor A
Cursor B
Cursor B - A
Fig. 28
NOTE
The differences between A and B are negative if the cursor A is
positioned after cursor B.
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Defining
parameters
Fig. 29
Calculation parameters
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Defining Alarm
Thresholds
The alarm thresholds can be defined in the Display > Alarms... menu.
Fig. 30
Event detection
criteria
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Splice
Fig. 31
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Reflectance
Slope
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End of fiber
Using Markers
You can position markers on the trace to indicate the exact position of
detected faults so that you can quickly locate the same positions after
repair or measurement using different calculation parameters.
Markers mode
Adding Markers
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Hiding and
Displaying
Markers
Repositioning a
Marker
Once you have added markers you can toggle between displaying
them or hiding them. To do this press the
button or select Markers
from the Markers menu. If markers are displayed they will be hidden
and if they are hidden they will be displayed.
4 Press and hold the left mouse button, drag the marker to the
required position and release the mouse button
The marker is repositioned and the measurements relative to the new
location are updated.
Deleting a marker
to a
Press the
button or select the option Delete Marker in the
Markers menu, to delete all the markers on a trace. Confirmation of
the deletion is then required.
This operation also deletes all measurement results associated with
the markers.
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Canceling last
actions on
markers
To cancel the last action made on marker (add a marker, delete marker
etc.), use the
button.
Precise
positioning of a
marker
1 In the Define Marker dialog box, enter the distance with respect to
the origin of the trace and, if known, the longitude and latitude of
the point.
Modifying a
marker
Markers group
Selection of a marker
group
You can select a group of markers in order to move it on the trace, copy
it to another trace, copy the characteristics of the markers in a
spreadsheet file or a text file, etc.
1 Press the
button or select Shift Marker Group from the
Markers menu. The cursor is followed by the
mark.
2 Draw a rectangle around the markers you want to insert in the
group.
NOTE
Pressing the Ctrl key allows you to select non consecutive markers
in the group.
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Fig. 32
You can display or not the marker group selection: click on the
button or check the Shift marker group option of the
Marker menu.
The group will be saved even if you modify its marker locations or
erase some of them.
Possible Actions on
the marker group
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If, for example, you want to shift the group of markers on the trace to
compensate for the addition of launch cables, do as follows:
1 If necessary, click on the
function.
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1 Select the lines concerning the markers you want to copy and the
characters of the interested columns (to copy markers the first
column giving distances is compulsory).
2 Select the Edit > Copy function.
3 Open the trace in which you want to copy the markers.
4 Right click on the trace and select Paste marker selection, or
Paste and invert marker selection to copy the markers on the
trace without or with inversion.
Manual measurements
Measuring the
Slope of the Trace
Red brackets display the origin and end of the section. The linear
attenuation calculated is displayed between the markers in dB/km.
NOTE
If you have not positioned the cursors before starting a slope
measurement, the following alert message is displayed:
Impossible slope measurement. You should position
two cursors.
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Measuring
Discontinuity on
the Trace
You can measure the discontinuity (splice ...) between two sections of
the trace where you have previously made slope measurements:
1 Make slope measurements on two sections of the trace (refer to
Measuring the Slope of the Trace page 67).
2 Position cursor A between the two slope measurements at the
right position on the event.
3 Press the
Result of reflectance
Fig. 34
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The splice measurement values then remain associated with the trace
even if the display is modified (Zoom function, etc.). To erase the splice
measurement values you must use the Delete results command
(refer to Deleting all the markers and the results page 62) or make a
new measurement.
Measuring
Reflectance on the
Trace
Measuring the
Optical Return
Loss
You can measure the Optical Return Loss (ORL) from a section of the
fiber that is the amount of light reflected from the fiber. This value, in
dB, is calculated as follows:
Incident energy
ORL = 10 log ---------------------------------------Reflected energy
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1 Position the A & B cursors at the beginning and end of the section
of the fiber you want to measure (refer to Automatic Event Detection and measurements page 60).
To accurately position a cursor it is often easier to first zoom-in on
the display (refer to Measuring Reflectance on the Trace
page 69).
2 Press the
button or select Optical Return Loss from the
Calculation menu.
The section of the fiber measured is shown shaded green. A
measurement result box in the top right-hand corner of the window
shows:
the Reflectance Coefficient used (in dB)
the ORL value (in dB)
the Contribution to the reference point (in dB)
NOTE
If you have not positioned the cursors before starting an ORL measurement the following alert message is displayed: Impossible Optical Return Loss measurement.
The ORL measurement result remains associated with the trace. It
stays displayed just until a new measurement is carried out either from
the
button or by Optical Return Loss in the Calculation menu
even if the display is modified (Zoom function, etc.). To delete the
ORL measurement result, press the
button or select Optical
Return Loss from the Calculation menu a second time.
ORL result
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Measuring the
Contribution
Once you have made an ORL measurement you can measure the
contribution (in dB) to the overall ORL that a specific reflective event
causes. This contribution is measured from the start of the ORL
measurement.
Use the following procedure to measure the contribution caused by a
specific event:
1 Make an ORL measurement on a section of the trace.
2 Position the cursors to indicate the start and end points of the
event you want to measure the contribution for.
The original position of the start of the ORL measurement is indicated with a solid green cursor. The section of the fiber where the
event you are measuring is located is shown shaded green and
the contribution value to the reference point in dB is displayed in
the measurement result box.
Contribution of event to
ORL measurement
Start of ORL
Fig. 36
Contribution Measurement
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Defining a Mask
To help you to detect faults on the fiber you can define a mask (or
threshold) for a section of the trace that will indicate the first point of
the trace that exceeds the selected threshold value.
In order to do this you must first specify the mask threshold value in dB
and define the section of the trace where you want to apply the mask.
Use the following procedure to define the mask:
1 Select Calculation parameters from the Calculation menu.
2 Enter the mask threshold in dB in the Mask field and press OK.
3 Position the cursor A and B at the extremities of the section of the
trace where you want to apply the mask.
4 Select Mask from the Calculation menu to test the mask.
Mask zone delimited by a parallelogram
(Green = Good, Red = Bad)
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If the test fails, the parallelogram is red and the status box shows
the distance from the start of the fiber to the first point that the
trace exceeds the selected threshold and a Bad status message.
To erase the mask, select Mask from the Calculation menu.
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Measurement
Principles
Execution of a
Both End
measurement
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Fig. 39
The Both End measurement can be saved to a file (see "Results Table"
page 78).
Multi-traces analysis
When displaying multiple traces (see "Displaying Multi traces (OTDR
/ WDM -OSA)" page 52), a multi-traces analysis can be generated.
This function is used to compare the automatic measurements from
several traces and to complete the detected events onto the active
trace.
This analysis also allows to delete markers on the active trace, where
the automatic measurement (see "Automatic Event Detection and
measurements" page 60) would have detected some by mistake.
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Operations onto
the OEO files
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You can save the active trace of an OEO file (radio button notched)
under a new extension (.sor / .wtk / .txt)
Click on the Save as... button in the File menu.
Select the directory where you want to save the active trace
Enter a new name for the file
Select the file extension in the pop-up menu Type
Click on Save
Saving the 2
traces
After modifications on O->E and E->O traces, both can be saved at the
same time:
1 Make the necessary modifications on both traces
Click on the Save button once in the File menu to save both
traces.
Results Table
Whenever you make a measurement, an event result table is generated. This table lists all the results of events detected during the
measurement.
A results table is also available after a both end measurement onto the
traces.
Displaying
Results Table
Results table
content
78
If the alarm thresholds are validated in the menu Calculation / Calculation parameters ... (see "Defining Alarm Thresholds" page 59 )a
message, above the table, gives the global result with respect to the
threshold.
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To the right side of the table results is displayed the alarms table
results.
Results of the analysis with respect to the chosen alarm thresholds
Alarms table
Fig. 41
Icons
Description
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Table 6
5c manual
Global
The loss displayed is the global result for Fresnels that are not sufficiently separated.
Close evts
Several events being too close, only the attenuation of the last is displayed.
Slope measurement using the linear regression method not using many
acquisition points.
2 points
Saving Results
After a trace analysis, the results can be saved in a xls file format in
order to integrate them in a report or to make statistical analysis.
Use the following steps to save your results:
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Chapter 6
6
This chapter describes how to analyze optical spectrums with a Fiber
Trace OFS-100 Software.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
"Trace display" page 84
"Defining Calculation Parameters" page 85
"Calculations carried out on the spectrum" page 87
"Results Table" page 88
"Exceeding the alarm thresholds" page 92
"Comparing traces" page 93
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Trace display
Trace display
Measurement results
Fig. 42
Power composite
between cursors A &
B, in dBm and W
Grid steps
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Cursors position
indicator
The status bar, at the bottom of the trace, gives the values of the
cursors A and B.
Cursors
Values
Cursor A
Cursor B
Cursor B - A
Fig. 43
NOTE
The wavelength difference result is negative if the cursor A is positioned after cursor B.
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NOTE
If the display of a result parameter is not selected in the Display
menu, this parameter cannot be calculated. It is in grey in the Calculation menu. This is to avoid erasing results that have not been registered.
Results Table
Whenever you make a measurement a results table is generated containing the results of each channel detected.
To display this table, click on the
from the Display menu.
Fig. 45
Table contents
without statistics
88
In the absence of statistics the parameters given for each channel are
as follows:
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Choice of
channels
displayed in the
table
In the Results menu, choose the channels for which you wish to see
the results displayed in the table:
All channels
Selection of channels between A and B cursors
Selection of channels in the user-defined grid (see Grid (OTDR /
WDM) page 39)
Results sorting
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Display of relative
results
The table usually gives the results in absolute values. To obtain these
results as relative values, that is with respect to the reference channel,
do the following:
In the Results menu, choose Channel related result ... : a dialog
box enables you to choose this channel among those displayed in
the table.
Successive
addressing of
channels
according to the
sort method
On the trace and in the table, it is possible to make the cursor pass
successively from one channel to another one according to the
selected sort order. To do this:
choose the cursor A or B for use on the trace.
click the
key (or choose Peak search in the Calculation menu)
to go to the max. amplitude channel.
click either the
or
keys (or choose Next channel or
Previous channel in the Calculation menu) to make the cursor jump
back to the previous channel or on to the following channel.
Table contents
with statistics
Table 7
90
No statist
Freq or
Lambda
Level
Mixed
SNR
Channel
Channel
Channel
Channel
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No statist
Freq or
Lambda
Level
Mixed
SNR
Freq. or
Lambda
Freq. or
Lambda
Freq. or
Lambda
Freq. or
Lambda
Freq. or
Lambda
Spacing
Spacing or
L ref or F ref a
Level
F or L min
SNR
Level
F or L Avg
Avg. P.
F or L Max
Avg. SNR
Noise
F or L max
Max P.
Level
Max SNR
SNR
F. or Min L.
Min P.
P min
Min SNR
P/P comp
Sdev b F or L
Sdev P
P Max
Sdev SNRc
Saving results
After a trace analysis, the results can be saved in a text file format in
order to integrate them in a report or in a spreadsheet to make statistical analysis.
Use the following steps to save your results:
1 Select Save Results... from the Results menu.
The Save as ... dialog box then appears.
2 Select the location and directory in which the file will be saved.
3 Enter the name of the file: by default, a .txt is proposed. However,
you can enter a filename extension corresponding to your spreadsheet (for example, .xls).
4 Click the Save button.
Results file contents
All the results and statistics that have been carried out are saved in the
file (for each detected channel):
the frequency (Freq.)
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Comparing traces
Once you have displayed a trace you can display a second trace in the
same window. This is very useful for comparing the results of acquisitions before and after a repair or to detect changes occurred between
acquisitions. You can also generate a new trace of the differences
between an active trace and a reference trace.
Opening an
overlay trace
Trace resulting
from difference
between traces
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7
This chapter describes how to analyze with a Fiber Trace OFS-100
software, PMD results acquired with an JDSU MTSe Srie 5000
analyser equipped with a 5073PMD (or 5073 WDM-PMD) module.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
"Trace display" page 96
"Alarm thresholds" page 98
"Results Table" page 100
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Trace display
Trace
The general contents of a PMD trace are: the trace, its parameters, the
cursor position, the mode (FFT or Drift) and the results table.
Trace parameters
Trace selection
(FFT / Drift)
Fig. 46
Position of
the cursor
Results table
(and eventually statistics)
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Cursor position
indicator
The status bar, at the bottom of the trace, gives the values of the cursor
A.
Cursor
Values
Cursor A
(FFT)
- PMD delay.
- Intensity
Cursor A
(DRIFT)
- Acquisition number
- PMD delay (ps) and coefficient (ps /km 1/2)
- PMD 2 (in strong coupling): delay (ps/nm)
and coefficient (ps/nm.km)
Fig. 47
Cursors
To move the cursor use the mouse or the direction arrow keys. The
coordinates of its intersection with the trace are indicated in the associated tooltip, if the function is validated in the Display> Preferences ...
menu.
Data associated with the cursor are:
delay and amplitude for the FFT method
To position a reference cursor click on the place required: the continuous line changes in a dotted line. The coordinates of its intersection
with the trace are indicated below the trace.
To move this reference cursor place the current cursor on it (the
then becomes
), then click and drag, without releasing the
mouse button, to the required position.
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Cursor
Fig. 48
Results table
Alarm thresholds
Thresholds can be entered in the Calculation > Threshold ...menu:
Three options are available:
None: no alarm selected.
Predefined (Rate info): thresholds on PMD delay are automatically
calculated and adjusted according to the rate information
selected:
OC-48/STM-16 (40 ps), OC-192 / STM-64 (10 ps), OC-768 / STM256 (2,5 ps), 10GEth (5ps).
Manual: you have to notch the parameter with an alarm (PMD
Delay, PMD Coeff, PMD2 Delay, PMD2 Coeff) and to enter the
corresponding threshold.
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Alarm thresholds
If the alarm thresholds are on, a message is displayed above the trace
parameters showing if a result exceeds the threshold.
Alarm message relative to thresholds
Fig. 50
Icons
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Results Table
Displaying
Results Table
Saving results
After a trace analysis, the results can be saved in a text file format in
order to integrate them in a report or in a spreadsheet to make statistical analysis.
NOTE
To save the statistics with the results, previously click on Statistics in
the Display menu.
If statistics is not selected, the file contents will not include those
statistics.
Use the following steps to save your results:
1 Select Save Results... from the File menu.
The Save as ... dialog box then appears.
2 Select the folder in which the file will be saved.
3 Enter the name of the file: by default, a .txt format is proposed but
you can enter another extension (.xls etc.).
4 Click the Save button.
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8
This chapter describes how to analyze Chromatic Dispersion measurement results with a Fiber Trace OFS100 Software.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
"Trace display" page 104
"Defining Calculation Parameters and alarm thresholds" page 105
"Dispersion, Slope and Delay traces" page 107
"OTDR traces" page 108
"Measurements" page 110
"Results Table" page 112
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Trace display
Trace
Fig. 51
Trace
parameters
Cursor
Information
Trace displayed
Cursor mode:
A, B or A+B
NOTE
The tool and menu bars are different between the OTDR trace and
the Dispersion/Slope/Delay traces.
Moreover, one cursor (A) is available with the Dispersion/Slope/
Delay traces whereas 2 cursors (A and B) are available with the CD
OTDR trace.
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Cursors position
indicator
The status bar, at the bottom of the trace, gives the values of the
cursors A and B.
Cursors
Values
Cursor A
Cursor B
Cursor B - A
Fig. 52
NOTE
The wavelength difference result is negative if the cursor A is positioned after cursor Bt.
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Fig. 53
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OTDR traces
The acquisition has been made on 1 to 4 wavelengths (1310, 1480,
1550 and 1625 nm). The corresponding OTDR traces are displayed
with distances on the horizontal axis and attenuations on the vertical
axis. A marker is usually placed at the top of each end of fiber peak.
The following informations are displayed:
below the traces: informations associated to cursors A and B.
on the traces: the location of the markers (if this display is selected
in the Display > Preferences ... menu).
If the Section or Bidir. mode is selected, the reference marker location
is also displayed in a frame on the right of the traces.
Marker mode
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NOTE
In the marker mode you cannot use cursors unless you hold down
the Ctrl key.
Automatic positioning
of marker
Repositioning a
Marker
To move a marker:
1 Access Markers mode.
2 Position the
The marker is moved and results are recalculated with respect to the
new position.
Deleting a marker or
all the markers
3 Select All to erase all the markers or select one or several traces
to erase the corresponding marker.
Adding markers
,
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Select the marker you want in the list and click on OK.
Move the cursor
Measurements
When a trace is opened, measurements are automatically made in the
selected mode each time a marker is placed, moved or removed.
The mode of measurement is selected in the Calculation > Measure-
CD measurement
on a section
Fig. 54
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The different measurements must be performed with strictly the
same module.
The process to mesure CD on a section is:
1 Load the trace having the complete CD results, up to the Y event.
2 In the menu Calculation > Measurement mode ..., select Section.
3 In the menu File, select Open reference file ... : find the file and
open it.
Then, the table gives results of the section of fiber.
The reference value for every OTDR trace is given on the right of the
trace.
Bi-directional
measurement
Then two acquisitions are made, one from the origin up to X, the other
from the end up to X. Both results are added to give the global results
of the link.
Acquisition 2
Acquisition 1
Fig. 55
Bi-directional measurement
NOTE
For this measurement both acquisitions must be performed with the
same CD module.
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Results Table
Whenever you make a measurement a results table is generated.
Results Table
display
Table contents
The results table shows for every wavelength: the delay, the dispersion
and the slope. This table is interactive and shows the measurement in
progress. Any operation on the trace is immediately entered in the
table.
If the alarm thresholds are validated in the menu Calculation / Calculation parameters ... a message, above the table, gives the global result
Fig. 56
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Results table
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Description
Saving results
After a trace analysis, the results can be saved in a text file format in
order to integrate them in a report or in a spreadsheet to make statistical analysis.
Use the following steps to save your results:
1 Select Save Results... from the File menu.
The Save as ... dialog box then appears.
2 Select the folder in which the file will be saved.
3 Enter the name of the file: by default, a .txt is proposed. However,
you can enter a filename extension corresponding to your spreadsheet (for example, .xls).
4 Click the Save button.
Results file
contents
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9
This chapter describes how to analyze results of Chromatic Dispersion measurement using the phase shift method with a Fiber Trace
OFS100 Software.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
"Trace display" page 116
"Defining Calculation Parameters and alarm thresholds" page 117
"Dispersion, Slope and Delay traces" page 119
"Results Table" page 120
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Trace display
Trace
The type of
trace
Trace and
Trace
Cursor Information
color selection parameters
Fig. 57
ODM Trace selection
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Beside the button selecting a trace, a square shows the color of the
trace. To change the color and call the color palette, double click on
this square.
Cursors position
indicator
The status bar, at the bottom of the trace, gives the values of the
cursors A and B.
Cursors
Values
Cursor A
Fig. 58
Fig. 59
Calculation parameters
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Results Table
Whenever you make a measurement a results table is generated.
Results Table
display
Table contents
The results table shows for every wavelength: the delay, the dispersion, the dispersion coeddicient (%1) (if normalized values has been
selected) and the slope. This table is interactive and shows the
measurement in progress.
If the alarm thresholds are validated in the menu Calculation / Calculation parameters ... a message, above the table, gives the global
result with respect to the threshold.
Results of the analysis with respect to the chosen alarm thresholds
Out of range result
Fig. 60
Icons
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Saving results
After a trace analysis, the results can be saved in a text file format in
order to integrate them in a report or in a spreadsheet to make statistical analysis.
Use the following steps to save your results:
1 Select Save Results... from the File menu.
The Save as ... dialog box then appears.
2 Select the folder in which the file will be saved.
3 Enter the name of the file: by default, a .txt is proposed. However,
you can enter a filename extension corresponding to your spreadsheet (for example, .xls).
4 Click the Save button.
Results file
contents
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10
This chapter describres how to analyze AP (Spectral Attenuation)
measurements acquired with a JDSU 8000 Platform.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follow :
Trace display page 124
Defining calculation parameters page 125
Results table page 127
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Trace display
Trace display
Fig. 61
Small trace
Results table
Cursor mode
(A / B / Auto)
NOTE
The results table is printed in two columns (click on Print Preview).
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Cursors position
indicator
The status bar, at the bottom of the trace, gives the values of the
cursors A and B.
Cursors
Data
Cursor A
Cursor B
Cursor B - A
Fig. 62
NOTE
The wavelength difference result is negative if the cursor A is positioned after cursor B.
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Fig. 63
Calculation parameters
2 Left click on the Default button to select the default values or enter
the required values for:
Increment: wavelength increment between two results saved in
the results table (from 02 nm)
Wavelength range:
Select a wavelength range. According to the one selected, the
value parameters are active or not:
Full band: results are displayed for the entire wavelength
range. Only the increment parameter can be entered
Band C + L: only the results of the C + L band are displayed.
Only the increment parameter can be enteredBand S + C + L:
only the results of the S + C + L band are displayed. Only the
increment parameter can be entered
Band CWDM: the results of the CWDM band are displayed. No
value can be entered
Band DWDM: the results of the DWDM band are displayed.
The Min wavelength and the Increment can be entered.
With DWDM parameter, spacing of channels can be fixed at: 25
GHz, 50 GHz, 100 GHz or 200 GHz.
Manual band: the displayed band is defined by two wavelengths, entered by the user; the starting wavelength (Min.)
and the ending one (Max). It also allows the user to define the
increment.
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A results table is provided for each increment step.
Displaying the
results table
Table contents
For each wavelength, the table displays the frequency (nm), the Spectral Attenuation (dB/km) and the total loss (dB).
Fig. 64
Saving results
icon or select
Results Table
After a trace analysis, the results can be saved in a text file format in
order to integrate them in a report or in a spreadsheet file.
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contents
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11
This chapter describes how to analyze one or several FOX measurements acquired with a JDSU 6000/8000 Platform.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follow :
Results display page 130
Setting the alarm parameters page 131
Saving results in a txt file page 132
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Results display
Opening fox files
Once a fox result has been acquired with a 8000 Platform, you can
display it using the Fiber Trace software and work on it or print the
results on paper or in pdf format.
In the File menu, the user can open one single OFI result or multiple
ones at the same time:
1 Go to File > Open or click on the icon
2 Select the ".fox" file format .
3 Select the file or list of files to load
4 Click on Open if you have selected one single result or Open in
the same window if you have selected multiple ones.
Results display
Once the file(s) is / are open, the screen displays global information
and, according to the selection, detailed results on the right.
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Fiber Information
Once the fox file is opened, you can display and modify the fiber information.
1 Select the fiber you wish (if several results have been opened in
the same window).
2 Double click on the fiber you want to display the information
A dialog box Fiber Information is displayed
Fig. 66
Fiber information
You can change the data, if they are on a white background: fiber identification / Fiber number / Fiber Color.
Fig. 67
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NOTE
If the alarm thresholds are active and some values exceed the defined thresholds, the alarms will be displayed in the printed version,
and represented by the icon
.
Saving results in a
txt format
Saving results in a
txt file for Fiber
Budget
If you want ot generate a cable report using FiberBudget, you will have
to save results in a compatible txt format:
Once the FOX results are displayed:
1 Click on File > Save as...
2 Select the directory in which the txt file will be save
3 If necessary, change the file name
4 In the list Type, select OFI: FiberBudget-OFI2000 File (*.txt)
5 Click on Save
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Macros
12
You can create macros to automate repetitive analysis tasks on OTDR
traces having similar characteristics. This is very useful when you want
to quickly make the same measurement or analysis on a group of files
and then save or print the results.
Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
Macro principle page 134
Recording a Macro page 134
Executing a Macro page 135
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Chapter 12 Macros
Macro principle
Macro principle
NOTE
The Macro function can only be applied to OTDR traces.
Creating a macro involves:
selecting the macro recording mode,
opening the file to use to make measurements you want to record,
saving the results or printing the file.
recording the macro
close the trace to stop recording,
saved the macro in a file for later execution.
Executing a macro on trace file(s) involves:
selecting the macro
selecting the trace files you want the macro to be executed on..
Recording a Macro
Use the following procedure to record a macro file:
1 Open the Fiber Trace software.
An empty window is displayed.
2 Click on
menu.
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Executing a Macro
5 Depending on the final result you require, you must insert in the
macro at least one of these actions from the File menu: Print, Save
or Save Results.
Actions are not really carried out but their function is recorded in
the macro.
6 Select Close from the File menu to close the trace.
You are asked if you want to save the series of actions you have
just defined.
If you associate a macro to a file without executing an output (Print
or Save) a message informs you.
7 Click on the Yes button,
8 In the resulting Save as... dialog box, enter the macro file name
with the extension .seq and its location. Then click on the OK
button.
Executing a Macro
Use the following procedure to execute a Macro you have created:
1 Click on the
button or select Execute the resulting macro ...
from the Macro menu. The following dialog box is displayed.
2 Click on the Select macro ... button and in the Open box select the
Macro file to use.
3 Click on the Open button to return to the Series of actions box.
4 Click on the Select traces ... button. The Associate files to this
series dialog box opens.
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Fig. 68
5 Select the trace files you want to associate to the macro in the
upper window and click on the Add button. To help you in the
selection of the files the bottom window gives the parameters of
the file selected in the upper window.
6 Click on the OK button to return to the Series of actions dialog box.
The macro selected and the files associated are listed.
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Fig. 69
7 Either, if you dont want to execute the macro, click on the Cancel
button or if you want to start the macro, click on the Execute
button. A box shows the execution in progress and display the
trace the macro is executing.
Once the macro has completed, the empty trace window is displayed:
you can continue your trace analysis session.
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Appendix A
Customer Services
A
This chapter describes the customer services available through JDSU.
Topics discussed in this chapter include the following:
About our services page 140
Customer care page 140
Global services and solutions page 142
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Customer care
Customer Care is accompanied with the sale of every JDSU product.
Customer Care services include:
Needs Analysis on Products and Services
Comprehensive Product and Service Literature
Pre-Sales Consulting
Technical Assistance (Business Hour)
Instrument Repair (Under Warranty Repair and Calibration
Services)
Immediate Return Authorizations
Contact a Customer Care representative through your local distributor
or by accessing www.jdsu.com for information on upgrades, calibration, warranty policies or any of Global Services and Solutions offerings. Representatives also provide assistance with product repairs
and returns.
Technical
assistance
(business hour)
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information
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only if agreed to by JDSU in writing. These warranties are not transferable without the express written consent of JDSU.
Software Warranty JDSU warrants that Software Products licensed
to Customer shall, under normal use and service, and for a period of
ninety (90) days from the date of shipment of the Software to Licensee
(the Warranty Period), perform in all material respects in accordance
with the published specifications for such Software as established by
JDSU. However, JDSU does not warrant that the Software will operate
uninterrupted or error free, operate in the combination with other software, meet Customers requirements, or that its use will be uninterrupted.
JDSUs obligation and Customers sole and exclusive remedy under
this Software Warranty is limited to, at JDSUs option, either (i) correcting the material errors reported to JDSU in writing by Customer during
the Warranty Period and which JDSU is able to reproduce, (ii) replacing
such defective Software, provided that JDSU received written notice of
such defect within the Warranty Period, or (iii) provided that JDSU
received written notice of such defect within the Warranty Period, terminating the License and, upon return to JDSU of the Software, Documentation and all other materials provided by JDSU under the
applicable License, providing Customer with a refund of all charges
paid with respect thereto. JDSU shall have no warranty obligations
hereunder if (a) the Software is altered or modified or is merged with
other software by Customer or any third party or (b) all or any part of
the Software is installed on any computer equipment other than the
Designated Server or used with any operating system for which the
Software is not designed.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER FOR HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND/OR
SERVICES FURNISHED BY JDSU, THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE
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Connection
MTS-PC 17
Cursors 45
AP
calculation parameters 125
display preferences 50
results 127
trace display 124, 38
D
Display
trace only 41
C
CD
display preferences 49
markers 108, 110
bi-directional 111
section 110
OTDR traces 108
results 112, 120
trace
delay 107, 119, 107, 119
slope 107, 119
104, 116, 36
Confidence in results 80
Configuration
MTS-PC 16
E
Ethernet
connection 17
F
File
FOX
alarm parameters 131
display preferences 50
fiber information 131, 130
results display 130, 132
trace parameters 38
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Printing
Hardware
requirements 2
R
M
RS 232
connection to the interface 18
Macro
execute 135
principle 134
recording 134
S
Software
Mouse pointer 45
installation 2
removing from PC 4, 2
upgrade 4
O
OEO files 77
OTDR
both end measurement 73
contribution measurement 71, 57
defining mask 72, 73, 67, 68, 48
event 38
automatic detection 60
detection criteria 59
grid 39
manual measurements 67, 61
adding 61
delete 62
hide/display 62
mode 61, 63
position 63
63, 52
analysis 76
ORL measurement 69
parameters 58, 40
reflectance measurement 69, 78
saving results 80, 84, 67
trace display 56, 35, 42
Table
alarms 42
results 42
Table of results
confidence 80
Trace
copy to Word 54
information 47
menu 33
parameters 33
removing 53
tool bar 33
window 32
W
WDM-OSA
alarms 92
calculation parameters 85, 87, 89,
85
P
PMD
alarms 98
cursor 97
display preferences 49
results 100
trace display 96, 36
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Z
Zoom 39
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