EXFO MAX-700 - Manual (Page 7)

Contents
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9 Analyzing Traces and Events ................................................................... 107
Graph View .........................................................................................................................108
Linear View .........................................................................................................................110
Summary Table ...................................................................................................................112
Events Tab ...........................................................................................................................114
Measure Tab .......................................................................................................................118
Trace Info. Tab ....................................................................................................................118
Displaying the Graph in Full Screen ....................................................................................119
Selecting the Default View ..................................................................................................121
Automatically Displaying the Event Table after Acquisitions ...............................................123
Automatically Zooming in on the Fiber Span ......................................................................124
Using Zoom Controls ..........................................................................................................125
Setting Trace Display Parameters ........................................................................................128
Customizing the Event Table ...............................................................................................130
Displaying or Hiding a Trace ...............................................................................................132
Clearing Traces from the Display .........................................................................................134
Viewing and Modifying Current Trace Settings ...................................................................135
Modifying Events ................................................................................................................140
Inserting Events ..................................................................................................................144
Deleting Events ...................................................................................................................146
Managing Comments .........................................................................................................148
Changing the Attenuation of Fiber Sections .......................................................................150
Setting the Analysis Detection Thresholds ..........................................................................152
Analyzing or Reanalyzing a Trace ........................................................................................155
Analyzing the Fiber on a Specific Fiber Span .......................................................................157
Enabling or Disabling the Detection of Reflective Ends of Fiber ..........................................158
Swapping Traces .................................................................................................................161
Opening Trace Files .............................................................................................................162
10 Analyzing the Results Manually .............................................................. 167
Selecting the Attenuation and Loss Values that Will Be Displayed ......................................167
Using Markers .....................................................................................................................169
Getting Event Distances and Relative Powers ......................................................................170
Getting Event Loss (Four-Point and Least-Square Approximation) ......................................171
Getting Attenuation (Two-Point and Least-Square Approximation) ....................................176
Getting Reflectance ............................................................................................................178
Getting Optical Return Loss (ORL) .......................................................................................179
11 Managing Trace Files from the OTDR Test Application .......................... 181
Saving a Trace in a Different Format ...................................................................................181
OTDR Trace File Compatibility .............................................................................................182
Copying, Moving, Renaming, or Deleting Trace Files ..........................................................184