EXFO OTDR 2 User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Certification Information
- 1 Introducing the OTDR
- 2 Safety Information
- 3 Preparing Your OTDR for a Test
- Installing the EXFO Universal Interface (EUI)
- Cleaning and Connecting Optical Fibers
- Naming Trace Files Automatically
- Setting the IOR, RBS Coefficient, and Helix Factor
- Excluding and Including Span Start and Span End
- Setting the Analysis Detection Thresholds
- Setting Macrobend Parameters
- Setting Pass/Fail Thresholds
- 4 Testing Fibers
- Setting the Automatic Acquisition Parameters
- Defining Launch and Receive Fiber Settings
- Enabling or Disabling the First Connector Check
- Applying Acquisition Settings by Wavelength
- Setting Distance Range, Pulse Width, and Acquisition Time
- Enabling the High-Resolution Feature
- Monitoring Fibers in Real-Time Mode
- 5 Customizing Your OTDR
- Setting Event Table and Graph Display Parameters
- Selecting the Distance Units
- Customizing the Acquisition Distance Range Values
- Customizing the Acquisition Time Values
- Selecting a Trace Display Mode
- Selecting the Default View
- Setting the Default Storage Folder
- Selecting the Default File Format
- Enabling or Disabling Automated File Saving
- 6 Analyzing the Results Manually
- 7 Analyzing Traces and Events
- Graph
- Summary Tab
- Events Tab
- Measure Tab
- Linear View
- Displaying the Graph in Full Screen
- Using Zoom Controls
- Viewing Span Start and Span End in Events Table
- Customizing the Events Table Appearance
- Selecting the Displayed Wavelength
- Using a Reference Trace
- Viewing and Modifying Current Measurement Settings
- Modifying Events
- Inserting Events
- Deleting Events
- Managing Comments
- Analyzing or Reanalyzing a Trace
- Analyzing the Fiber on a Specific Fiber Span
- Enabling or Disabling the Detection of Reflective Ends of Fiber
- Opening Measurement Files
- 8 Managing Trace Files from the OTDR Test Application
- 9 Creating and Generating Reports
- 10 Using the OTDR as a Light Source
- 11 Maintenance
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Warranty
- A Technical Specifications
- B Description of Event Types
- Index