EXFO OTDR 2 - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
iv OTDR
5 Customizing Your OTDR ..............................................................................67
Setting Event Table and Graph Display Parameters ...............................................................67
Selecting the Distance Units .................................................................................................69
Customizing the Acquisition Distance Range Values .............................................................71
Customizing the Acquisition Time Values .............................................................................73
Selecting a Trace Display Mode .............................................................................................75
Selecting the Default View ....................................................................................................76
Setting the Default Storage Folder ........................................................................................78
Selecting the Default File Format ..........................................................................................79
Enabling or Disabling Automated File Saving .......................................................................81
6 Analyzing the Results Manually .................................................................83
Using Markers .......................................................................................................................83
Getting Event Distances and Relative Powers ........................................................................85
Getting Event Loss and Maximum Reflectance .....................................................................87
Getting Section Loss and Attenuation ..................................................................................90
Getting Optical Return Loss (ORL) .........................................................................................92
7 Analyzing Traces and Events ......................................................................93
Graph ...................................................................................................................................94
Summary Tab ........................................................................................................................96
Events Tab .............................................................................................................................99
Measure Tab .......................................................................................................................102
Linear View .........................................................................................................................103
Displaying the Graph in Full Screen ....................................................................................107
Using Zoom Controls ..........................................................................................................109
Viewing Span Start and Span End in Events Table ..............................................................112
Customizing the Events Table Appearance ..........................................................................114
Selecting the Displayed Wavelength ...................................................................................115
Using a Reference Trace ......................................................................................................116
Viewing and Modifying Current Measurement Settings .....................................................119
Modifying Events ................................................................................................................124
Inserting Events ..................................................................................................................128
Deleting Events ...................................................................................................................131
Managing Comments .........................................................................................................132
Analyzing or Reanalyzing a Trace ........................................................................................134
Analyzing the Fiber on a Specific Fiber Span .......................................................................136
Enabling or Disabling the Detection of Reflective Ends of Fiber ..........................................139
Opening Measurement Files ...............................................................................................142
8 Managing Trace Files from the OTDR Test Application ...........................145