FIS Thunder Bolt, Operation Manual

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Saving or Opening a File
1. To save a new trace once completed, select the
soft key
“
More
”
until options for saving appear on the soft key menu.
2. Then select “
Save As
” which will bring you to the
File Manager
screen.
3. Select the folder you wish your file to be saved in by using
the arrow keys (Up/down scrolls to different folders, left/right
opens or closes the highlighted file folder).
4. Select “
Save
” and a text box will appear for you to name the file.
5. If you need to create a new folder select “
New Folder
” with the
soft key command. A text box will appear for you to name it.
6. To open a file, make sure you are in the OTDR application, find
and select the soft key option for “ Open ”.
7. Use the arrow keys to locate/highlight the file you wish to open.
8. Then select the soft key “ Open ”.
fiber under test, push the “
Settings
” hard key (wrench & gear
symbol) and scroll down to the “
Launch Box
” and
enter
the
distance of the launch cable. The OTDR will
omit
this section of
cable after the test and won’t include it in the final link results.
5. Once this is complete push the OTDR hard key at the bottom of
the screen to get back to the OTDR graph and begin your scan
by pressing the green
TEST
button.
6. Once the scan has completed, you can view or hide the event
table by
toggling
the corresponding soft key.
7. Use the rotary wheel to scroll through the different events on
the trace. If you wish to use the A & B cursors press the soft key
“Hide Event Table”. You will now have free range to move the
cursors, just depress the rotary wheel to toggle between A & B.
(Whichever cursor is colored in red is the one you can control)