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OF-500 OptiFiber Certifying OTDR
Technical Reference Handbook
11-4
Creating Custom Test Limits
You can create up to 10 custom test limits. Each custom
limit can include up to 5 fiber types.
1 Press
F
; then select Edit Custom Test Limit.
2 On the CUSTOM LIMIT LIST screen, do one of the
following:
•
Select an existing custom limit to edit.
•
Press
A
Add Limit to select any existing limit as a
baseline for a new limit.
Note
When you add a new limit, 3 generic fiber types
are placed in the new limit by default.
3 Use the LIMIT TABLE EDITOR screen to see or define
test parameters for the fiber types you will test. Figure
11-2 shows an example of this screen.
•
To see the properties of a factory-installed fiber
type or to edit the properties of a custom fiber
type already used in the limit, use
KNLM
to
highlight a fiber type; then press
t
.
Note
Selecting a factory-installed fiber type lets you see
the fiber’s properties, but you cannot edit them.
•
To add a fiber type to the custom limit press
A
Add Fiber Type; then select a fiber type from the
list or press
A
Create Fiber Type to create a new
type. See the previous section for details on fiber
properties.
•
To remove a fiber type, highlight the fiber; then
press
B
Remove Fiber Type.
4 To add or edit test parameters, use
KNLM
to
highlight a limit cell in the table; then press
t
. Tables
11-2 and 11-3 describe the parameters available for
OTDR and loss/length test limits. It is not necessary to
enter test parameters for tests you will not run.
5 When you are finished entering test parameters on the
LIMIT TABLE EDITOR screen, do one of the following:
•
To save the custom limit using the existing limit
name, press
s
.
•
To edit the name, press
E
Edit Name. Press
s
when you are finished entering a limit
name; then press
s
again to save the limit.