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OF-500 OptiFiber Certifying OTDR
Technical Reference Handbook
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Step 5: Viewing the Results
The tester offers the following views of OTDR test results:
•
The SUMMARY screen, shown when the test is
finished, tells you if the cabling passed or failed based
on the selected test limits.
•
To see the OTDR trace, press
A
View Trace. Figure 2-2
shows some features of a typical OTDR trace.
•
To see a table of the events on the cabling, press
B
View Events.
See Chapter 3 for details on OTDR results.
Step 6: Saving Results from the First Direction
6-1 Press
s
.
6-2 If the tester shows a text editing screen, press
A
Pick
ID to access the fiber ID list you configured.
6-3 If the UNUSED AUTO SEQUENCE IDs list is not
showing, press
C
Auto Seq IDs.
6-4 The tester highlights the first unused ID in the
UNUSED AUTO SEQUENCE IDs list. Press
s
to save
the test with this ID (03A-A01).
Step 7: Testing in the Second Direction
7-1 On the Job tab in Setup, change THIS END to END 2.
7-2 Clean the connector at the other end of the cabling,
connect the launch fiber to the connector; then press
T
.
Step 8: Saving Results from the Second Direction
8-1 Press
s
.
8-2 Press
B
Current Folder IDs to see the IDs you have
already used.
8-3 Select the ID 03A-A01; then press
s
. The tester
adds the results from the second direction to the test
record.
This concludes the tutorial on using the OTDR. For more
information on using the OTDR, see Chapter 3.