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OF-500 OptiFiber Certifying OTDR
Technical Reference Handbook
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Solving Problems with Fiber ID Lists
Table 2-3 gives solutions to some typical problems you may
have with fiber ID lists.
Table 2-3. Solving Problems with Fiber ID Lists
Problem Solutions
The ID sequence is invalid. Verify that the types of characters in each position match between the start and stop
IDs. For example, using the letter “O” as the third character in the start ID and the
number “0” as the third character in the end ID causes an error.
Verify that you are not trying to use accented characters as incrementing characters.
You may use accented characters in IDs, but they must match between the start and stop
IDs.
Verify that the start and stop IDs have the same numbers of characters.
Verify that the START and STOP IDs do not generate a sequence with more than 3000
IDs.
When you press
s
, you
cannot find the ID list.
After you press
s
, press
A
Pick ID; then press the appropriate softkey to see the
list.
You can access downloaded IDs only if the name of the current folder matches the
folder name selected when the list was downloaded from the PC. Downloaded ID lists
are associated with a folder name, but are saved in internal memory. Switch to the
correct folder or create a new folder with the correct name.