Fluke OF-500 OptiFiber, Technical Reference Handbook

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OF-500 OptiFiber Certifying OTDR
Technical Reference Handbook
6-20
Running the Test in Smart Remote Mode
W
Caution
If you disconnected the reference test cords
from the tester’s or remote’s output, you must
set the reference again to ensure valid
measurements.
1 Verify that the settings described in Table 6-1 are
appropriate. Let the testers warm up for 5 minutes.
2 Set the main tester to loss/length mode: On the
HOME screen, press
A
Change Test ; then select
Loss/Length .
3 Clean the connectors on the cabling to be tested;
then connect the tester to the cabling as shown in
Figure 6-7.
For auto-incrementing fiber IDs, connect the fiber
with the lower ID to the main tester’s INPUT port.
For auto-incrementing fiber IDs with bi-directional
testing, connect the fiber with the lower ID to the
main tester’s OUTPUT port.
4 Press
T
to start the loss/length test.
5 If Open or Unknown appears as the status, try the
following:
•
Verify that all connections are good.
•
For an OptiFiber smart remote verify that the
remote tester is set to
Remote on its
Loss/Length tab in Setup.
•
Verify that the remote tester is still active. For an
OptiFiber smart remote you may need to press
A
Start to reactive the tester.
•
Try different connections to the cabling until
the test continues. See “Using FindFiber in Smart
Remote Mode” on page 6-43 for details on
FindFiber messages.
•
Use a visible light source to verify fiber
continuity.
6 To save the results, press
s
, select or create a
fiber ID for the INPUT fiber; then press
s
. Select
or create a fiber ID for the OUTPUT fiber; then press
s
again.