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9. Maintenance and Handling Instructions
9.1 Error Messages
The following is a list of major error messages that can be observed. Refer
to the following table for trouble-shooting.
Error Message
Cause of Error
Action
NUMBER ERROR
(Fiber counts are
wrong)
Dust.
Clean lens cover.
Fiber is broken.
Prepare the fiber again and
retry.
CUT ERROR
(Cleaving error is
found)
Exceeding the
inspection criteria for
cleave quality
Prepare the fiber again and
retry.
Incorrect parameters
setting for cleave
quality.
Check and correct the
parameters.
AXIS ERROR
(Axis offset is
high.)
Fiber clamps do not
hold the fibers.
Push the button to move
fiber clamps for correcting
axis offset, or put the fiber
on the V-groove again after
opening the windshield,
and retry inspection.
Fiber clamps are dirty
Clean the V-groove and the
Fiber clamps.
V-groove or Fiber
clamps are dirty.
Cleave again with care not
to soil the fibers.
Fiber bent.
Set the fiber again with
reforming its bending.
Other.
Confirm the setting of
Inspection Criteria.
SPLICE DEFECTS See “Splicing Defects, Fusion Splicing”.