Preparing to use the CT100.........................................................................................................12
Front panel controls and connectors...........................................................................................12
Rear panel connectors and switches...........................................................................................15
Setting up the CT100...................................................................................................................16
Setting date and time...............................................................................................................16
Navigating dialog boxes..........................................................................................................16
Display features...........................................................................................................................17
License codes..............................................................................................................................17
Menu selections and function buttons.........................................................................................18
M-FUNC button........................................................................................................................18
SCAN button and menu...........................................................................................................18
SELECT button........................................................................................................................20
AUTOFIT..................................................................................................................................20
CURSOR.................................................................................................................................20
LIBRARY button and menu.....................................................................................................20
MENU button and top-level menu selections..........................................................................21
Test preparations.........................................................................................................................32
Velocity of propagation............................................................................................................32
Change Vp...............................................................................................................................32
Find an unknown Vp................................................................................................................33
Temperature correction...........................................................................................................34
Cable test procedures..................................................................................................................34
Distance to fault.......................................................................................................................34
Common types of cable faults.................................................................................................37
Reflection coefficient measurements......................................................................................39
Return loss measurements......................................................................................................39
Ohms-at-cursor........................................................................................................................40
VSWR......................................................................................................................................40
Relative distance measurements............................................................................................40
Scan a trace.............................................................................................................................41
Select a trace...........................................................................................................................41
Store a trace............................................................................................................................43
Load a trace (cable records)....................................................................................................44
Storage space..........................................................................................................................45
View the difference between traces........................................................................................46
View a first derivative of a trace...............................................................................................47
View a Fast Fourier Transform of a trace................................................................................47
View S-Param trace.................................................................................................................48
Calibrated S-Param trace........................................................................................................48
Remote control........................................................................................................................48
Cable type................................................................................................................................49
Measurement...........................................................................................................................49
Configurations..........................................................................................................................52
CT Viewer™.....................................................................................................................................53
Options and Accessories.................................................................................................................55
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