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To access the SETUP MENU, either press  

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NAVIGATING THE MENU SYSTEM

The arrow keys are used to navigate throughout the various menus and help screens in the 
OTDR.  Green selection arrows highlight different menu options.

moves the selection arrows to the next or previous menu option

jumps to the highlighted menu option

returns to the previous menu

 

 

exits the menu system

SETUP MENU

The SETUP MENU is the main entry point into the OTDR menu system.  Shown below is a 
tree of menu options.

Each option will be explained in detail on the following pages.

HELP TOPICS

The OWLTrek includes a built-in help menu that can be accessed from the SETUP MENU.  
Context-sensitive help can also be accessed from various operational and menu screens 
throughout the OTDR.

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Summary of Contents for OWLTrek WTO-S13

Page 1: ...rs WTO S15 WTO S13 WTO S35 OWL INC COM Revision 1O Optical Wavelength Laboratories OWL N9623 West US Hwy 12 Whitewater WI 53190 Phone 262 473 0643 Internet OWL INC COM e C s i h o W i c e e h i T n O s p e i t r i c o a t l a r F o i b b e a r L T h e t s g t n E e l q e u v i p a m W e l n a t c i t p O OWL ...

Page 2: ...tor LEDs 5 SECTION 2 OTDR TESTING Power ON OFF 6 Key OTDRTrace Parameters 6 Wavelength 6 Index of Refraction 6 Capture Mode 6 Pulse Width 6 Number of Samples 6 Dead Zone Length m 6 Range 6 Step 6 SettingTest Parameters 7 Set Wavelength 7 Set Index of Refraction 7 SettingTrace Options 8 Capture Mode 8 Pulse Width 8 Number of Samples 8 Dead Zone Length m 8 Range 8 Step 8 Starting an OTDRTrace 9 Curs...

Page 3: ...r User Name 17 Enter Phone Number 17 Display Preferences 18 Mode 18 Dimness 18 Brightness 18 Speaker 18 Trace Clipping 18 Power Options 19 DimTime 19 StandbyTime 19 OffTime 19 Utilities Menu 20 Set System Clock 20 SetAPD Bias 20 Format Data Flash 20 Manufacturer Setup 21 Factory Reset 21 SECTION 6 OPERATION MAINTENANCE Cleaning the OTDR Port 22 SECTION 7 APPENDICES Specifications 23 Maintenance In...

Page 4: ...ppliedoperationsmanuals ThemainreasontouseanOTDRistolocatefaultsinanopticalfiberthatexhibitsunacceptableamountsofopticalloss orisnolonger functioning properly These faults are commonly called events and include anomalies such as breaks shatters connector endfaces patch panels splices macro bends and micro bends By knowing the precise distance to an event the technician can determinethenatureofthee...

Page 5: ... known as Fresnelevents suchasbreaks shatters patchpanels ortheendofthefiberlink Thedistancetoaneventisshownasaspikeonthe OTDRtrace allowingthetechniciantoquicklylocatetheproblemandrestorethenetwork Fiber Length Measurement The OWLTrek can give the operator a general idea of the length of the optical fiber by placing the cursors at the first and last reflective events although the last reflective ...

Page 6: ...tor ports clean to prevent irreparable damage to the OTDR port For best results replacedustcapsaftereachuse Connector doNOTinsertAPC AngledPhysicalContact connectorsintotheOTDRport Service NEVER K Forbestresults There are no user serviceable parts in this device Unauthorized attempts to service this product will void the product warranty PRODUCT LABEL SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION On the back of each OWL...

Page 7: ...ctivates menuoptionswhileinthemenusystem 4 PORTS BUTTONS ResetButton resetstheOTDRincaseofmalfunction BatteryChargerPortorVisualFaultLocatorPort certain models include a charger port for recharging the Lithium Polymer battery when used with approved wall charger and some models include a Visual Fault Locator port for troubleshooting USB Download Port downloads data from the OTDR to the PCforsoftwa...

Page 8: ...cewavelengthwillbelistedontheleft Ifmorethanonewavelengthispresent thecolorofthetracecorrespondswiththecolorofthewavelengthnumber Trace Information displays the relative position and power levels at and between the red and green cursors for the currentlyactivetrace FunctionOptionsMenu displaystheon screenmenuoptionsfortracecontrol TherearethreesetsofFunctionOptionsMenus TheEnterkey isusedtotoggleb...

Page 9: ...ingthrougha transformerorUSBport batteryfullycharged batterycharging problemwithbatteryand orcharger contactOWLforservice STANDBYSTATUS Normaloperation blinking STANDBY solid pressanykeyto wakeup thedevice GREEN GREEN ORANGE RED RED INDICATOR LEDs Fiber x AUTO ...

Page 10: ...ace on the screen The trace will be updated aftertheuser definednumberofaveragesiscompleted ThecursorsandzoomfunctionsworkinLIVEmode To startandexitLIVEmode presstheTESTfunctionbutton PULSE WIDTH range of values 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000m Pulse width offers a trade off between the ability to measurelongercabledistances longerpulsewidth versustheabilitytoseetwoeventsthatarecloselyspaced short...

Page 11: ...tionsappear allows the user to select one or both wavelengths to be used for testing Arrow keys scroll through three options 1310nm 1550nm BOTH Presskeyagaintoexit The selected wavelength s will appear at the bottom of the trace screen If two wavelengths areselected theywillbedisplayedwithdifferentcolors IftheOTDRonlyhasonewavelength theWAVEoptionwillnotappear WAVE SETUP INDEX LOAD SAVE MENU WAVE ...

Page 12: ...ng a dead zone box a k a pulse suppressor box If using a dead zone box and you want to highlight the dead zone box length on the trace enter thelengthofthedead zoneboxinmeters RANGE advancedusersonly Rangeofvalues 1 2 5 10 25 50 MAXkm Settothenexthighestvaluefromtheactuallength ofthefiberundertest Iffiberlengthisunknown selectMAXkm STEP advanced users only Range of values 1 2 4 m Use shortest STEP...

Page 13: ...ifferencebetweenthetwocursors textreferstotheperceivedendofthefiberlink setstheactivecursor nocursor orboth and lockstheactivecursoratitscurrentlocation unlocksalockedcursor When a cursor is locked a colored padlock symbol will appear next to theappropriatecursorinformation setstheZOOMmodetoHorizontal H orVertical V WHEN ONE OR MORE CURSORS ARE SELECTED moves the cursor s left or right holding the...

Page 14: ...lcontact connectors Fresnel end of fiber link could also indicate a severe break where no other events can be detected afterthebreak theslopeofthetraceappearsto dip toalowerlevelaftertheevent events 1 2 and 3 this could mean one of two things 1 if the slope of the line changes the refractive index of the fiber preceding the event is different from the refractive index of the fiber following the ev...

Page 15: ...ertain section of an optical fiber link can be determined by placing the cursors at the beginning and end points of the segmentoffiberundertest CURSORPLACEMENT Proper cursor placement is necessary to determine the attenuation of a certain segmentoffiber The cursor should be placed at the beginning of the section of fiber undertest The cursor should be placed at the end of the section of fiber unde...

Page 16: ...tion Seepage5formoreinformationaboutfunctionoptionmenus LOCATION thedistancetothestartoftheevent TYPE typeofevent reflective loss etc REFL reflectanceoftheevent LOSS lossoftheevent movesthecursorupanddowninthelistofdetectedevents returnstheusertothetracescreen zoomedinontheselectedevent displaysthenextpageofevents iftherearemoreeventsthanwillfitonthescreen returnstheusertothetracescreen Once an ev...

Page 17: ...ave the currently displayedtracetomemory Toenterafibername usethearrowkeystohighlighttheappropriatecharacteronthegrid BACKSPACE TOGGLEBETWEENUPPERANDLOWERCASEALPHABET FORWARDSPACE SELECTTHEHIGHLIGHTEDCHARACTER FINISHEDENTERINGNAME SAVE SHIFT SPACE DONE SAVING A TRACE SECTION 4 TRACE STORAGE 06086m 20226m 24718m RFL dB x 81 00 14140 dB 2 34 3 43 L m x Fiber x SAVE LOAD INDEX SETUP ENTER AUTO Enter ...

Page 18: ...elete only traces that have been previously downloaded see TRACE DOWNLOAD STATUSbelow displaysthenextpageoffibertracesiftherearemoretracesthanwillfitonthescreen TRACE PARAMETER INFORMATION Information at the bottom of the STORED TRACES screen shows trace parameter settings usedwhenthetracewastaken n indexofrefraction L fiberlength P pulsewidth S step TRACE DOWNLOAD STATUS If the trace has already ...

Page 19: ...ional and menu screens throughouttheOTDR MENU 15 MENUS SECTION 5 OTDR SETUP 06086m 20226m 24718m RFL dB x 81 00 14140 dB 2 34 3 43 L m x Fiber x TEST MENU LOCK CURSOR ENTER AUTO SETUP MENU XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X...

Page 20: ...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXSELECTXXXXXXBACKXXXXXXXEXIT Bns 81 00 UP v DOWN ENTER DONE TRACE OPTIONS CAPTURE MODE PULSE WIDTH NUMBER OF SAMPLES DEAD ZONE LENGTH m RANGE STEP XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...

Page 21: ... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXSHIFTXXXSPACEXXXXDONEXX Enter phone number Use arrows to highlight letter then press the enter key Tap the power button to abort ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 SHIFT SPACE D...

Page 22: ...D automatically alternates between portrait and landscape modes based upon the physical orientationoftheOTDR PORTRAIT displayisalwaysinportraitmode LANDSCAPE displayisalwaysinlandscapemode DIMNESS Sets the level of the LCD backlight during power saving mode Range of valuesare25 dimmest to125 brightest NOTE highervaluesrequiremorebatterypower BRIGHTNESS Sets the level of the LCD backlight during no...

Page 23: ...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXTRACE CLIPPING XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXSAVEXXXXQUITXXXXHELPXXXXXXXXXXXX 003 015 045 SAVE QUIT HELP 19 POWER OPTIONS DIMTIME Sets the t...

Page 24: ...orts Set APD Bias Sets the high voltage bias of the avalanche photodiode FormatDataFlash Initializes the internal trace storage memory This option will erase all stored traces and shouldonlybeusedincaseswherethefilesystemhasbecomecorrupted POWER OPTIONS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXDIM TIME XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX...

Page 25: ...UTILITIES MENU CONT FactoryReset Restoresusersettingstofactorydefaults ManufacturerSetup Containssetupparametersaccessiblebythemanufactureronly FORMATTING DATA FLASH XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SET SYSTEM CLOCK XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SET APD BIAS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXX UTI XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HELP TOPICS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX...

Page 26: ...PECT OPTICALPORTSANDFIBERENDFACESWITHOUTEXPOSINGTHEEYETOHARMFULOPTICALRADIATION 22 SECTION 6 OPERATION MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE OTDR PORT WET CLEAN PROCEDURE Wet the tip of a 2 5mm cleaning swab with isopropyl alcohol Carefully insert the wet tip of the swab into the optical port Clean out the optical port according to the directions providedwiththeswabs Blow dry the optical port with the compress...

Page 27: ...3 General Specifications Visual Fault Locator Specifications Model Display Type High resolution Color LCD Display Size 2 8 diagonal Battery Type Lithium Polymer Battery Life up to 20 hours normal usage Dimensions 2 87 x 4 42 x 1 25 Weight 10 ounces 284 g Output Wavelength 650nm Output Power 1 mW Operating Mode CW Flash WTO S13 Model WTO S13 1310nm 25 dB WTO S35 Model Model Model Model Model Model ...

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