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Page 3: ...erger translation modification enhancement or use by anyone other than authorized employees or licensees of Tempo and its affiliate companies without prior consent of Tempo is prohibited REPRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS TECHNICAL MANUAL IS AUTHORIZED FOR GOVERNMENT PURPOSES Copyright 2003 Tempo a Textron Company All rights reserved Tempo Research a Delaware Corporation PART NO 52040534 REV 6 ...

Page 4: ... at least ninety 90 days Year 2000 Compliance Tempo warrants that the 525 and its ReportWriter Software are designed to be used after the calendar year 2000 A D and that the Software will operate without error relating to date data specifically including any error relating to or the product of date data which rep resents or references different centuries or more than one century Limitations of War...

Page 5: ...s 14 Duplex Insertion Loss Test 16 19 OPERATING MANUAL 525N 30 OLTS i Section 3 SCREEN FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS PAGE 20 Autotest Main Screen 20 Reference Methond Screens 21 Setup Screens 23 24 Menu Screen 25 View Data Screens 26 Tools Screens 28 29 OPM Source 31 Section 4 SPECIFICATIONS PAGE 34 Optical Power Meter Specifications 34 Specification Summary of LEDs 35 AutoTest Specifications 35 Mechanic...

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Page 7: ...tile data storage for more than 1 000 measurements Pass Fail testing mode RS232 interface for report printing remote testing data uploads downloads Multiple power options including rechargeable nickelmetal hydride NiMH batteries alkaline batteries concurrent AC battery trickle charge mode and AC only operation A large backlit LCD display enables users to easily view measured optical power levels a...

Page 8: ...y cover should only be opened to change the batteries or to install or remove a rechargeable battery pack in accor dance with the procedures in this manual No user serviceable parts are inside Avoid leaving the instrument in direct sunlight or near direct sources of heat Always replace the interface dust caps when the instrument is not in use Store the instrument and interface adapters in a cool d...

Page 9: ...e each of ST SC FC SOC Puller Tool Mandrel for SM units only CD Containing User Manual ReportWriter Software ReportWriter Manual and Technical Description Please account for and inspect each item while unpacking and prepar ing the instrument for use If the instrument received is damaged write or call Tempo in accor dance with the instructions below Keep the shipping carton in case reshipment is re...

Page 10: ...ct Tempo customer service call 800 642 2155 from 7 a m to 4 30 p m Pacific time Inquiries may also be faxed to Tempo at 760 598 5634 or sent via e mail to fiberoptics tempo textron com Failure to follow this procedure may affect your claim for compensa tion Service and Product Ordering For warranty or non warranty service please Telephone Fax or E Mail Tempo at TEL 1 800 642 2155 or 1 760 598 8900...

Page 11: ...iMH bat tery charger will become warm during use This is normal Trickle Charge Function The 525N Series optical test set incorporates a trickle charge function that prevents the batteries from being damaged from overcharging The instrument can remain connected to the power transformer NiMH battery charger indefinitely without damaging the batteries The trickle charge function monitors the conditio...

Page 12: ...y in the boot before use NOTE To prevent damage from shock or impact do not use the instrument without the boot in place Removing Installing the Battery Cover The battery compartment is sealed by a plastic cover secured by two Phillips screws which must be removed for access To open the bat tery compartment do the following 1 Remove the rubber boot as described in the preceding section 2 Lay the i...

Page 13: ...er supply not expressly approved by Tempo Rechargeable NiMH Battery Operation The 525N Series optical test set is shipped with a rechargeable nick el metal hydride NiMH battery pack installed The battery can be trickle charged while the instrument is in use The nickel metal hydride battery pack provides up to 10 hours of con tinuous operation NOTE The nickel metal hydride battery pack incorporates...

Page 14: ...nected This allows the instrument to be operated using AC power when alkaline batter ies are installed To use alkaline batteries do the following 1 Remove the battery compartment cover 2 Remove the nickel metal hydride battery pack 3 Install four AA type alkaline batteries as shown inside the bat tery compartment Do not reverse the polarity of the batteries 4 Replace the battery compartment cover ...

Page 15: ...HyperTerminal or other serial communications applications 3 Charge state indicator This indicator will illuminate when the nickelmetal hydride NiMH battery pack is fast charging using the power transformer NiMH battery charger The charge state indicator will go out when the battery is fully charged and the instrument enters trickle charge mode NOTE The charge state indicator does not function for ...

Page 16: ...ean place Installing an SOC Adapter 1 Locate the anti rotation key on the interface 2 With the keyway properly aligned push the adapter over the interface until it snaps in place Universal Connector Interface UCI The laser source output of the 525N Series optical test set incorpo rates a physical contact Universal Connector Interface UCI PC and is used with standard Ceramic UCI adapters UCI adapte...

Page 17: ... interface is extremely dirty reagent grade isopropyl alcohol will be required to clean it Moisten the lint free cloth with alcohol and wipe once across the interface Make sure all residual alcohol has completely evaporated before proceeding to the next step 3 Re install the SOC or UCI adapter in accordance with the pre ceding instructions Cleaning a UCI Adapter For increased durability most UCI a...

Page 18: ...le the connectors should be cleaned as follows 1 Moisten a clean lint free cloth such as Texwipe TX404 with reagentgrade isopropyl alcohol 2 Wipe once across the connector endface with the damp part of the cloth using moderate pressure Make sure the alcohol has completely evaporated before commencing 3 If possible visually inspect the connector endface using a mag nifier or microscope such as a Le...

Page 19: ...sor left right Moves the line selection up or down scrolls through alphanumeric characters SOFT KEYS Inputs various commands according to the label displayed on the LCD screen above POWER BUTTON Turns unit on and off BACKLIGHT BUTTON Switches the Display Backlight on and off The default is Off ENTER BUTTON Selects inputs the high lighted entry on the LCD screen AUTOTEST BUTTON Displays connection ...

Page 20: ...d performing the following 3A Side by Side Reference a Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to high light SIDE BY SIDE b Press ENTER button to select Note The unit initiating a test or reference is the Local unit and will hold the references The other unit is the Remote and should be in this screen c Per the screen diagram connect first set of Reference Cables from the Source Port of the Local Unit to the t...

Page 21: ...utton to select d Per the screen diagram connect the Reference Cable from the Power Meter Port to the Source Port e Press the NEXT softkey to continue f When complete a checkmark will appear on screen 4 Press DONE softkey to return to the AutoTest Screen 5 Disconnect the reference cables from each other 6 Leave the fiber connected to the Source Port Note Disconnection of this cable will cause loss...

Page 22: ... whether you want to Autosave the test 5 Next using the softkeys select from the following THRESH OLD choices NO a Pass Fail indication will not be provided MASK to select from a previously defined set of standards stored in the unit see Pg 23 for more information EDIT to set reset thresholds previously selected see Pg 24 for more information When complete you will be returned to the AutoTest scre...

Page 23: ...e mating do not reverse the reference cables at the unit itself 11 Press the AutoTest button per the on screen command 12 When testing is complete the unit will either Display bi directional results for both fibers OR If you did not select AutoSave earlier Ask if you want to save the results enter NO or YES and then the unit will display the results Note The reference and test method shown here re...

Page 24: ...een will display the additional test results for the first fiber Press the MORE softkey for second Fiber results Or Press Redo to repeat the AutoTest 15 The screen will display test results for second Fiber Press the MORE softkey to review additional second Fiber test results 16 The Screen will display the additional test results for the second fiber Press the MORE softkey for first fiber results ...

Page 25: ... unit 19 The screen will indicate the connections to be made Fiber 003 to the transmitter Fiber 004 to the receiver 20 Clean all interfaces and connect the patch cables to the Fiber Under Test 21 Press the AutoTest button on the unit again to begin testing NOTE IF AUTOTEST OR REFERENCE FAILS TO COMPLETE 1 Check all connections for correctness and cleanliness 2 Ensure Link Loss is 30dB at both 850 ...

Page 26: ...ove the highlighted screen cursor to the Fiber designa tion field to be set Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to scroll thru numeric entries for fiber designations Press the ENTER button to set the entry and move the cursor to the next fiber field Auto Increment Feature The numeric Fiber des ignations will automatically sequence up when successive testing is performed if Autosave is turned on REF Softkey...

Page 27: ...en connect the second set of Reference Cables from the the Power Meter Port of the Master to the Source Port of the Slave Unit c Press the NEXT softkey to continue d When complete a checkmark will appear on screen e Press DONE softkey to return to the AutoTest Screen LOOPBACK METHOD a Per the screen diagram connect the Reference Cable from the Source Port to the Power Meter Port b Press the NEXT s...

Page 28: ...ether you want to Auto save the test If NO is selected you will have another opportunity to save your test measurements for later recall After selecting the screen will sequence to Threshold Edit Threshold Thresholds are used to set and display Pass Fail levels in test reporting Use the softkeys to set test thresholds as follows No Test thresholds will not be used and a Pass Fail result will not b...

Page 29: ...o the next line No of Connectors Use the LEFT RIGHT keys to highlight the digit to be set Use the UP DOWN keys to change the numbers Press the Enter button to select and move to the next line No of Splices Use the LEFT RIGHT keys to highlight the digit to be set Use the UP DOWN keys to change the numbers Press the Enter button to select When complete press the NEXT softkey to return to the Setup s...

Page 30: ...s to highlight the digit to be set Use the UP DOWN keys to change the numbers Press the Enter button to select and move to the next line Repeat the same steps for both wavelengths if required When complete press the SAVE softkey to return to the Autotest screen Edit Threshold continued ...

Page 31: ...o Pg 28 Zero Zero out the Optical Power Meter obtain a noise level baseline Go to pg 29 Auto Off Enable Disable the 15 minute automatic shut off feature The default is On Go to pg 29 Define Standards Define and modify a selection of standards for use when calculating Loss Thresholds Go to pg 30 OPM SOURCE Perform Optical Power Meter measurements and turn the LED source on off Go to pg 31 EXIT Pres...

Page 32: ...e through the fiber results Press the Enter key to display the first test results screen as follows Cable Name Fiber Number Wavelength of Test 850nm 1300nm or Both If Thresholds were input the first test screen will display Pass or Fail for each wavelength A B Insertion Loss from Unit A to B B A Insertion Loss from Unit B to A Avg Average of measurement results in both directions Mar Difference be...

Page 33: ... the actual B to A Measurement Rf AB Initial Power Reference A to B Rf BA Initial Power Reference B to A MORE Press softkey to cycle through the results for this fiber again In this screen only one fiber is dis played at a time DEL Press softkey to delete the stored Test Result User may choose to delete single record or all records EXIT Press softkey to return to the View Data Screen VIEW DATA SCR...

Page 34: ...ble the 15 minute automatic shut off feature The 525N default is On Go to pg 29 Define Standards Define and modify a selec tion of standards for use when calculat ing loss thresholds Go to pg 30 SET DATE TIME From the Tools screen use the UP DOWN arrow keys to highlight the SET DATE TIME func tion then press the Enter button to select The Set Date Time screen will be displayed Use the arrow keys t...

Page 35: ...automat ically return to the Tools screen Note An Error message will appear if the ports are not capped properly or if cap is not black AUTO OFF Enables or Disables the 15 minute automatic shut off feature From the TOOLS screen use the UP DOWN arrow keys to highlight the AUTO OFF func tion then press the Enter button to select At the Auto Off screen select YES to activate the automatic 15 minute s...

Page 36: ...e displayed dB km Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN arrow buttons to input the loss per Kilometer for each wavelength Press ENTER to move to the next line dB Conn Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN arrow buttons to input the loss per con nector Press ENTER to move to the next line dB Splc Use the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN arrow buttons to input the loss per splice Press ENTER to move to the next line Note To edit the n...

Page 37: ...to toggle the test wavelength displayed in the left hand box to either 850 or 1300nm when LED is on ON OR 850 980 1300 1310 1480 1550 or 1625nm when LED is OFF TURN SOURCE ON OR OFF Use the Right arrow button to highlight the SRC ON SRC OFF box Use the Up Down Enter buttons to toggle SRC ON or OFF SET THE POWER MEASUREMENT UNITS Use the Right arrow button to highlight the POWER UNIT SELECTION box ...

Page 38: ...o save the reading press the SAVE soft key The screen will prompt you to identify the Cable Fiber 5 Use the Arrow buttons and Enter key to identify the Cable name and Fiber number 6 Press SAVE softkey The unit will return to the POWER METER SOURCE screen to perform additional testing if required REF To set a new 0dB reference level connect fiber to the unit hold the REF softkey The unit will autom...

Page 39: ...y be in the DUPLEX IL 850 1300 screen or the SEND MESSAGE screen for this operation It can also start a ref erence or a test as a Remote unit in this screen 1 From the Insertion Loss test screen press the MSG softkey to open the Send Message screen 2 Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to scroll through two pages of messages 3 When the desired message is highlighted press the ENTER button to send the messa...

Page 40: ...curacy 3 to 3dBm 0 22dB 3 to 55dBm 0 05dB 55 to 65dBm 0 22dB Optical stability OPM Channel only1 0 05 dB 0 C 50 C 1 C 24hr 30dBm 1 Settling time auto range 0 5 second typical Optical Power Measurements dBm dB Watt Polarization Dependency 0 10dB Mating Stability of SOC Connector 0 02dB Repeatability 0 05dB Optical Interface Power Meter SOC Adapter FC SC ST Standard Other adapters available upon req...

Page 41: ...to 402 0 25dB 0 25dB Variation from 25 C from 0 to 502 0 50dB 0 50dB Power Output 1 Continuous Wave 21dBm 21dBm Typical factory adjusted 20dBm 0 75dB 20dBm 0 75dB Coupled Power Ratio CPR Launch 25 29dB 0 50 1 0dB 21 22dB 0 50dB High Order Power Mode NA 0 30 0 80dB Mating Stability of Connector 0 10dB 0 10dB Connector Interface Universal Connector Interface UCI UPC Wavelength 850 1300nm Measurement...

Page 42: ...pters are available for a broad range of fiber optic connector types Order additional adapters by specify ing the codes listed below Adapter Connector Code Type 1001 Blank 1010 DIN 47256 1020 SOC ADAPTER FC 1030 SOC ADAPTER ST 1038 MIL T 29504 optical termini 1040 HMS 10 2 5mm 1047 Mini BNC 1050 Diamond HMS 0 3 5mm 1057 Stratos 430 Holtek 38000 1062 SOC ADAPTER SC 1081 Radiall VFO 1086 Diamond HMS...

Page 43: ... questions or comments about your instrument call Tempo Monday through Friday from 8 a m to 5 p m Pacific time Please have the following information available 1 Instrument model number 2 Instrument serial number 3 Description of the problem To obtain service for the instrument call the toll free number above or contact your local Tempo representative Periodic Calibration It is recommended that the...

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