Chapter 2
Configuring the reflectometry test
Configuring the test in Expert OTDR
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Auto Store
Select
Yes
to store automatically the trace or traces resulting from each acquisition
according to the filenaming rules. If the filename already exists, the user will be
prompted to overwrite the "old" result or discard the current result and keep the "old" file
Select
Confirm if alarm = Fail
to display a confirmation dialog box if a value exceeds
alarm thresholds, and to be able to choose to save or not the trace.
If no alarm is detected on trace, it is automatically stored.
Report As
Select the report format to be generated:
txt file
select
Yes
to save the results in a .sor (or .msor/.csor) file and to
generate a txt file of the results.
pdf file
select
Yes
to save the results in a .sor (or .msor/.csor) file and to
generate a report in a pdf file.
json file
select
Yes
to save the results in a .sor (or .msor/.csor) file and to
generate a json file.
If all parameters are defined with
No
, only the .sor (or .msor/.csor) file will be saved.
Report Layout
This parameter allows to define the report page setting and is available exclusively if a
pdf file
has been defined in the
Report As
parameter.:
Standard
in multi-traces display, one pdf report page is generated for each
trace.
Consolidated
in multi-traces display, one pdf report page is generated for all traces
Report naming
If
Consolidated
is defined for
Report Layout
, select
Report naming
parameter and
click on the text box to modify the name of the report file for the result trace.
Using the onscreen keyboard, enter a name manually for the file and press
to
validate.
If no name is entered, the report name by defaut applies:
Report_SM/MM-OTDR
.
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