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Optical Pulse Measurement of Multi-core Optical Fiber Cables
Projects
Projects are group of items for measuring multi-core fibers. The default project name is “NewProject.”
In the instrument internal memory, core information, measurement conditions, analysis conditions,
measured results, and the like are linked with the project name and saved. You can set up to 15
characters for the project name. For the types of strings and characters that you can use, see the
explanation in section 2.4.
• Project File Structure
When you create a new project name, a new project file (.MPJ extension) and a new folder
for saving measurement result files (.SOR extension) are created. At this point, you can select
whether to inherit the fiber information, measurement conditions, and analysis conditions from an
existing project file or reset them to default values.
Internal Memory
MPJ
ABCDE
ABCDE.MPJ
DATA
Folder for saving measurement result files
The newly created project file
1310nm_0001.SOR
1310nm_0002.SOR
Measurement result files (.SOR extension)
are automatically named and saved.
Example of when the project file name is “ABCDE”
If the number of fibers exceeds 100, the folder for saving the project file and that for saving
measurement result files will be divided. The folder is automatically divided every 100 fibers. The
divided folder names will be the project name followed by the start core number and end number
set in the project.
Internal Memory
MPJ
ABCDE_1_100
ABCDE_1_100.MPJ
DATA
Folder for saving measurement result files (core numbers 1 to 10)
The newly created project file (core numbers 1 to 100)
1310nm_0001.SOR
1310nm_0002.SOR
Measurement result files (.SOR extension)
are automatically named and saved.
ABCDE_101_200
Folder for saving measurement result files (core numbers 101 to 200)
1310nm_0101.SOR
1310nm_0102.SOR
Measurement result files (.SOR extension)
are automatically named and saved.
ABCDE_101_200.MPJ
The newly created project file (core numbers 101 to 200)
Number of Fibers, Number of Fibers in Each Division, Tape Number
The core number indications and settings vary depending on the type of multi-core fiber cable.
Core
Cable
Normal core cable (example with eight cores)
Eight cores are bundled into one.
Cable
Slot
Tape (example: 1a to 1d)
Core
Ribbon slotted core cable (example of 300 fiber type 4-fiber ribbon)
This is an example of a 300 fiber type with 15 slots (20 fibers) containing five 4-fiber tapes.
The following settings need to be entered to set the information of this core cable in a project of this instrument.
• Num of Fibers (per slot): 20
• Tape No.: a-d(4)
1.7 Application
