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Basic Operation
4. After fiber inspection, the fibers are aligned
core-to-core or cladding-to-cladding and then, arc
discharge is performed to splice the fibers.
5. Estimated splice loss is displayed after completion of
splicing. Splice loss is affected by certain factors
stated. These factors are taken into account to
calculate, or estimate, splice loss. The calculation is
based on certain dimensional parameters, such as
MFD.
If either the cleave angle measured or the estimated
splice loss exceeds its set threshold, an error
message is displayed. If the spliced fiber is detected
as abnormal, the "Fat", "Thin" or "Bubble" error
message is displayed.
If no error message is displayed but the splice looks
poor by visual inspection through the monitor, it is
strongly recommended to repeat the splice from the
beginning.
Splice loss may be improved in some cases by additional arc discharges. Press ARC
key for an additional arc discharge (re-arc). Splice loss estimate and splice check are
performed again.
Restriction of the number of times of additional arc discharge can be set up.
Since excessive additional arc discharge becomes the cause of worsening splice
intensity and a splice loss, it can forbid the arc discharge more than the suitable
number of times.
Refer to [Splice Settings] for details.
Splice point sometimes looks a bit fatter than other parts. This is considered a
normal splice, and does not affect splice loss.
To change threshold for estimated splice loss or fiber angle, see section [Splice
Mode].
Error messages, such as "Estimated splice loss", "Splice angle", "Fat", "Thin" and
"Bubble" can be ignored. This function can be set to "disabled". See section
[Splice Settings] for detail.
