RUN LINK WIZARD, cont.
STEP 30
Make sure that the 1310nm light source port is powered ON and selected (the indicator LED on the
right-hand side will be the color
).
STEP 31
Confirm setting the 1310nm reference.
Pressing
<F1>
to continue
.
You will be returned to the SET SOURCE REFERENCES screen.
STEP 32
For setting a 1550nm reference, repeat steps 28 through 31, except you will press
<F1>
to select 1550nm (as shown at right). You must also ensure that the WaveSource is set to
1550nm (the indicator LED on the right-hand side will be the color
).
After the 1550nm reference is set, the
REF dBm
field will be filled in with a reference value.
STEP 33
Press
<F3>
to complete the Link Wizard.
STEP 34
Press
<F1>
to begin taking readings.
TAKE READINGS
STEP 35
If testing two wavelengths, press the
<AUTO>
button to set the Fiber OWL 4 BOLT into AUTO mode,
then press and hold the
8
/AUTO
button on the WaveSource. You will begin to see the WaveSource indicator LED
alternate between
and
.
STEP 36
Disconnect the singlemode patch cable from the Fiber OWL 4 BOLT and take the units to opposite ends
of the link.
STEP 37
Connect the units to the first fiber to test as shown in Figure 4. Your readings will vary from the example
below.
STEP 38
Once the STORE button becomes active, press
<F2>
to store the data point. If this is the first fiber in
the link, you may be prompted to enter a new label.
STEP 39
Press
<F3>
to save the data point.
STEP 40
Disconnect the patch cables from the patch panels and move them to the next port in the patch panel,
then repeat steps 38 through 40 until all fibers in the link have been tested.
red
red
Do NOT disconnect the patch cable(s) from the light source at any time until all fibers have been tested.
green
green
SET 1310nm
YES
NO
REFERENCE?
_____________________
WAVELEN REF dBm
TYP
---------------------
1310nm -10 00
(-10)
WAVE
SET
DONE
*1550nm NOT SET (-10)
SET SOURCE REFERENCES
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
FIGURE 4
Equipment
Connection for
Optical Loss
Measurements
UNITS
FIBER
FBR:1
_____________________
STORE
LINK #1
82
68%
dB
WAVE
1300nm
PASS
1300nm
PASS
1550nm
- 2 10
- 2 42
LIGHT SOURCE CONNECTOR
PORT NOTES:
– CONNECTOR TYPE MAY VARY
– DO NOT INSERT ANGLED
PHYSICAL CONTACT (APC)
CONNECTOR
