QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES
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From the STORED LINKS menu, press
to highlight the stored link name you wish to use and
press
to SELECT.
OPTIONAL: you may change the link name to something that better describes the group of fibers
you are testing. Enter the new name for the link, then press
to continue.
Change the LINK DATE to the date of test using the format MM-DD-YY, then press
.
Press
to highlight the fiber optic cabling standard, then press
to SELECT.
Press
to highlight the fiber type of the network under test, then press
to SELECT.
Press
to use measure the fiber length with the Fiber OWL 4 BOLT, or to enter the length
manually, press
and skip to
.
Connect the Fiber OWL 4 BOLT to your fiber link as shown in Figure 5, then press
to continue.
Review the end-to-end fiber length, then press
to continue. In the example screenshot at
right, the end-to-end fiber length could be within the range of 1000 to 1006 meters.
The date of test must be set so that the correct date appears on certification reports.
If unsure about which cabling standard to use, select TIA-568-B.3.
F1
F2
DONE
DONE
F1
F2
F1
F2
1
ABC
2
DEF
F1
F2
Fiber Link 2
NEXT
SELECT
Fiber Link 3
Fiber Link 4
STORED LINKS
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Fiber Link 1
<---
SHIFT
--->
[Fiber Link 1
]
LINK NAME:
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<1> USE THE METER TO
MEASURE LENGTH
<2> ENTER LENGTH
FIBER LENGTH METHOD
MANUALLY
FIBER A
FIBER B
PATCH FIBER A TO
DONE
END OF THE LINK
^
CONNECT
^
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FIBER B AT THE FAR
(FIBER PAIR REQUIRED)
FIBER LENGTH
01000 -0/+6 meters
TEST
DONE
INDEX
1310nm Index(n)=1 490
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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 5
Fiber OWL 4 BOLT
Length Test Connection
LIGHT SOURCE CONNECTOR
PORT NOTES:
– CONNECTOR TYPE MAY VARY
– DO NOT INSERT ANGLED
PHYSICAL CONTACT (APC)
CONNECTOR
USER DEFINED #1
USER DEFINED #2
NEXT
SELECT
ISO/IEC 11801
FIBER STANDARDS
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TIA-568B 3/CAN-T529
50 0um MultiMode
NEXT
SELECT
OUTDOOR SingleMode
FIBER TYPES
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INDOOR SingleMode
62 5um MultiMode
Optical Power Meter:
Fiber OWL 4
Fiber Optic Light Source:
WAVESOURCE Series Multimode Sources
<---
SHIFT
--->
[03-20-08]
DATE: [MM/DD/YY]
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