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Optical Wavelength Laboratories

OPERATIONS GUIDE

OCM-C

C-band DWDM Optical Channel Monitor

Model #: OCM-C

OWL-INC.COM

Revision 1R

Optical Wavelength Laboratories (OWL)

N9623 West US Hwy 12

Whitewater, WI 53190

Phone: 262-473-0643

Internet: OWL-INC.COM

OWL

Содержание OCM-C

Страница 1: ...ratories OPERATIONS GUIDE OCM C C band DWDM Optical Channel Monitor Model OCM C OWL INC COM Revision 1R Optical Wavelength Laboratories OWL N9623 West US Hwy 12 Whitewater WI 53190 Phone 262 473 0643 Internet OWL INC COM OWL ...

Страница 2: ...NDLE WITH EXTREME CARE DO NOT OPEN THIS UNIT SENSITIVE POINTS Pressure sensitive screws on back side of PCB Slight screw pressure imbalances will cause the unit to fail CRITICAL DAMAGE POINT Fiber coupling to OCM module CRITICAL DAMAGE POINT Fiber crush point near enclosure s edge NOTE This is an issue for ALL SIDES of the enclosure when re sealing the unit ...

Страница 3: ...s 9 View Scan Data On screen 10 Setting Min Max PowerThresholds 10 Toggle Channel Units 11 Setting Cursor Channel Numbering 11 SECTION 3 STORED SCANS Loading Previously Stored Scans 12 SECTION 4 OCM MENUS Setup Menu 13 Navigating the Menu System 13 Setup Menu 13 HelpTopics 13 Operation Menu 14 Scan Parameters 14 OSAConfiguration 14 System Information 15 CTM Information 15 User Information Menu 16 ...

Страница 4: ...sh 19 Factory Reset 19 SECTION 5 OPERATION MAINTENANCE Cleaning the OTDR Port 20 SECTION 6 APPENDICES Specifications 21 Maintenance Information 21 Repair 21 Battery Replacement 21 Cleaning 21 Warranty 21 Contact Information 21 OCM Module Channel Grid 22 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION ...

Страница 5: ...igahertz spacing Each of these channels are measured for optical power levels which are compared to user definable minimum and maximum power levels useful for determining PASS FAIL Captured data is then plotted on a bar graph on the color LCD display each channel showsdifferentcolorstodenotewhetherthesignalistoohigh toolow orwithinacceptablepowerlevels Users can also choose specific ranges of chan...

Страница 6: ...priate power adapters could cause damage to thedevice andcouldcauseharmtotheuserfromfireandelectricalshock Operational eep connector ferrules and optical connector ports clean to prevent irreparable damage to the test port For best results replacedustcapsaftereachuse Connector do NOT insert APC Angled Physical Contact connectors into the test port unless the port is clearly markedasAPC Service NEV...

Страница 7: ...n this button changes the function options menu at the bottom of the screen Also activates menu options while inthemenusystem 3 PORTS BUTTONS ResetButton resetsthedeviceincaseofmalfunction BatteryChargerPort usedforbatterycharging USB Download Port downloads data from the OCM to the PC batterycanalsochargethroughthisport TestPort connectstheOCMtothefiberundertest SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION SCAN ZOOM L...

Страница 8: ...ces abovethemaximumpowerthreshold toohightobemeasuredaccurately VerticalZoomLevel 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x UParrowtozoomin DOWNarrowtozoomout OpticalPowerLevelScale y axis showsopticalpowerlevelrange numbersareshownwithoutnegativesign ChannelNumbers x axis showsthebeginningandendingchannelnumberfortherangeofselectedDWDMchannels ChannelSpacing showswhether50GHzor100GHzspacingisselected ChannelInformation sh...

Страница 9: ...ngthrougha transformerorUSBport batteryfullycharged batterycharging problemwithbatteryand orcharger contactOWLforservice STANDBYSTATUS Normaloperation blinking STANDBY solid pressanykeyto wakeup thedevice GREEN GREEN ORANGE RED RED INDICATOR LEDs Fiber x H LAST ...

Страница 10: ...stheminimumpowerlevelreceivedduringthecurrentscanperiod MAX graphshowsthemaximumpowerlevelreceivedduringthecurrentscanperiod DEFAULT UNITS range of values nm THz Selects the default displayed channel unit Options are wavelength in nm or frequecy inTHz SCALE MIN range of values 30 0 to 60 0 dBm in increments of 0 1 dB Sets the minimum power displayed on the channel powerbargraphindBm Channelpowerva...

Страница 11: ...needed to considerachannelactive CHANNELS rangeofvalues 8to96 Setsthetotalnumberofchannelstoincludeinthecurrentscan START rangeofvalues 1to89 ThissetsthestartingITUchannelnumberforthecurrentscan Press to save the scan parameters press to exit without saving the scan parameters or press for a descriptionofeachofthescanparameters SETUP SAVE QUIT HELP SETTING TEST PARAMETERS SETUP DATA LOAD SAVE SCAN...

Страница 12: ...TARTING A SCAN Red red red and cursors are provided as markers for specific channels to be analyzed Thesecursorscanbemovedwhileascanisinprogress selects de selects the active cursor no cursor or both and Acolored arrow will appear next to the scan data for cursors that are active locksactivecursorsintheircurrentlocation unlocksalockedcursor Acoloredpadlocksymbolwillappearnexttothescandataforlocked...

Страница 13: ...nuator of an appropriate value toadjusttheopticalpowerbelow 10dBm Tocompensatefortheadditionalattenuation addtheattenuatorvalueasInsertionLoss seetheOCM CONFIGURATIONmenuformoreinformation Red red Red red Red red Green green Green green Green green Blue Blue yellow CHANNEL INFORMATION Scan results may be stored in permanent memory for later viewing or download to hard disk fordatafileretrieval Fro...

Страница 14: ...ows the user to set default power thresholds for both minimum and maximum power levels or can set power thresholds for the currentscanonly Thresholdscanbesetinincrementsof0 1dB MINIMUM Range 11 0to 40 0dBm MAXIMUM Range 10 0to 29 9dBm MINMAX SETTING MIN MAX POWER THRESHOLDS SETUP DATA LOAD SAVE CH MENU UNITS MINMAX SETUP DATA LOAD Fiber 1 x SAVE 54 ENTER 32 1X 60 0 48 0 36 0 24 0 12 0 20 69 4 60dB...

Страница 15: ... channel or relative scanchannelnumber The current setting is shown below the cursor channel numbers The graph channel numbersarealwaysabsoluteITUvalues CH SETTING CURSOR CHANNEL NUMBERING CH MENU UNITS MINMAX CH MENU UNITS MINMAX MENU CH UNITS Fiber 1 x MINMAX 54 ENTER 32 1X 60 0 48 0 36 0 24 0 12 0 20 69 4 60dBm 1543 33nm 1552 12nm 0 78dB 21 72dBm 20 94dBm H LAST 50GHz MENU CH UNITS Fiber 1 x MI...

Страница 16: ...iftherearemorescansthanwillfitonthescreen SCAN PARAMETER INFORMATION Information at the bottom of the STORED SCANS screen shows scan parameter settings usedwhenthescanwastaken L numberoftotalscans S startingchannelnumber C numberofchannelsincludedinthescan SCAN DOWNLOAD STATUS If the trace has already been downloaded to the PC this trace will be marked by a green checkmarkwhichappearsattherightofe...

Страница 17: ...onal and menu screens throughoutthedevice MENU 13 SETUP MENU SECTION 4 OCM MENUS SETUP MENU XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...

Страница 18: ... the insertion loss of the tap port or attenuation value of the attenuator should be used This insertion loss value is added to the measured channel power to give the actual channel power on the fiber under test PEAK THRESHOLD in LOW gain mode this is the minimum power in dBm that a channel must have to be considered active The valid range is 20 0 to 50 0 dBm CHANNEL SPACING sets channel spacing t...

Страница 19: ...XXXXEXIT SCAN PARAMETERS OSA CONFIGURATION SYSTEM INFORMATION CTM INFORMATION BACK SELECT EXIT Configure scan display Parameters SYSTEM INFORMATION XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX Serial Number MFG Date Firmware Version BootLoader Version PCB Version Installed RAM Scan Count Date Time SYSTEM INFORMATION Shows key system information about the device Scan Count It is im...

Страница 20: ...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXSHIFTXXXSPACEXXXXDONEXX Enter phone number Use arrows to highlight letter then press the enter key Tap the power button to abort ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 SHIFT SPACE DO...

Страница 21: ...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXSAVEXXXXQUITXXXXHELPXXXXXXXXXXXX 063 255 ON WAVE FLIP SAVE QUIT HELP 17 DISPLAY PREFERENCES MODE SetstheorientationoftheLCDdisplay Threemodesareavailable FLIP LCD automatically alternates between portrait and landscape modes based upon the physical orientationofthedevice PORTRAIT displayisalwaysinportraitmode LANDSCAPE displayisalways...

Страница 22: ...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXTRACE CLIPPING XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXSAVEXXXXQUITXXXXHELPXXXXXXXXXXXX 003 015 045 SAVE QUIT HELP 18 POWER OPTIONS DIMTIME Sets the tim...

Страница 23: ... memory This option will erase all stored traces and should only be used in caseswherethefilesystemhasbecomecorrupted POWER OPTIONS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXDIM TIME XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXOFF TIME XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...

Страница 24: ...PECT OPTICALPORTSANDFIBERENDFACESWITHOUTEXPOSINGTHEEYETOHARMFULOPTICALRADIATION 20 SECTION 5 OPERATION MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE OTDR PORT WET CLEAN PROCEDURE Wet the tip of a 2 5mm cleaning swab with isopropyl alcohol Carefully insert the wet tip of the swab into the optical port Clean out the optical port according to the directions providedwiththeswabs Blow dry the optical port with the compress...

Страница 25: ...gthLaboratories Inc Internet N9623USHwy12 Whitewater WI53190 OWL INC COM Phone 262 473 0643 General Specifications Display Type High resolution Color LCD Display Size 2 8 diagonal Battery Type Lithium Polymer Battery Life up to 20 hours normal usage Dimensions 2 87 x 4 42 x 1 25 Weight 10 ounces 284 g Optical Specifications 191 30 to 196 05 Thz C band 96 50 GHz or 100 GHz selectable 10 to 40 dBm 7...

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