
Chapter 1
Optical Spectrum Measurement
Configuration
MTS / T-BERD 5800 • COSA-4055 • User Manual 2016.01
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Alarms
When
Channel Selection
is positioned on
Grid
, it is possible to activate
an alarm system. This system is based on a system of thresholds. Any
measurement results that exceed these thresholds are displayed in red
in the table, and the icon
appears
at the top right of the screen. If all
the results are within the thresholds (no result is in red), the icon
becomes
.
To activate the alarm system, go to the
Alarms
line and select
Active
.
None Conventional ITU CWDM
Manual
Grid name
–
–
Editable
Editable
ITU standard
–
–
G.694.2
N/A
First ITU channel
(with display in nm)
–
–
Editable, from 1271 to 1611 nm,
by increments of 20 nm
N/A
Channel spacing
–
–
20 nm
N/A
Number of
channels
–
–
Editable, from 1 to 19 by
increments of 1
Editable from
1 to 256
Define channels
–
–
Sub-menu accessible to display the
wavelengths of each channel, name the band,
and name each channel.
NOTE
The maximum real number of channels for ITU grids depends on the
value selected for the first channel and the spacing between the
channels.
NOTE
It is possible to display the grid with the
View Grid
softkey. A table
appears showing the channel number, the name of the channel, the
reference wavelength and the alarm thresholds for delta frequency,
minimum power and maximum power.