Anritsu MT9085 Series Instruction manual

MT9085 Series
ACCESS Master
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Quick User’s Guide

MT9085 Series
ACCESS Master
Quick User’s Guide
29 August 2018 (First Edition)
Copyright © 2018, ANRITSU CORPORATION.
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Printed in Japan

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Contents
Panel.................................................................................. 2
Front Panel................................................................................. 2
Top Panel ................................................................................... 3
Back Panel ................................................................................. 4
Power On/Power Off .......................................................... 5
Top Menu ........................................................................... 5
Shortcut Keys..................................................................... 6
Screen Elements................................................................ 7
OTDR (Standard) ............................................................. 10
Measurement Condition Setup................................................. 10
Measurement ........................................................................... 13
Trace ........................................................................................ 15
Analysis.................................................................................... 21
Saving Files.............................................................................. 25
Loading File.............................................................................. 26
Fiber Visualizer ................................................................ 27
Fiber Visualizer Screen ............................................................ 27
Trace ........................................................................................ 31
Report ...................................................................................... 32
OTDR (Construction) ....................................................... 35
Loss Test Set.................................................................... 38
Power Meter..................................................................... 41
Light Source..................................................................... 42
VFL (Visual Fault Locate)................................................. 43
VIP ................................................................................... 44
Scenario Manager Lite ..................................................... 47

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Panel
Front Panel
[1] Rotary knob
[7]
Start
key
[2]
ESC
key
[8] Top Menu key
[3] Arrow key set
[9] Shortcut keys
[4]
Enter
key
[10] Power key
[5] LED indicator
[11] Touch panel
[6]
Realtime
key
Power key indication
Off: Power off Orange flash: Charging
Orange: Standby Green: Power on (Active)
[5]
[9]
[10]
[8]
[1]
[3]
[2]
[6]
[7]
[4]
[11]

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Top Panel
Table 1 Explanation of Top Panel
No. Label Explanation
[1]
Opt *
1
OPM
Optical Power Meter
(option)
[2]
Battery Charging
Battery Charging indicator
[3]
External Power
External Power indicator
[4]
DC Input
External power - DC Power
Connection
[5]
VFL
VFL port (option)
[6]
OTDR/OLS
Measurement port 2 *
2
[7]
OTDR/OLS
Measurement port 1
[8]
USB VIP
USB port (for VIP)
[9]
USB To PC
USB port (for PC)
[10]
USB
USB port (General)
*1: Option number is printed here.
*2: Option 055 and 063 only
[3]
[9]
[10]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[2]
[1]
2
1

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Back Panel
[1] Compliance and Warning
labels
[3] Tilt bail
[2] Model name and Serial
number labels
[4] Battery compartment
<
Installing the battery pack>
[1]
Lift the tilt bail.
[2]
Detach the battery
compartment cover.
[3]
Insert the battery pack
into the ACCESS
Master with the
indicator facing out.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
Battery Pack
Battery
Compartment
Cover
Tilt bail
[2]
[1]
[3]
[2]

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Power On/Power Off
To Power On the ACCESS Master:
Press the Power key. After the self–test is complete successfully, Top
Menu is displayed.
To Power Off the ACCESS Master:
Press the Power key, and the following message appears.
Touch Ye s to power off the ACCESS Master.
Top Menu
Press the Power key to start the ACCESS Master, When it starts, Top
Menu is displayed. Also, you can return from another screen to Top
Menu by pressing Top Menu .
For Option 063, touching SM/MM highlights the wavelength of the
selected port.
When an Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth interface is connected to the USB
port, the Remote Setup softkey appears.

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Shortcut Keys
Brightness
Pressing this key switches the brightness of the backlight. When the
backlight is turned off by the Auto Backlight Off function, touch the
screen or press any key to turn the backlight on.
Setup
Pressing this key displays a screen for system setting.
General sets date, time, language, etc.
Password Settings
sets passwords in order to restrict operations for users
other than the administrator. This screen appears when
the Setup key is pressed while Top Menu is displayed.
Calibration Date Settings
sets the calibration date and calibration period. This
screen appears when the Setup key is pressed while Top
Menu is displayed.
About allows users to view the system information, erase
internal memory and so on.
Preferences sets the parameters related to OTDR or Fiber Visualizer
measurement.
Screenshot
Pressing this key saves a screenshot to a file.
Load
Pressing this key displays the Load screen.
Save
Pressing this key displays the Save screen.
VFL

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When Option 002 is installed, pressing this key displays the VFL dialog
box.
Screen Elements
[1] Screen Title area:
Displays the title of the screen currently displayed and the name of
the loaded file.
[2] Date/Time area:
Displays the current date and time.
The display format (yy–mm–dd, mm–dd–yy, dd–mm–yy) follows the
system settings. For details on the settings, refer to 3.3.1 “General
Settings” in the operation manual.
[5]
[5]
[2]
[1]
[3]
[4]
[6]

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[3] Status area:
Displays the battery indicator, remaining battery, and the status
icon of the ACCESS Master. The remaining battery is expressed in
percent (%) (100% on a full charge), and the estimated available
time (h) forecast from the average power consumption over the
previous 1 minute period.
Battery indicator
Connected in a network
Remaining battery (%)
Laser light is being
emitted. (in yellow)
Remaining battery (h)
VFL light is being
emitted. (in red)
File is being accessed
[4] Driving power indicator:
●Powered by external power supply:
●Powered by battery pack:
[5] Softkeys display area:
Displays softkeys to which functions corresponding to the current
screen or required for the current operation are assigned. Softkeys
are used to select a function or for confirmation.
[6] Power Meter area:
For OTDR or Fiber Visualizer, the power measurement value is
displayed when a power meter is used.

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Expanding and shifting the graph
Touch one of the icons on the left of the graph area, and touch or drag the
graph.
Table 2 Graph Control Icons
Icon Explanation
Expands the area selected by dragging.
Contracts the view with the touched point displayed
in the center.
Displays the entire trace.
Moves the trace by dragging.
Moves the active cursor or marker to the touched
position.
The rotary knob can also move the cursor.
Displays a horizontal line at the level of the active
cursor.

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OTDR (Standard)
OTDR (Standard) provides basic OTDR testing.
Touch OTDR (Standard) on Top Menu.
To exit OTDR (Standard), press Top Menu .
Measurement Condition Setup
1. To set the distance range or the pulse width etc. automatically,
touch Test Mode to set to Auto. To set them manually, touch Test
Mode to set to Manual.
2. Touch Wavelength to set a wavelength. If selecting All, the
measurement is performed with multiple wavelength.
When Test Mode is set to Auto, proceed to step 7.
3. When Test Mode is set to Manual, touch Range/Distance to set test
parameters.

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4. Touch Averaging and set the number of times or period for
averaging.
5. Touch Next to display the second page.
6. Touch IOR/BSC to set the IOR (Index of Refraction) and BSC
(Backscatter Coefficient). Select the fiber type, and you will see IOR
and BSC suitable for the fiber.
7. Press Setup .
8. Set items of Preferences (1-2).

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Note:
Connection Check is not available for MM port.
9. Set items of Preferences (2-2).
10. Set items of AutoSave .
11. Pressing Setup or
ESC
displays OTDR (Standard) screen.

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Measurement
Averaging Measurement
1. Clean the connector of an optical fiber and connect it to the
measurement port.
2. Press
Start
.
3. When, in “Preferences (1-2)”, Connection Check is set to On, the
ACCESS Master checks whether the optical fiber is correctly
connected.
4. If the connection is not good (the gauge is displayed in red or
yellow), disconnect the optical fiber from the measurement port and
clean its connector.
5. To run the test, touch Continue or press
Start
.
6. While the measurement is in progress, the progress bar appears on
the screen and the LED indicator on the front panel flashes.
7. When the measurement has completed, results (loss, reflectance,
and others) are displayed.
Realtime Measurement
1. Clean the connector of an optical fiber and connect it to the
measurement port.

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2. Press
Realtime
.
3. Pressing
ESC
or
Realtime
stops Realtime Measurement.

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Two setting methods of cursors and markers to analyze the trace are
provided: Movement and Placement.
The setting method of markers can be set by Marker Mode of
Preferences (2-2) (12 page).
Trace
Movement
When set to Movement, Cursor A, Cursor B and Markers a to d are
displayed.
When set to Movement, you can move the selected active cursor or
marker by turning the rotary knob or by touching .
[1] Marker
[2] Cursor
[3] Cursor and Marker buttons
A, B: Selects an active cursor.
a to d: Selects an active marker. These are available if Loss
Mode is set to Splice Loss, 2-Pt LSA or dB/km LSA.
You can also toggle the active cursor and marker by pressing
Enter
.
[2]
[3]
[1]
[5]
[4]
[6]

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[4] Cursor distance information
A: Distance from the origin of the trace to Cursor A
B: Distance from the origin of the trace to Cursor B
A->B: Distance between Cursor A and Cursor B
As you move the cursors, the cursor distance information updates
simultaneously.
[5] Loss mode, Measurement, and Reflectance
[6] Test Parameters
Test parameters used for test are displayed.
A progress bar is displayed during measurement.
WL: Wavelength, Fiber Type
DR: Distance Range
PW: Pulse Width
IOR: IOR
RES: Resolution
AVG: Averaging times
Test parameters for the primary trace are displayed for a trace
recalled from a file
The Pulse width value is followed by the Dead-zone mode.
●ER: Enhanced Range
●HR: Standard
Loss Mode
Cu
rrent measured loss (dB)
or transmission loss (dB/km)
Reflectance (dB) if event is reflective
Pulse Width
Averaging times
Distance
Range
Wavelength
IOR
Fiber Type
Resolution

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Placement
When setting Placement (1-2,2-4) or Placement (1-2,3-4), a cursor and
marker to are displayed.
When set to Placement, you can move the cursor by turning the rotary
knob or by touching . The marker positions cannot be changed.
Move the cursor to the precise position and touch to , and you
can position the markers.
[1] Cursor
[2] Markers
[3] Rotary Knob icon
[4] Marker buttons
[5] Reflectance, Splice Loss,
ORL
[6] Distance, Loss, dB/km
[7] Test parameters
1
4
1
4
[6]
[5]
[7]
[1]
[4]
[2]
[3]

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[1] Cursor
[2] Markers
When touching a marker button of to , the marker moves
to the cursor position.
[3] Rotary knob icon
This icon shows the speed at which the cursor moves when turning
the rotary knob. The cursor movement speed is toggled by pressing
the rotary knob.
: The cursor moves quickly.
: The cursor moves slowly.
[4] Marker buttons
to : Places the marker of its number at the cursor position.
Put All: Places the markers as follows:
Marker —On the left side of
Marker —Cursor position
Marker —Falling point
Marker —On the right side of
Auto Marker:Locates the point of change near the cursor in the
displayed trace and automatically places Markers ,
, and . If a peak is detected between
and , a triangle marker
is placed at the peak. If
there is no point of change, a marker is placed near the
center of the graph area.
Clear: Clears all markers.
: Moves the marker to the point of change in the leftward
of the cursor.
: Moves the marker to the point of change in the
rightward of the cursor.
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4
1
4
1
2
2
3
4
3
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2
3
4
2
3