Challenger Optics CO-OPM-48 User manual

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Wavelength Specic Optical Testing and Measurement Equipment
Optical Power Meter
- Fiber Deep DWDM
Operating Manual
ChallengerOptics
CO-OPM-48
020119

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Chapter 1.0 - Introduction / 03
1. Introduction
1.1 Special Features
- Automatic Wavelength specic
Power measurement
- Compact and lightweight for eld use
- Easy one hand operation
- Data Storage capabilities
- Auto shut o
- Fast power up and Test
- High-quality graphics
1.2 Specications
Channels 48 DWDM
Frequency / Wavelength 196.4 ~ 191.7 THz (1526.44~1563.86 nm)
Channel Spacing 100 GHz
Measurement Speed 2 sec (all channels)
Measurement Range +10 dBm ~ -40 dBm
Measurement Accuracy ±1.0 @ -35 dBm
Power Resolution 0.01 dB
Optical Connector SC / APC
Display Unit dB, dBm, nm, THz
Display 3.5” TFT-LCD, 16 bit Color
Battery / Power Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer – 10 hr
Operating Temperature -4° ~ +130° F (-20° ~ +55° C )
Weight 33 oz*
Dimensions h / w / d 8.75 x 4.25 x 2.5 (inches)* *w/boot
CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
1.4 Charge Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Meter Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.0 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1 Explanation of Operating Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2.2 Key Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.1 Power On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.2 Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2.2.3 dB / dBm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.4 Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.5 Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.6 Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.7 Recall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.1 Scan Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3.2 Total Power Calibration Wavelength . . . . . 16
2.3.3 Oset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.3.4 Auto Power O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3.5 Time Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3.6 File Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.7 File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.8 System Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.9 Scan Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.3.10 PM Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3.11 SCAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3.12 Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3.13 Display Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.14 Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4 Battery Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.0 Wavelength Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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2. Getting Started
2.1 Explanation of Operating Keys
Key Function
Backlight Power and backlight On/O
Menu Access system Menu and settings
Mode Options : ‘Auto’ and ‘Manual’
dB/dBm Toggle between dB and dBm UOM
SCAN All wavelengths are scanned and power levels are displayed
Graph Power levels of selected channels displayed as a graph.
Save Save measurements
Recall Recall saved measurements
ESC Cancel or move back to previous menu
OK Enter
◄ ► Previous page / Next page
▲ ▼ Line-up / Line Down
0 ~ 9 Number and letters key
Del Delete key
+/- Sign key
Backlight
Menu
Mode
dB/dBm
Scan
Graph
Save
Recall
ESC
OK
Del
2 abc
+/-
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1.3 Accessories
Description Quantity
Body 1 ea
Rubber Boot 1 ea
USB Data cable 1 ea
Charger 1 ea
USB Drive (User’s Manual) 1 ea
1.4 Charge Method
The CO-OPM-48 has a rechargeable battery. A USB power adapter and micro
USB cable are provided for charging. Typical charge time is six hours.
Charging conditions:
LED Color Action of LED Conditions for battery charge
Red ON Charging
Green ON Fully charged
1.5 Meter Care
Do not subject the CO-OPM-48 to strong impact.
The CO-OPM-48 is not water resistant or waterproof
Do not disassemble.
Always properly clean the ber interfaces before taking a measurement.
Always replace the Dust Cap for dust protection.

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Power Measurement has 2 options ‘Auto’ and ‘Manual’.
In ‘Auto’, the instrument automatically scans the optical input
and displays the wavelength which has been detected with the
highest level of power.
Auto is the default setting.
Selecting ‘Manual’, the user is prompted for a channel # that
is entered manually. The power of the wavelength selected is
displayed in real time.
You can move to adjacent wavelengths using ◄ ► ▲ ▼.
2.2.2 Auto / Manual
Mode continued on next page >
Mode
2.2 Key Function
Press the button more than 2 seconds, the logo shown
below appears and it moves to‘Power Meter’ page.
Press the button more than 2 seconds to turn the power o.
Chapter 2.2 - Key Function / 06
Backlight
Backlight
2.2.1 Power on and o
Backlight

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The button toggles between dB (relative power)and dBm
(absolute power) UOM.
Press the button, to measure all selected
wavelengths and display in table format.
You can select the page using ◄ ► ▲ ▼.
dB/dBm
Scan
2.2.3 Relative Power / Absolute Power
2.2.4 Wavelengths scanned and graph displayed
dB/dBm
Scan
Chapter 2.2 - Key Function / 08
To see the Total power measurement,
- enter Manual Mode
- enter 8 7 (“t p”) for channel number
- TOTAL power will be displayed.
- the calibration wavelength can be changed by
pressing button.
- Options are 1310, 1470, 1550 and 1610nm.
2.2.2 Auto / Manual (continued)
Mode
ESC
Mode

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Press the button, to view les saved on device.
Use ▲, ▼ to highlight desired le.
Press the button to select the le to be displayed.
Recall
OK
2.2.7 Recall saved measurements
Recall
Chapter 2.2 - Key Function / 10
Press the button after scanning, to display power
measurements in graph format.
Press the button, the measurement will be saved using the
current date and time as the le name. Or, a 17 character lename
can be entered using the keypad.
Press the button to save.
If you want to cancel saving, press button.
Graph
Save
OK
ESC
2.2.5 Power levels displayed
2.2.6 Save measurements
Graph
Save

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When you choose the‘Scan Set’, ‘All Scan’ and ‘Selected’, ‘Odd
Channels’,‘Channel Plans’, are displayed.
‘All Scan’will measure all 48 channels, 17-64 .
‘Selected’ allows user-selected wavelength measurement.
Press the‘Selected’, you will see the screen below.
Press to toggle ON/OFF the highlighted wavelength.
The ‘Selected’ option allows user to select specic channels to
be measured. Highlight the channel and press‘Enter’ to toggle
channel ON/OFF.
Odd Channel selects CHs 17, 19, . . . 63
Even Channel selects CHs 18, 20,. . . 64
OK
2.3.1 Scan Set
Scan Set continued on next page >
Chapter 2.3 - Menu / 12
The button, allows you to congure the operating
environment of the CO-OPM-48
The menu consists of:
Scan Set
Total Power Calibration Wavelength
Oset
Auto Power O
Time Set
File Delete
File Format
System Info
Scan Display
PM Mode
SCAN Mode
Threshold
Display Unit
Factory Reset
Menu
2.3 Menu
line-up
line-down
next
page
previous
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Pressing ESC will exit channel selection
screen and SAVE the channel plan.
Press the SCAN button to show the chan-
nels selected in the Plan.
2.3.1 Scan Set (continued)
Chapter 2.3 - Menu / 14
Selecting “Channel Plans” will allow
the user to enter and SAVE up to
5 CUSTOM channel plans.
When Channel Plans is selected, the ve
plans are displayed on the screen.
The plan names CANNOT be changed.
Select the desired Plan (Plan1, Plan2, etc)
The user then selects each channel to be
included/excluded from the plan.
ON is included in the Plan,
OFF is NOT included.
Highlight the channel # and press OK to turn ON/OFF the channel
in the plan.
Default value is OFF.
All plans will be reset to OFF when a FACTORY RESET is performed.
2.3.1 Scan Set (continued)
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When measuring form a test port the
‘Oset’ can be added to the signal power.
When you choose the‘Oset’, you can
choose either, ‘All Channel’ and ‘Each
Channel’.
Press the button after selecting ‘All
Channel’, you can set up the oset with values between –25.99 to
+25.99 dB for all channels.
‘+’ and ‘-’ sign can be changed to
(+/-) button.
Press the button after selecting
‘Each Channel’, you can set up each channel’s
oset value.
The oset value will be displayed on the
main screen status line OF“val”, where
“val” is the oset value.
OK
+/-
OK
2.3.3 Oset
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Choose this option to select the proper
calibration wavelength for the total
power measurement.
Available wavelengths are 1310nm,
1470nm, 1550nm and 1610nm.
To select the wavelength, highlight
the wavelength and press OK button.
Selected wavelength will be in ON
position.
The selected wavelength will be
displayed in“( )” on the main power
screen and on the top line of the scan &
graph results.
The default wavelength is 1550nm.
2.3.2 Total Power Calibration Wavelength

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Press the button after selecting ‘File Delete’, you can delete
measurement les.
Press the key after choosing the le you want to delete,
the message appears on the scree to conrm to delete or not.
Press the button, and le will be
deleted from the memory.
OK
OK
OK
2.3.6 File Delete
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The power automatically goes o if the user does not input any
key in the determined time.
Press the button after selecting ‘Auto Power OFF’, you can
set the Auto power o time in minutes.
You can set the time between 5 to 600 Min. by pressing the
number key and button.
OK
OK
Press the button after selecting ‘Time Set’, you can set
today’s date and current time.
All elds must be entered completely. Use key to correct
errors in entry.
You can set the time by pressing the number key
and button.
OK
Del
OK
2.3.4 Auto Power O
2.3.5 Time Set

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‘Scan Display’ consists of ‘All’ and ‘Measured’. This can be selected
using ◄ ► ▼ ▲.
‘All ’will display power levels of All wavelengths measured by the
meter REGARDLESS of power level.
If you choose the ‘Measured’, only wavelengths with a power level
higher than -40 dBm are displayed.
2.3.9 Scan Display
Chapter 2.3 - Menu / 20
You can delete all saved les by formatting the memory.
Press the button after‘File Format’, message appears on
the screen to conrm.
Press the button, all les are deleted from the memory.
General information about the equipment.
OK
OK
2.3.7 File Format
2.3.8 System Info

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The ‘SCAN Mode’ consists of the ‘Repeat’ and ‘Single’. This can be
selected using ◄ ► ▼ ▲.
If you select ‘Repeat’, the instrument repeatedly scans the optical
input measurements are displayed in real time.
If you select ‘Single’, The moment you click on the ‘SCAN’ button,
the light source is scanned only once.
2.3.11 SCAN Mode
Chapter 2.3 - Menu / 22
The ‘PM Mode’consists of the‘Auto’and‘Manual’.
This can be selected using the ◄ ► ▼ ▲ buttons.
If you choose the ‘Auto’, The meter will automatically detect and
display the channel with the highest power.
If Manual is selected the meter will display power level of the last
channel measured. User can display adjacent channels using the
◄ ► ▼ ▲ buttons.
2.3.10 PM Mode

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You can change the unit on the scan display
and graph display by choosing Display Unit
on the menu.
The Scan ‘Display unit’ can be either
Wavelength (nm) or Frequency (THz).
This can be selected using ◄ ► ▼ ▲.
The graph unit can be ITU channel # or the
display unit (wavelength or frequency).
If ‘Frequency’ is chosen for the SCAN Unit,
Frequency in the THz is displayed.
2.3.13 Display Unit
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The Threshold is the lowest level the meter will display. When the
Threshold Filter is turned ON, the meter only displays channels
with power level HIGHER than the threshold.
To turn ON the threshold, choose Threshold
from the second page of menu items.
Turn on/o the threshold using the
arrow keys ▼ ▲ .
Enter the desired threshold value
use the ‘+/-”key as needed
-30.00 dBm the default setting.
Press the button after inputting
the new threshold to SAVE the value.
The Threshold value is displayed on the
status line as “BTH Value”
2.3.12 Threshold
OK

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- remove rubber boot
- remove back plate
w/ PH#1 Phillip screwdriver
- remove and retain pink battery pad
for re-installation on new battery
- swap old battery with
battery p/n: CO-BATT-4800
- re-install back plate with
screw hole bevels facing out
2.4 Battery Replacement
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To reset meter to original factory setting chose this option.
All les saved in the meter will remain
Press OK
2.3.14 Factory Reset

Chapter 3.0 Wavelength Chart / 28
15 191500 / 1565.50
16 191600 / 1564.68
17 191700 / 1563.86
18 191800 / 1563.05
19 191900 / 1562.23
20 192000 / 1561.42 20 20
21 192100 / 1560.61 21 21 21
22 192200 / 1559.79 22 22
23 192300 / 1558.98 23 23
24 192400 / 1558.17 24 24 24
25 192500 / 1557.36 25
26 192600 / 1556.56 26 26
27 192700 / 1555.75 27
28 192800 / 1554.94 28 28
29 192900 / 1554.13 29 29
30 193000 / 1553.33 30
31 193100 / 1552.52 31
32 193200 / 1551.72 32
33 193300 / 1550.92 33 33 33
34 193400 / 1550.12 34
35 193500 / 1549.32 35 35
36 193600 / 1548.52 36 36
37 193700 / 1547.72 37
38 193800 / 1546.92 38
39 193900 / 1546.12 39 39
40 194000 / 1545.32 40
41 194100 / 1544.53 41
42 194200 / 1543.73 42 42
43 194300 / 1542.94 43
44 194400 / 1542.14 44 44 44
45 194500 / 1541.35 45
46 194600 / 1540.56 46
47 194700 / 1539.77 47 47
48 194800 / 1538.98 48 48
49 194900 / 1538.19 49
50 195000 / 1537.40 50
51 195100 / 1536.61 51 51
52 195200 / 1535.82 52 52 52
53 195300 / 1535.04 53
54 195400 / 1534.25 54 54 54
55 195500 / 1533.47 55
56 195600 / 1532.68 56
57 195700 / 1531.90 57 57 57
58 195800 / 1531.12 58 58
59 195900 / 1530.33 59 59
60 196000 / 1529.55 60
61 196100 / 1528.77 61
62 196200 / 1527.99 62
63 196300 / 1527.22
64 196400 / 1526.44
CH Frequency / Wavelength CH CH CH
(#) (GHz) (nm) (#) (#) (#)
DWDM ITU Channels Fiber Deep FORWARD Metro-E & Fiber Deep Full Spectrum
CorWave 2 & 3 Return Channels