Viavi OTDR Series User manual

OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
For T-BERD®/MTS-2000, -4000 V2, -5800,
SmartOTDR, CellAdvisor 5G and
OneAdvisor-800 Platforms
User Manual
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Viavi Solutions
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OTDR Functions
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
For T-BERD®/MTS-2000, -4000 V2, -5800,
SmartOTDR, CellAdvisor 5G and
OneAdvisor-800 Platforms
User Manual
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Contents
About This Guide xv
Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Recycling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Chapter 1 Starting up 1
Unpacking the device - Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Precautions relating to the OTDR Module use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting fiber optic cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Inspecting and cleaning connector end faces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Optical connector types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Connecting Fiber optic cable to test port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Optical connectors and interchangeable adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interchangeable adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cleaning universal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2 Configuring the reflectometry test 7
Configuring the unit for SmartTEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Principle of the SmartTEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Selecting SmartTEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selecting the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Modifying some parameters before the acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Configuring the test in Expert OTDR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Principle of the Expert OTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Selecting Expert OTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring the Acquisition parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Specific Acquisition parameters with DWDM Modules. . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring the Alarms parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Configuring the Display parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section Attenuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Index of refraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scatter coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Distance Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Results on trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Event Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the Advanced parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Front Connector Meas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring the Link Description parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Fiber Id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fiber Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Change Fiber Nbr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cable Id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Location A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Location B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring the Project Information parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Technician Id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Job Id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Configuring the File parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
File(s) save in:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Filenaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
File Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Auto Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Report As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Report Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Report naming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Include Microscope Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configuration in Test Auto mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Saving OTDR configuration in a file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loading an existing OTDR configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3 Launching a reflectometry test and displaying results 39
Performing OTDR acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Performing an acquisition in Real Time mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Principle of the Real time mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Performing acquisition in Real Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Stopping the real time acquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Performing a measurement with SmartTEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Performing an acquisition with Expert OTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Multi-wavelength acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Actions on trace during acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving results for SmartTEST acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Results display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Smart Link view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Showing the detailed information of one event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Trace View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Common functions on Trace View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table V iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the type of an event (OTDR Expert mode only) . . . . 60
Advanced functions in Expert OTDR mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Automatic measurement and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Addition of events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Representation of the events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Hints on the positioning of markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Deleting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Manual measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Measurements of slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Measurement of ORL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Measurement of Reflectance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Splice measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Memorization of the position of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Overlay trace function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Overlaying several traces stored in memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Display of traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adding traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing a trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Reference Trace function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Use of the reference trace function in the Result page . . . . . . . . 70
Using the reference trace function in the explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Saving the trace(s) and generating a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Saving results and creating a report from results page . . . . . . . .72
Opening a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 4 Power meter and Source functions on the OTDR test port
77
Connecting to the test port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Configuring the Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Configuring the Measurement parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configuring the alarm parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Activating the Source function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LTS Resu lts page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Results page of the Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Keys of the power meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Combo PM/OTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Results page of the Light Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Performing a power level measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Performing an insertion loss measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting the zero value of the power meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Performing a reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Measurement on the fiber under test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Storing and reloading results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Report Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Storing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Loading results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Terminated PON Powermeter (SmartOTDR 118FA65PPM only) . . . . 87
Configuring the power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring the measurement parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Configuring the alarm parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Configuring the Link parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting the zero value of the power meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Performing Power Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Combo PM/OTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 5 File management 91
Description of the explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Opening the file explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Managing tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
File signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Buttons on the right of the screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Storage media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Directories and files editing function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Saving and loading files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Saving files from the Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Loading files and displaying traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Simple loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Load with configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Loading several traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Exporting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Explorer/Link Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Editing function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Exporting a directory in a txt file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Generating pdf report(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Using the Merge key, with the txt/pdf files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 6 Technical specifications 103
OTDR modules for T-BERD/MTS 2000/4000 V2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Characteristics of reflectometry measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Manual Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Typical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Class of the lasers of the OTDR modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
OTDR modules measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
OTDR Module supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Indoor/outdoor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Pollution degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
MPO Switch Module Technical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
OTDR Technical specifications for SmartOTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
OTDR Optical Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
OTDR Optical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Characteristics of reflectometry measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Typical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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Characteristics of the Source (standard) and Power Meter (op-
tional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Power meter (through OTDR port) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
PON/XG-PON Power Meter (E118FA65PPM version) . . . . . . . . . . 118
Chapter 7 Options and accessories 119
Commercial References of measurement modules for T-BERD/MTS-
2000/4000 V2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
OTDR Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
CWDM OTDR Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
DWDM OTDR Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
MPO Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Commercial References of the SmartOTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Commercial References of optical connectors and adapters. . . . . 124
Index 127
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About This Guide
The VIAVI equipments provide handheld, modular platforms designed for the construc-
tion, validation and maintenance of fiber networks.
The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
•“Purpose and scope” on page xvi
•“Assumptions” on page xvi
•“Technical assistance” on page xvi
•“Recycling Information” on page xvi
•“Conventions” on page xvi
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Purpose and scope
The purpose of this guide is to help you successfully use the equipment features and
capabilities. This guide includes task-based instructions that describe how to configure,
use, and troubleshoot the equipment with OTDR module.
Assumptions
We are assuming that you have basic computer and mouse/track ball experience and
are familiar with basic telecommunication and fiber optic concepts and terminology.
Technical assistance
If you require technical assistance, call 1-844-GO-VIAVI. For the latest TAC information,
go to http://www.viavisolutions.com/en/services-and-support/support/technical-assis-
tance.
Recycling Information
VIAVI recommends that customers dispose of their instruments and peripherals in an
environmentally sound manner. Potential methods include reuse of parts or whole prod-
ucts and recycling of products components, and/or materials.
Waste Electrical and electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Directive
In the European Union, this label indicates that this product should not be
disposed of with household waste. Il should be deposited at an appropriate
facility to enable recovery and recycling.
Conventions
This guide uses naming conventions and symbols, as described in the following tables.
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Table 1 Typographical conventions
Description Example
User interface actions appear in this typeface. On the Status bar, click Start.
Buttons or switches that you press on a unit
appear in this TYPEFACE.
Press the ONswitch
Code and output messages appear in this type-
face.
All results okay
Text you must type exactly as shown appears in
this typeface.
Type: a:\set.exe in the dialog box
Variables appear in this typeface. Type the new hostname.
Book references appear in this typeface. Refer to Newton’s Telecom Dictio-
nary
A vertical bar | means “or”: only one option can
appear in a single command.
platform [a|b|e]
Square brackets [ ] indicate an optional argu-
ment.
login [platform name]
Slanted brackets < > group required arguments. <password>
Table 2 Keyboard and menu conventions
Description Example
A plus sign + indicates simultaneous keystrokes. Press Ctrl+s
A comma indicates consecutive key strokes. Press Alt+f,s
A slanted bracket indicates choosing a submenu
from menu.
On the menu bar, click
Start > Program Files.
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Table 3 Symbol conventions
Table 4 Safety definitions
This symbol represents a general hazard.
This symbol represents a risk of electrical shock.
NOTE
This symbol represents a Note indicating related information or tip.
This symbol, located on the equipment or its packaging indicates that
the equipment must not be disposed of in a land-fill site or as municipal
waste, and should be disposed of according to your national regula-
tions.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result
in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result
in minor or moderate injury.
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Chapter 1 Starting up
This chapter describes how to start using the equipment.
The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
•“Unpacking the device - Precautions” on page 2
•“Precautions relating to the OTDR Module use” on page 2
•“Connecting fiber optic cable” on page 2
•“Optical connectors and interchangeable adapters” on page 5
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Unpacking the device - Precautions
We suggest that you keep the original packing material. It is designed for reuse (unless
it is damaged during shipping). Using the original packing material ensures that the
device is properly protected during shipping.
If another packaging is used (for returning the equipment for example), VIAVI cannot
give warranty on good protection of the equipment.
If needed, you can obtain appropriate packing materials by contacting VIAVI Technical
Assistance Center.
Precautions relating to the OTDR Module use
If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer, the protection
provided by the equipment may be compromised.
Contact authorized, trained and qualified service personnel for all services.
Fans on OTDR Modules
Take care fans may be present on the side of the OTDR product. Under normal opera-
tion, no injury may occur to the user
Connecting fiber optic cable
Inspecting and cleaning connector end faces
•Optical connector contamination is the #1 source of performance degradation
and test equipment repair
Always inspect and clean the connector end face of the optical fiber
cable and the test port before mating both together.
VIAVI is not responsible for damage and reduced performance caused
by bad fiber handling and cleaning.
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