Viavi T-BERD 4000 Base Unit User manual

4000 Base Unit
Portable, modular Platform
designed for the construction,
validation and maintenance of
FTTx networks
User Manual

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4000 Base Unit
Portable, modular Platform designed
for the construction, validation and
maintenance of FTTx networks
User Manual

User Manual 77000000206 Rev. 007 i
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Table of Contents
About This Guide xv
Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Recycling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Chapter 1 Introducing the 4000 Base Unit 1
Terminology used in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Laser classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning labels for the laser classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
AC/DC and battery important safety instructions . . . . . . . .3
Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
User interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Mechanical strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

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Chapter 2 Starting up 9
Unpacking the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Assembling the component parts of the 4000 Platform . .10
Fitting and removing a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing the backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Choosing the position of the instrument on the work
surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Setting the 4000 Platform into the glove . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Battery management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Access to the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Safety recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching the 4000 Platform on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Switching on the 4000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching off the 4000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Presentation page of the 4000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Chapter 3 Controls of the 4000 Platform 23
Control interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TFT display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Numeric keypad on the 4000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Direction keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using an external keyboard, mouse and touchscreen
(options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Virtual control buttons bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Equivalence between external keyboard and 4000 Plat-
form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing text using the external keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing the 4000 Platform from a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Connecting the 4000 Platform to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Direct connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connection via a local network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Transfer of the interface of the 4000 Platform on to a PC
37
Accessing the internal memory or the USB memory stick
of the 4000 Platform via a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Creating a shortcut toward the 4000 Platform internal memory
38
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Upper panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 4 System set-up 43
Principle of the set-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configuring the instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Validating several simultaneous functions . . . . . . . . . . 45
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
I/O Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
USB and USB (Land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Files (Formatted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Files (Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
PDF and Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Standalone results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Expert Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Install Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Enter Manually the Licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Import the license from the USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . 60

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Media utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Formating a USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Erase disk / Erase Extmem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Formating an extended internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking the 4000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 5 Power meter, VFL (Visual Fault Locator) and Talkset 65
Principle of optical power and attenuation measure-
ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Attenuation measurements (optical link loss) . . . . . . . . 66
Connection to the power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Configuring the Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Configuring the measurement parameters of the power
meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring the alarm parameters of the power meter . 69
Display of results and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Result of the measurement in progress . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Commands of the power meter parameters . . . . . . . . . 70
Making a measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Power measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Optical link loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting the zero value of the power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Carrying out the reference measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Measurements on the fiber under test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
VFL Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
VFL connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Visual Fault Locator function (VFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Storing and reloading results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
File Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Storing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Loading results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Talkset Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Talkset configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Establishing communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adjusting volume level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76