Step 5: Viewing The Results; Step 6: Saving Results From The First Direction; Step 7: Testing In The Second Direction; Step 8: Saving Results From The Second Direction - Fluke OF-500-10 Technical Reference Handbook

Step 5: Viewing the Results

The tester offers the following views of OTDR test results:
•
The SUMMARY screen, shown when the test is
finished, tells you if the cabling passed or failed
based on the selected test limits.
•
To see the OTDR trace, press
2-2 shows some features of a typical OTDR trace.
•
To see a table of the events on the cabling, press
B
View Events.
See Chapter 3 for details on OTDR results.

Step 6: Saving Results from the First Direction

s
6-1 Press .
6-2 If the tester shows a text editing screen, press
Pick ID to access the fiber ID list you configured.
6-3 If the UNUSED AUTO SEQUENCE IDs list is not
C
showing, press Auto Seq IDs.
6-4 The tester highlights the first unused ID in the
UNUSED AUTO SEQUENCE IDs list. Press s to
save the test with this ID (03A-A01).
A
View Trace. Figure
A
Getting Started Testing Fiber
Tutorial: Running an OTDR Test

Step 7: Testing in the Second Direction

7-1 On the Job tab in Setup, change THIS END to END 2.
7-2 Clean the connector at the other end of the cabling,
connect the launch fiber to the connector; then press
T
.

Step 8: Saving Results from the Second Direction

s
8-1 Press .
B
8-2 Press Current Folder IDs to see the IDs you have
already used.
8-3 Select the ID 03A-A01; then press s. The tester
adds the results from the second direction to the test
record.
This concludes the tutorial on using the OTDR. For more
information on using the OTDR, see Chapter 3.
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