How To Use The Measurement Cursor On The Otdr Trace - Fluke Versiv Series Technical Reference Handbook

How to Use the Measurement Cursor on the OTDR Trace

You can use the cursor on the OTDR trace to measure distance
and loss along the cabling. As you move the cursor, the tester
calculates averages around the mark and cursor locations. This
decreases the effects of noise on measurements.
To use the measurement cursor
See Figure 176.
Tap the yellow circle at the top of the cursor (
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shows.
While MARK shows, use one of these methods to move the
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cursor to the point where you want to start the measurement:
Drag the cursor with the yellow circle (
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Tap or press and hold
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 To move the cursor to an event, tap
Events (
Tap MARK, then while UNMARK shows, move the cursor to
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the point where you want to end the measurement.
If UNMARK and the cursor controls do not show,
tap the yellow circle.
These indicators show on the screen:
dB = : The difference in the power levels (in decibels)
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between the start and end of the green measurement bar.
m or ft = : The distance between the start and end of
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the green measurement bar.
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