How To Measure Optical Power - Fluke MultiFiber Pro User Manual

How to Measure Optical Power

A power measurement shows the optical power level from a
source such as an optical network interface card or optical
test equipment.
The meter can show power measurements in watts or dBm.
To change the unit for power measurements
1 On the meter, hold down
setup mode.
2 With the cursor next to POWER, press
or to select W (watts) or dBm (decibels
relative to 1 milliwatt).
The meter automatically shows watts as milliwatts (mW)
or microwatts (µW).
3 To save the setting and exit setup mode, hold down
for 2.5 seconds.
for 2.5 seconds to enter
, then press
To measure power
1 Clean and inspect all connectors.
2 On the meter, press
3 Make the connections shown in Figure 6.
4 On the meter, press
the source if necessary.
5 To see the power measurement for the next channel,
press CHANNEL.
2 kHz flashes and you cannot save measurements if
the meter is connected to a MultiFiber Pro source
that is set to 2 kHz mode.
6 To save the measurements, make sure the meter has
done a scan through all 12 channels, then press
SAVE. The meter briefly shows the record number and
OK. The record number shown is for fiber number 12 in
the cable.
How to Measure Optical Power
to make POWER show.
to select the wavelength of
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