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CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO:
"ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/
FTTH/ SDH"
AV6418 OTDR
User Manual
Shandong Senter Electronics Co., Ltd.
SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014
LCFS
ANEXO 3
AV6418 OTDR
Página No.9 LCFS

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  • Page 1 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ FTTH/ SDH" ANEXO 3 AV6418 OTDR AV6418 OTDR User Manual Shandong Senter Electronics Co., Ltd. SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS Página No.9 LCFS...
  • Page 2 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Preface Thank you for using the AV6418 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer. This product integrates high-grade, high-precision and advanced technology and has the highest performance-to-price ratio among similar products.
  • Page 3 SENTER shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages due to the practibility of this material or version.
  • Page 4 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Please don’t attempt to disassemble or modify any part unspecified in this Guide. Self-disassembly may lower electromagnetic shielding efficiency and cause damage to the instrument, etc.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Contents Safety Requirements ............5 Warnings for Use of Instrument ......... 7 Precautions for Use of Instrument ........8 Maintenance ..............10 Calibration Requirements ..........11...
  • Page 6 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1. Description of Main Screen ........37 2. Description of Event List Window ......40 3. Overview of Menu Structure and Function ....42 3.1 Structure and Function of First Menu ....
  • Page 7 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 4.3 Delete Waveform File ........127 4.4 Copy the Files between OTDR and USB Disk/SD Card .................129 4.5 Clear the Traces Displayed on the Screen ..131 5.
  • Page 8 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Appendix C AV6418 Ordering information ......165 SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS Página No.16 LCFS...

  • Page 9: Safety Requirements

    Guide will violate the safety standards of design, manufacture and intended use of the instrument. Shandong Senter Electronic Co.,Ltd. assumes no liability for the customer’s failure to comply with these requirements.
  • Page 10 Please don’t remove any part of the instrument without approval, other than as explained in this Guide. Component replacement and internal adjustments must be made only by Shandong Senter Electronic Co.,Ltd. or its authorized service personnel. Safety Terminology Warning!: It calls user’s attention to a procedure, operation mode, or the like.

  • Page 11: Warnings For Use Of Instrument

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Warnings for Use of Instrument External DC Power Supply External DC power supply must meet the following requirements: 17V~21V, >2.5A, polarity: positive core. Use of overhigh voltage may damage the instrument.

  • Page 12: Precautions For Use Of Instrument

    “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Use of OTDR Never connect an optical fiber carrying any kind of optical signal to the test port of AV6418 OTDR. Otherwise, it could result inaccurate measurement result even permanent damage to the instrument.
  • Page 13 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ensure battery performance. (4) If the instrument has not been used for a long time, please charge the battery to make charge-discharge cycle before use.

  • Page 14: Maintenance

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" contaminant such as acetone, motor oil, antifreezing fluid, factice, etc., otherwise, it will cause LCD works abnormally. (3) Clean LCD with silk cloth or soft cloth. Don’t use organic solvent to clean it.

  • Page 15: Calibration Requirements

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" range of -20℃~60℃ (please see “Internal Battery” for detailed storage temperature range of battery) in a dry and ventilating place without direct sunshine. When the...
  • Page 16 (5) The repair of instrument should be done by Shandong Senter Electronic Co., Ltd or its authorized repair company. The disassembly and repair of this instrument by any other company or individual are all illegal, which will void warranty to the instrument, and meanwhile, Shandong Senter Electronic Co., Ltd reserves the right to pursue offender’s...

  • Page 17: Chapter 1 Overview

    (6) The damage due to improper packing during returning is not within the scope of warranty. Chapter 1 Overview of Instrument Overview AV6418 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (hereinafter referred to as AV6418 OTDR) is a kind of multifunctional test SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS Página No.25 LCFS...
  • Page 18 & development and production test, etc. of optical fibers and cables. The appearance of AV6418 OTDR adopts the most advanced integrative double-color double-material mould design technology in the industry, novel and beautiful, solid...
  • Page 19 AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" suitable for long-time outdoor work. Besides the functions of OTDR, AV6418 OTDR also can have the optional functions of optical power meter, optical source, visible fault locator (VFL) and audio detection, etc. Main functions and features of instrument: 0.8m extra-short event dead zone, easy to test optical...

  • Page 20: Composition Of Instrument

    FTTH/ SDH" Update of application software system, unnecessary to return it to original factory. of Instrument Composition 2.1 Basic Composition The basic composition of AV6418 OTDR is shown in Table 1-1. Table 1-1 Basic Composition of AV6418 OTDR Item Name Quantity...
  • Page 21 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" mode Single AV6418–1103 1,625nm mode (built-in filter) AV6418–1104 1,625nm Single mode Single AV6418–1105 1,650nm mode (built-in filter) AV6418–1106 1,650nm Single mode Single AV6418–1107...
  • Page 22 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1,550/1,625n Single AV6418–2104 38/38 10/10 mode (built-in 1,550/1,625n filter) AV6418–2105 36/36 10/10 Single mode 1,550/1,650n Single AV6418–2106 38/38 10/10 mode (built-in...

  • Page 23: Optional Accessories

    2. SNR=1, more than 500 averaging times, using 20us pulse. 3. Dead zone test mode (range ≤0.8km, 5ns pulse), reflection loss ≥40dB, typical value 2.3 Optional Accessories The options of AV6418 OTDR are shown in Table 1-3. Table 1-3 Options of AV6418 OTDR Model or Name Explanation...
  • Page 24 FC/UPC Optical fiber cord FC/APC patch cord (1) The optional modules and options of AV6418 OTDR are subject to change without notice. Please dial service consulting phone for relevant details. (2) The bold font in this Guide indicates emphatic prompt.

  • Page 25: Description Of Instrument Panel

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 3. Description of Instrument Panel 3.1 Front Panel of Instrument Figure 1-1 Instrument panel 3.2 Right Panel of Instrument SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS...

  • Page 26: Back Panel Of Instrument

    3.4 Description of Panel Keyboard and Active Display ( Please see section 4 “Description of OTDR Panel Key Function” of Chapter 7 for details) 4. Description of Rechargeable Battery The battery in AV6418 OTDR is special lithium battery. 4.1 Batter Indicator and Charge Indicator SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS...
  • Page 27 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" When the instrument is powered on, the battery indicator at lower right shows the current remaining capacity of battery, and charge indicator also appears. Meanwhile, the system information window also shows the percentage of current remaining capacity of battery.

  • Page 28: Chapter 2 Main Screen

    Charge indicator Battery indicator Chapter 2 Main Screen AV6418 OTDR can have the optional functions of optical power meter, optical source, visible fault locator (VFL) and audio detection, etc. as required. When function modules...
  • Page 29 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 2-1 Main screen return to the main screen, the screen for function module selection will appear as shown in Figure 2-1.

  • Page 30: Chapter 3 Optical Power Meter Module

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" to move active cursor to the drop-downs of default module and then use to select a module as default one for next power on, after selection, the operating interface of the selected module can be entered directly for next power on.
  • Page 31 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" meter as shown in Figure 3-1. The functions and operations of all menu buttons are described as follows: 【 Start 】 : Start or stop power meter test with the following three methods.
  • Page 32 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" function. 【Wave】: Change the test wavelength of power meter. ² Press this button to change the test wavelength of power meter.
  • Page 33 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ² 【 Range 】 :Press this menu button to eject a drop-down box for range selection. Select the range by pressing touchscreen Selecting <Auto>...

  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Optical Source Module

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 【Abs./ Rel.】: Set the current data realization mode as relative or absolute mode. 【Zero】: Reset the power meter to zero. 【Save】 ：Used to save the test data of power meter.
  • Page 35 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 4-1 Operating interface of optical source The functions and operations of all menu buttons are described as follows: 【 Start 】 : Start or stop optical source test with the following three methods.
  • Page 36 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" pressing will start or stop optical source test function. 【 Wave 】 : Change the test wavelength of optical source. ²...

  • Page 37: Chapter 5 Visible Fault Locator Module

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 【Return】: Exit from the operating interface of optical source function to return to the main screen. Chapter 5 Visible Fault Locator Module If your instrument has the function of VFL, please press the button【VFL】...

  • Page 38: Chapter 6 Audio Detection Module

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ² Pressing the key on the keyboard also can realize the above function. ² Press the key on the keyboard to move active cursor to menu bar as shown in the figure below, and then menu item will show a small button.
  • Page 39 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Detection Module as shown in Figure 6-1. Figure 6-1 Operating Interface Schematic of Audio Detection Module The functions and operations of all menu buttons are described as follows: 【Start】: Start or stop audio detection module test with...

  • Page 40: Chapter 7 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (Otdr)

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ² Pressing the key on the keyboard also can realize the above function. ² Press the key on the keyboard to move active cursor to menu bar as shown in the figure below, and then menu item will show a small button.

  • Page 41: Convalidación De Errores Del Proceso

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" will show the main screen of OTDR as shown in Figure 7-1. The menu bar in the main screen shows menu items. Press different menu buttons to enter corresponding sub-menus or finish corresponding functions.
  • Page 42 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (5): Current active cursor Active cursor is red, which can be moved by or pressing touchscreen. The other cursors are black. Active cursor can be set circularly by among the cursors on the screen.
  • Page 43 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (17): Icon of indicating current active test trace: Blue color indicates the current active trace is Trace 1; dark green color indicates the current active trace is Trace 2; red color indicates the current active trace is Trace 3.

  • Page 44: Description Of Event List Window

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" switch among Trace 1, 2 & 3. Ø Only the traces with the same test range can be displayed at the same time.
  • Page 45 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (1) Event Type: : indicates this event point is down event point. : indicates this event point is up event point.

  • Page 46: Overview Of Menu Structure And Function

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" event point to reference origin. 1. For data analyse, there will be three kinds of threshold settings: loss analyse threshold, loss pass threshold (including splice loss pass threshold and reflection loss pass threshold) and optical fiber breakpoint threshold.
  • Page 47 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 7-3 All menu buttons of first menu bar All the button functions on the menu bar are described as follows: (Pressing corresponding menu item will realize the following function.

  • Page 48: Brief Introduction Of Operating Subwindow Menu

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" average test, auto test and dead zone test mode, the test is finished, this button will turn to 【Start】automatically and meanwhile OTDR stops test.

  • Page 49: Description Of Otdr Panel Key Function

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Description of Panel Key Function OTDR Figure 7-4 Schematic of OTDR Panel Keys : Press this key, a magnifier icon appears on the...
  • Page 50 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 7-5 Schematic of Trace Zooming State Figure 7-5 Trace Zooming State Press this key again, the magnifier icon disappears, then,...
  • Page 51 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" : Press this key to directly enter system information window. : Press this key in the operating interface of OTDR module to directly enter the setup window of OTDR test condition;...
  • Page 52 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" window. : Return key This key has three functions: stop test, return to previous menu, abandon current operation and return. When OTDR module is in real-time test or average test state, press this key, OTDR will stop test.
  • Page 53 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" In the main screen, the two keys are used to zoom in or out current trace vertically in zooming state. In subwindow, the two keys are used to modify the...

  • Page 54: Chapter 8 How To Use

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 4 seconds to stop the instrument. In ON state, if external power supply is used, this key is red, if internal battery is used and battery is fully charged, this key is green or blue.
  • Page 55 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" analyse threshold and give a event list. ● After trace analyse is finished, view test results in event table. 1. Before test, it must make sure the optical fiber under test...

  • Page 56: Description Of Test Modes, Parameters And Items

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1.1 Description of Test Modes, Parameters and Items Before testing optical fiber link, please set the test mode of OTDR and all test parameters first. The setup window of OTDR test conditions are as shown in Figure 8-1.
  • Page 57 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" and adjust test conditions according to the conditions of optical fiber under test. (3) In dead zone test mode, the test conditions are set to 400m, 5ns and 20dB fixedly.
  • Page 58 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" When OTDR is in average test, press or press the button 【 Start 】 in main menu bar (then, the menu button 【Start】...
  • Page 59 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" button 【Stop】 in main menu bar (then, the menu button 【Stop】 turns to 【Start】) will stop OTDR at any time. 4. In auto test mode, the instrument will analyze trace and give event list after finishing test.
  • Page 60 FTTH/ SDH" Note! Range (km): Used to set the range of scanning trace. AV6418 OTDR ranges include: 400m, 800m, 1.6km, 3.2km, 8km, 16km, 32km, 64km, 128km, 256km and 512km (Max. Optical range is related to the module selected). Pulse (ns): Used to set the width of laser pulse. Longer pulse width can test longer fiber and provides better SNR, smoother trace and lower resolution;...
  • Page 61 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (2) Test mode also can be set to auto test. The instrument will set and adjust test conditions (i.e. range, pulse width and attenuation) and display test waveform on LCD completely.
  • Page 62 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" optical fiber under test). IOR: The IOR of optical fiber and optical cable can be obtained from production factory. The value of IOR is set to: 1.00000~2.00000.
  • Page 63 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" event point and give event list automatically after stopping test. If this item is not selected, in real-time, average and dead zone test mode, the instrument will not analyze trace after stopping test, only after the button 【...
  • Page 64 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ! Caution! Entirely Display Trace Test Mode: If this item is selected, in measurement of longer optical fiber, larger attenuation (such as 10dB or 15dB) can be used to measure the optical fiber trace near the link under test (i.e.
  • Page 65 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-3 Fiber link measurement in full range trace test mode 1.1.3 Test Items of OTDR The test items of OTDR can be: average loss, splice loss and reflection loss.
  • Page 66 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-4 Average loss test In average loss test, marker A & B must be placed on the linear area of fiber trace (as shown in Figure 8-4 above, otherwise the calculated average loss will have bigger error.
  • Page 67 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" next fiber section after connection point as shown in Figure 8-5. Note! Figure 8-5 Splice loss test 1. During splice loss test, four markers will appear: marker a, A, B and b in turn.
  • Page 68 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" connection point. 3. During test, place marker B & b on the linear area of fiber trace after connection point. Reflection Loss: OTDR main screen displays the reflection loss of fiber reflection peak of marker A &...

  • Page 69: Set Otdr Test Conditions

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" under test and near the jump of the peak. 2. During test, place marker B on the top of reflection peak under test.
  • Page 70 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1.2.1 Enter OTDR Test Condition Setup Window Enter OTDR test condition setup window through three methods: ² Press the test condition display area in the main screen to enter OTDR test condition setup window.
  • Page 71 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" OTDR test condition setup window. Figure 8-9 1.2.2 Set Test Mode Modify and set test mode through the following description: Figure 8-10 Set test mode Touchscreen Operation: Press “Mode”...
  • Page 72 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" active cursor will jump to this option bar; press the button on this option bar to eject a drop-down window with all options, as shown in the above figure.
  • Page 73 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-11 Set test item ² Touchscreen Operation: Press “Item” option bar, the active cursor will jump to this option bar; press the button on this option bar to eject a drop-down window with all options, as shown in the above figure.
  • Page 74 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" confirm the setting and exit from the setup interface back to the main screen; press key to cancel the modification and return to the main screen.
  • Page 75 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" The currently displayed optional wavelength is different with the configurated module of the instrument; there are four wavelengths for optional at most.
  • Page 76 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" cancel the modification and return to the main screen. 1.2.5 Se Test Range Modify and set OTDR test range through the following...
  • Page 77 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ) to “Range” option; then use cursor ( keys to change and set the mode option. Finally press key to confirm the setting and exit from the setup interface back to the main screen;...
  • Page 78 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" active cursor will jump to this option bar; press the button on this option bar to eject a drop-down window with all options, as shown in the above figure.
  • Page 79 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1.2.7 Set Test Attenuation Modify and set the OTDR test attenuation through the following description: Figure 8-15 Set test attenuation ²...
  • Page 80 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" change and set the mode option. Finally press key to confirm the setting and exit from the setup interface back to the main screen;...
  • Page 81 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1.2.8 Set Average Times Only when the test mode is average test, blind area test or auto test, it is allowed to set average times.
  • Page 82 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" press the small button, the character on the small button will be input into the position of cursor in the edit box, if the...
  • Page 83 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" and exit from the setup interface to the main screen. ² Key Operation: use keys to move active ) “Times” option; then use...
  • Page 84 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (1) The value range of average test mode is from 1 to 4000. (2) The value range of auto test mode is from 5 to 20.
  • Page 85 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø : it there is character after the cursor in the character edit box at this time, it will delete the character after the cursor;...
  • Page 86 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 【Return】menu on the menu bar to cancel the modification and exit from the setup interface to the main screen. ² Key Operation: use to move active cursor to ) “Refractive index”...
  • Page 87 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (1) Inaccurate reflective index will result in inaccurate measured optical fiber length. (2) Reflective index range: 1.00000～2.00000. 1.2.10 Set Helix Modify and set the OTDR helix through the following description: ²...
  • Page 88 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" same time pop up value input interface; on this interface, press the small button, the character on the small button will...
  • Page 89 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 【Return】menu on the menu bar to cancel the modification and exit from the setup interface to the main screen. ² Key Operation: use to move active cursor to ) “Optic cable correction”...
  • Page 90 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (1) Inaccurate helix will result in inaccurate measured optic cable length. (2) Helix range: 0.80000～1.00000. 1.2.11 Set Length Unit Modify and change OTDR length unit through the following...
  • Page 91 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ² Key Operation: use to make active cursor ) to “Unit” option; then use keys to change and set the mode option. Finally press...
  • Page 92 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" before it will display , after pressing, it indicates the option is selected, the checkbox before it displays , it indicates to select this option; on the contrary, before pressing, this option has been selected, pressing indicates the selection has been canceled.
  • Page 93 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 1.2.13 Set to lock Marker A, B Modify and set the OTDR lock of cursor A, B through the following description: Figure 8-21 Set to lock cursor A, B ²...
  • Page 94 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" the main screen. ² Key Operation: use to move active cursor ) to the “Lock cursor A, B” option to be selected; then use to select or cancel selecting this option.
  • Page 95 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ² Touchscreen Operation: press “Test by online mode” option, the active cursor will jump to this option; if this option has not been selected before, the checkbox before it will...
  • Page 96 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" moves, the other cursor will follow to move to keep the distance of two cursors unchanged. 2. Only during testing average loss or reflection loss, this option is effective.
  • Page 97 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" selection has been cancelled. Then press 【 Enter】 menu on the menu bar to confirm the setting and exit from the setup interface back to the main screen;...
  • Page 98 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-24 Set loss analysis threshold ² Touchscreen Operation: press the edit box of “Loss analyse threshold” option, the active cursor will jump to this option bar, at the same time pop up value input interface;...
  • Page 99 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø : Move the cursor in the edit box right. Ø : The displayed character on the small button to be input into the position of the cursor in the character edit box.
  • Page 100 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" key to input the character on the small button in the edit box or execute the corresponding function; execute button function to confirm the modification of the value and exit from the value input interface, return to the OTDR test condition setup interface;...
  • Page 101 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-25 Set splice loss pass threshold ² Touchscreen Operation: press the edit box of “Splice loss pass threshold” option, the active cursor will jump to this option bar, at the same time pop up value input interface;...
  • Page 102 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø : Move the cursor in the edit box left. Ø : move the cursor in the edit box right. Ø...
  • Page 103 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" this time quick select can be realized through press key to input the character on the small button in the edit box or execute the corresponding function;...
  • Page 104 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-26 Set reflection loss pass threshold ² Touchscreen Operation: press edit “Reflection loss pass threshold” option, the active cursor will jump to this option bar, at the same time pop up value input interface;...
  • Page 105 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø : Move the cursor in the edit box left. Ø : Move the cursor in the edit box right. Ø...
  • Page 106 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" through (at this time quick select can be realized through ), press key to input the character on the small button in edit box or execute corresponding function;...
  • Page 107 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Caution!Figure 8-27 Set fiber breakpoint threshold ² Touchscreen Operation: press the edit box of “Fiber breakpoint threshold” option, the active cursor will jump to this option bar, at the same time pop up value input interface;...
  • Page 108 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" after the cursor; if there is not character after the cursor, it will delete the character before the cursor. Ø : Move the cursor in the edit box left.

  • Page 109: Test Fiber Link

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" interface, select number button input through (at this time quick select can be realized through ), press to input the character on the small button in edit box or execute corresponding function;...
  • Page 110 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Clean the tested optical fiber end face and connector, make sure the tested optical fiber is reliable and connected into the OTDR test port.
  • Page 111 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" OTDR test port reliably. Ø Enter OTDR test condition setup interface. (See P27 for the detail of the operation ) Use / to move active cursor ( ) to “Mode” option or press Ø...

  • Page 112: Analyzing Waveform Trace And Checking Event Table

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (1) Under the real-time test mode, the instrument will make real-time scan for the change of the optical fiber to be test, but not make average handling for it.
  • Page 113 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" the event point in the test trace and display the submenu bar of the event table. 1.4.1 Event Table in Main Screen The event table in the main screen is shown as follows (in Figure 8-28).
  • Page 114 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" the event table, as shown in Figure 8-28. All the event points’ information will be displayed in list in this window.
  • Page 115 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" adding event points, as shown in the following Figure 8-29. Figure 8-29 Operation interface of adding event points Ø Press to change the type of the event point, or press the drop-down list option of the event point type on the touchscreen and select the type of the event point.
  • Page 116 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Press 【 Cancel】 and it will cancel the current operation and return to the event list interface. Ø Under this status, the cursor lock will be relieved automatically.

  • Page 117: Operation For Cursor And Test Trace

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Press 【 Cancel】 and it will cancel the current operation and return to the event list interface. Ø Under this status, the cursor lock will be relieved automatically.

  • Page 118: Set Active Cursor

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (1) Only the current active cursor can be moved. (2) The current active cursor is red while the inactive cursor is black.

  • Page 119: Move Waveform Trace Vertically

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" out the test trace in a horizontal direction. Ø At this moment press , then it will take the current active cursor as the center, zooming in or zooming out the test trace in a vertical direction.

  • Page 120: Measure Fiber Average Loss

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Move the current active cursor around the event point (or reflection peak of the end of the fiber). Ø Zoom the waveform trace to the maximum both in the horizontal and vertical direction.
  • Page 121 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Set the test item as average loss test. At this moment there will be two cursors in the main screen which are cursor A and cursor B.

  • Page 122: Measure Splice Loss

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" section where cursor A and B locate. Distance (A-B): 3.71491 km: the distance between cursor A and B 3.3 Measure Splice Loss...

  • Page 123: Measure Reflection Loss

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-33 Splice loss test Average loss (a-A): 0.196 dB/km:The average loss of the fiber section of cursor a and A (B-b): 0.175 dB/km:...
  • Page 124 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Expand the wave form in the horizontal direction and set the mark point A at the end of the linear zone which is ahead of the tested reflection point.

  • Page 125: File Management

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 4. File Management Under the main menu bar of the main screen, press the menu item of 【File】 and it will enter the submenu item of file operation.
  • Page 126 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-36 Operating window for file storage Ø Press in the navigation key and it will move the active cursor to the right. Select the keys on the keypad by turn.
  • Page 127 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" turn. When the active cursor moves to the small button press again, and the active cursor will move to the selection of file format;...

  • Page 128: Read Waveform File

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" and it will save the file based on Keypad the selected storage path, file format and set file name. Ø Press 【Save】 button and it will save the file based on the selected storage path, file format and set file name.

  • Page 129: Convalidación De Errores Del Proceso

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" reading file on the screen. As shown in Figure 8-37. After entering the operating window of reading file, the default active cursor locates at the file list.
  • Page 130 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" The operation method is as follows: Ø Press to circularly switch the active cursor among file list, read path, file format and trace selection.

  • Page 131: Delete Waveform File

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" to display file by turning the pages forward or backward. Ø or press the menu item of 【 Return】 and Press it will give up reading the file and go back to the main screen.
  • Page 132 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Press to circularly switch the active cursor among file list, read path and file format. Ø When the active cursor locates in the file list,...

  • Page 133: Copy The Files Between Otdr And Usb Disk/Sd Card

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 4.4 Copy the Files between OTDR and USB Disk/SD Card Under the submenu bar of the file operation, press the menu item 【Transfer】...
  • Page 134 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" disk for copy by pressing the file list window on the touchscreen or by pressing The target disk in the file copy: There is no mark before disk name and there is no cursor bar in the window either, as shown in the figure above.

  • Page 135: Clear The Traces Displayed On The Screen

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Press 【 Content 】 and if at this time the cursor bar locates at the name of the content, it will enter this content.
  • Page 136 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-40 Window of cable information setup Ø Press to move the active cursor (red small button) to every setup item.
  • Page 137 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-41Input window of fiber information ² Press to select the small buttons circularly by moving the active cursor to the left or right.
  • Page 138 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ² : Move the cursor in the edit box to the left. ² : Move the cursor in the edit box to the right.

  • Page 139: Set Reference Origin

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" will be saved into the files. 6．Set Reference Origin Press 【Setup】 menu in the first menu bar of main screen into the Setup Sub-Menu. Here, press 【Reference Point】 , and prompt window appears, prompting user to set the reference origin, as shown in Figure 8-42.

  • Page 140: Trace Selection And Comparison

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" press to cancel current operation, and close the prompting message box meanwhile. 7．Trace Selection and Comparison User is allowed to display three traces on instrument to make trace comparison.

  • Page 141: View System Information

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-43 Trace Selection Window Ø Press or press on touchscreen to select different trace number. Ø or press 【Enter】 button to determine Press selection and exit from the trace selection window.

  • Page 142: Print Test Report

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" system sub-menu. Press 【 Information 】 menu in the sub-menu bar, system information subwindow appears as shown in Figure 8-44, which displays basic information about the instrument.
  • Page 143 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Connect printer to USB port of instrument. Peruse the notices abovementioned before use. Ø Press 【File】in the first menu bar of main screen into file sub-menu, and then press 【Print】...

  • Page 144: Help

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" 【Enter】 or press to print test report. Ø Press 【Cancel】 or press to cancel operation and return main screen. If printing operation fails, it may be due to one of the following: Instrument does not support printer of this type.
  • Page 145 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-46 Help information window Ø Press to move up or down small button to select different help topics. Then press into the selected help topic, and relevant content appears.

  • Page 146: System Upgrade

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Figure 8-47 Help sub topics Ø Press to return help topics screen, as shown in Figure 8-46. Ø Press 【Return】 or to return main screen.

  • Page 147: Calibrating Touchscreen

    “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" USB port or SD card slot of the AV6418 OTDR. Ø Press 【 System】menu in the first menu of main screen into setup sub-menu. Press 【Upgrade】 in the sub-menu bar, upgrade prompting message box appears.

  • Page 148: Common Faults And Treatment

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Click the touch screen, then calibrating touchscreen is finished. 13. Common Faults and Treatment Below are the possible faults of instrument and solutions:...
  • Page 149 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Average loss value a. Large error in a. Refer to the above of optical fiber length of the item to measure the...
  • Page 150 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" breakage. Type of optical End type of the optical fiber splice fiber splice tested does not match must match with that of the OTDR light output splice.
  • Page 151 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" If the fiber link you are measuring is very short, such like less than 100m, it is suggested to adopt below test mode...
  • Page 152 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Try if finds that adjacent event points have been omitted: Adopt smaller pulse width to retest the trace (note: select average test mode and set certain average time here).

  • Page 153: Chapter 9 Operating Principle

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Chapter 9 Operating Principle 1. Operating Principle As light is transmitting in optical fiber, small fluctuation of fiber’s refractive index may cause Rayleigh scattering, and abrupt change on refractive index of fiber end or fault point may result in Fresnel reflection.
  • Page 154 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Down event Up event Non-reflective fiber end SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS Página No.162 LCFS...

  • Page 155: Chapter 10 Technical Parameters

    “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Chapter 10 Technical Parameters 1. General Characteristics General characteristics of AV6418 OTDR are as shown below table (Table 10-1) Item Content Optical output FC-PC (Standard) port...

  • Page 156: Main Functions

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Correction Spanish, Chinese and English Interface (can be selected) Language Port USB port, Mini-USB port, SD card port, Ethernet RJ-45 Power supply AC/DC adapter: voltage allowable range: 100V~240V(1.5A),...

  • Page 157: Main Technical Specification

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Test reflection loss. Splice point automatic scanning function Test waveform storage: may store the test waveform and test conditions in equipment memory or external USB disk / SD card.

  • Page 158: Vfl Function (Option)

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" (9) Waveform memory capacity: ≥800 Pieces (Detail value varies with the memory capacity of OTDR). *: indicates test conditions of event dead zone: test range is 400m or 800m, test pulse width is 5ns, attenuation is 20dB and end reflection loss is >...

  • Page 159: Optical Source Function (Option)

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" ±1.5dB. 3.4 Optical Source Function (Option) (1) Output wavelength: the same as the operating wavelength of OTDR; (2) Output power: ≥ -25dBm (23℃± 2℃);...
  • Page 160 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø Dust and particles may result in wear and tear of the fiber splice end at output port, which will reduce the test accuracy and repeatability of instrument.
  • Page 161 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Ø After cleaning, gently connect the flange to optical output port and screw the flange cap down. Evenly put forth your strength when taking out and connecting the flange, do not overexert to avoid damaging optical output port end.

  • Page 162: Software

    CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Appendix B Direction for Use of the Stimulation Analysis Software Interface schematic of the otdrview.exe stimulation analysis software, windows XP compatible.
  • Page 163 (6): Trace analysis and event table editing function area. Functional description of shortcut buttons : Open files. Used to open the files of EI format or SOR format stored for AV6418 OTDR test : Save files for offline analysi s. : Print test report.
  • Page 164 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" : Move current active cursor right. Moving pace is one data point. : Zoom out on the wiggle trace horizontally. (Around active cursor) : Zoom in on the wiggle trace horizontally.
  • Page 165 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" mouse. b. User may implement moving cursor and trace zoom in /out etc., abovementioned functions through options in 【Trace Operation】menu. : Display parameter setting window for editing time threshold and cable information, etc.
  • Page 166 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" : Set current test item to measure average loss Test result displayed when measuring average : Set current test item to measure splice loss...
  • Page 167 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" : Delete event point currently selected by cursor bar. Display Area of Wiggle Trace and Cursor ①: Wiggle trace ②: Cursor A (Red cursor indicates it is active cursor) ③: Cursor B...
  • Page 168 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" : Add an event point behind the event point selected by cursor bar in event table. User may set type and distance of this event point : Edit type and distance of the event point selected by cursor bar in event table.
  • Page 169 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Appendix C AV6418 Ordering information Example: AV6418-2101-HS-FU-V/P SIE-CNTEP-1100002104-2014 LCFS Página No.177 LCFS...
  • Page 170 CONVALIDACIÓN DE ERRORES DEL PROCESO: “ADQUISICIÓN DE OTDR (OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER) – REDES GPON/ AV6418 OTDR FTTH/ SDH" Company: Shandong Senter Electronic Co., Ltd Address: No.98, Wanjie Road, New & Hi-tech Area, Zibo City, Shandong Province, China Tel: 86 533 3589257...

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