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Quick User's Guide
MT9085 Series
ACCESS Master
For safety and warning information, please read this manual before
attempting to use the equipment.
Keep this manual with the equipment.

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  • Page 1 Quick User’s Guide MT9085 Series ACCESS Master For safety and warning information, please read this manual before attempting to use the equipment. Keep this manual with the equipment.
  • Page 2 Quick User’s Guide August 2018 (First Edition) Copyright © 2018, ANRITSU CORPORATION. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced without the prior written permission of the publisher. The contents of this manual may be changed without prior notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Panel .................. 2 Front Panel ................. 2 Top Panel ................... 3 Back Panel ................. 4 Power On/Power Off ............5 Top Menu ................5 Shortcut Keys ..............6 Screen Elements ..............7 OTDR (Standard) ............. 10 Measurement Condition Setup ..........10 Measurement ................

  • Page 4: Panel

    Panel Front Panel [11] [10] [1] Rotary knob Start [8] Top Menu key [3] Arrow key set [9] Shortcut keys [10] Power key Enter [5] LED indicator [11] Touch panel Realtime Power key indication Off: Power off Orange flash: Charging Orange: Standby Green: Power on (Active)

  • Page 5: Top Panel

    Top Panel [4] [5] [9] [10] Table 1 Explanation of Top Panel Label Explanation Opt * Optical Power Meter (option) Battery Charging Battery Charging indicator External Power External Power indicator DC Input External power - DC Power Connection VFL port (option) OTDR/OLS Measurement port 2 * OTDR/OLS...

  • Page 6: Back Panel

    Back Panel [1] Compliance and Warning [3] Tilt bail labels [2] Model name and Serial [4] Battery compartment number labels Battery Pack <Installing the battery pack> Tilt bail [1] Lift the tilt bail. [2] Detach the battery compartment cover. [3] Insert the battery pack into the ACCESS Master with the indicator facing out.

  • Page 7: Power On/Power Off

    Power On/Power Off To Power On the ACCESS Master: Press the Power key. After the self–test is complete successfully, Top Menu is displayed. To Power Off the ACCESS Master: Press the Power key, and the following message appears. Touch Yes to power off the ACCESS Master. Top Menu Press the Power key to start the ACCESS Master, When it starts, Top Menu is displayed.

  • Page 8: Shortcut Keys

    Shortcut Keys Brightness Pressing this key switches the brightness of the backlight. When the backlight is turned off by the Auto Backlight Off function, touch the screen or press any key to turn the backlight on. Setup Pressing this key displays a screen for system setting. General sets date, time, language, etc.

  • Page 9: Screen Elements

    When Option 002 is installed, pressing this key displays the VFL dialog box. Screen Elements [4] [6] [1] Screen Title area: Displays the title of the screen currently displayed and the name of the loaded file. [2] Date/Time area: Displays the current date and time. The display format (yy–mm–dd, mm–dd–yy, dd–mm–yy) follows the system settings.
  • Page 10 [3] Status area: Displays the battery indicator, remaining battery, and the status icon of the ACCESS Master. The remaining battery is expressed in percent (%) (100% on a full charge), and the estimated available time (h) forecast from the average power consumption over the previous 1 minute period.
  • Page 11 Expanding and shifting the graph Touch one of the icons on the left of the graph area, and touch or drag the graph. Table 2 Graph Control Icons Icon Explanation Expands the area selected by dragging. Contracts the view with the touched point displayed in the center.

  • Page 12: Otdr (Standard)

    OTDR (Standard) OTDR (Standard) provides basic OTDR testing. Touch OTDR (Standard) on Top Menu. To exit OTDR (Standard), press Top Menu Measurement Condition Setup To set the distance range or the pulse width etc. automatically, touch Test Mode to set to Auto. To set them manually, touch Test Mode to set to Manual.
  • Page 13 Touch Averaging and set the number of times or period for averaging. Touch Next to display the second page. Touch IOR/BSC to set the IOR (Index of Refraction) and BSC (Backscatter Coefficient). Select the fiber type, and you will see IOR and BSC suitable for the fiber.
  • Page 14 Note: Connection Check is not available for MM port. Set items of Preferences (2-2). 10. Set items of AutoSave . 11. Pressing Setup displays OTDR (Standard) screen.

  • Page 15: Measurement

    Measurement Averaging Measurement Clean the connector of an optical fiber and connect it to the measurement port. Press Start When, in “Preferences (1-2)”, Connection Check is set to On, the ACCESS Master checks whether the optical fiber is correctly connected. If the connection is not good (the gauge is displayed in red or yellow), disconnect the optical fiber from the measurement port and clean its connector.
  • Page 16 Press Realtime Pressing stops Realtime Measurement. Realtime...

  • Page 17: Trace

    Two setting methods of cursors and markers to analyze the trace are provided: Movement and Placement. The setting method of markers can be set by Marker Mode of Preferences (2-2) (12 page). Trace Movement When set to Movement, Cursor A, Cursor B and Markers a to d are displayed.
  • Page 18 [4] Cursor distance information Distance from the origin of the trace to Cursor A Distance from the origin of the trace to Cursor B A->B: Distance between Cursor A and Cursor B As you move the cursors, the cursor distance information updates simultaneously.
  • Page 19 Placement When setting Placement (1-2,2-4) or Placement (1-2,3-4), a cursor and marker are displayed. When set to Placement, you can move the cursor by turning the rotary knob or by touching . The marker positions cannot be changed. Move the cursor to the precise position and touch , and you can position the markers.
  • Page 20 [1] Cursor [2] Markers When touching a marker button of , the marker moves to the cursor position. [3] Rotary knob icon This icon shows the speed at which the cursor moves when turning the rotary knob. The cursor movement speed is toggled by pressing the rotary knob.
  • Page 21 [5] Reflectance, Splice Loss, ORL Reflectance Displays the obtained reflectance or reflection amount (level difference). The displayed value will be followed by (S) if the measurement is not performed accurately due to saturation. Splice Loss Displays the splice loss at the position of Marker obtained by linear approximation between Markers between Markers...
  • Page 22 [6] Distance, Loss, dB/km Placement (1-2, 3-4) Placement (1-2, 2-4) Distance Distance Distance Distance Loss Loss Loss Loss (2PA) The loss is obtained from the level difference between the two markers. (LSA) The loss is obtained by linear approximation of the trace between the two markers, using least squares method.

  • Page 23: Analysis

    Analysis In the Trace screen, touch Analysis, and you will see the Analysis screen. The Analysis screen displays the event table and the trace, which shows markers at event locations. Marker for event not selected in event table Marker for event selected in event table...
  • Page 24 Event Table In fiber analysis, an “event” is considered to be a distinct deviation from normal fiber attenuation: ● a lossy connection (microbend, connector, or splice) ● a reflective connection (connector or fiber break) ● the end of fiber Touch Thresholds at the bottom of the screen, you can set thresholds for the event detection and pass/fail judgement.
  • Page 25 Table 3 Icons for Types Icon Explanation Reflective Event Reflection from an splice such as a Fresnel reflection. Non-Reflective Event Non-reflective events include such low loss events as fusion splices. Grouped Event Events spaced too close to each other for Analysis to distinguish them as separate events are reported as Grouped events.
  • Page 26 Cum.Loss Displays the value obtained by dividing “Loss from the connection point of the ACCESS Master” by “Distance between events”. Editing Events Touch Next to display the following softkeys. Add Event Adds a new event into the event table. Edit Event Edits the event selected on the event table.

  • Page 27: Saving Files

    Saving Files Press Save Touch the File Name field to enter or edit the file name. Select a storage medium or a folder to which the file is saved. Touch Save Trace to save file(s). Deleting Files or Folders Deleting Files or Folders is available on this screen. Select files or folders and then touch Delete, the following dialog box appears.

  • Page 28: Loading File

    Loading File Press Load Touch the file name to select it. To display the file as primary trace, touch Load Primary. To display the file as overlay, touch Load Overlay. A dialog box is displayed. Touch the loading method to be selected, and then touch OK.

  • Page 29: Fiber Visualizer

    Fiber Visualizer Fiber Visualizer mode provides easy-to understand icons for measurement results and allows you to perform pass/fail evaluation of them easily. Touch Fiber Visualizer on Top Menu. To exit Fiber Visualizer, press Top Menu Fiber Visualizer Screen [1] Test parameters [5] Softkeys [2] Fiber Schematic [6] Extended Softkeys...
  • Page 30 Fiber Schematic Fiber Schematic shows event positions or event icon positions on display. The events that exceed the PASS/FAIL thresholds are displayed in red. The range where event icons are displayed is indicated by light blue bar. Selected Unselected Far End Fiber length event event Event...
  • Page 31 A. Reflection at event point "S" appears if the reflection level is saturated. B. Information between events: Span: distance from the previous event dB/km: Average loss from the previous event To see the description on the event icon, touch . If the event exceeds the threshold for pass/fail evaluation, a possible cause is displayed.
  • Page 32 Event Icons The following table shows an overview of event icon types. Table 4 Event Icons Icon Explanation Start of the fiber Location at distance of 0 km. Reflective Event Reflection from a splice, for example, Fresnel reflection. Non-Reflective Event Non-reflective events include such low loss events as fusion splices.

  • Page 33: Trace

    Trace Touch Trace at the bottom of Visualizer screen, and you will see the Trace screen. Touch the Result softkey (on softkey page 2) and display Manual on it, and you can see the enlarged view of the trace graph. The screen operations are the same as those for OTDR (Standard).

  • Page 34: Report

    Report Analysis results can be output in a report format and saved to a PDF file. Touch Report at the bottom of Visualizer screen, and you will see the OTDR Report Settings screen. Create PDF Creates a report file. Report Type Sets the report type.
  • Page 35 PDF Viewer Displays a PDF file. Touch the file name and touch Load. You can change the view as you like by touching the softkeys. Next Displays the next page. Previous Displays the previous page. Page Displays the specified page. Arrow Key Sets the operation mode of the arrow keys.
  • Page 36 An example of output report is shown below when Report Type is set to Simple. Logo File Header VIP Result Pass/Fail Graphic Event Event Table Trace...

  • Page 37: Otdr (Construction)

    OTDR (Construction) OTDR (Construction) allows users to test many fibers in series and save the measurement results to files. If specify the wavelength and number of fibers to be tested, the measurement is performed as many times as the number of fibers. Touch OTDR (Construction) on Top Menu.
  • Page 38 Connect the fiber under test to the ACCESS Master and touch Continue to start a measurement. To confirm test results when the measurement finishes, touch Preview to turn it On. When Preview is On, after the analysis after measurement is completed, the Summary dialog box is displayed.
  • Page 39 When File Save Verify is selected on the OTDR (Construction) Setup screen, the Save screen is displayed. File names and a destination folder can be renamed. The next fiber’s connection screen is displayed. When the measurement has performed as many times as the number of fibers specified at Step 1, the screen returns to Set.

  • Page 40: Loss Test Set

    Loss Test Set When an optical power meter (Option 004, 005, or 007) is installed to the ACCESS Master, Loss Test Set is displayed on Top Menu. Loss Test Set allows users to measure a loss of a fiber under test using a light source and the power meter.
  • Page 41 “Over” is displayed if the power is more than the maximum level of the measurement range. When the reference value in [7] is set to None, pass/fail status determined according to the threshold value in [8] is indicated. If it is determined as fail according to the threshold, the background color will get red.
  • Page 42 is determined as fail according to the threshold, the background color will get red. [10] Port Connection Indicator The ports used to measure loss are displayed. The output shown in the figure is the port used as a light source. The input shown in the figure is the port used as a power meter.

  • Page 43: Power Meter

    Power Meter When an optical power meter (Option 004, 005, or 007) is not installed to the ACCESS Master, Power Meter appears on Top Menu. Power Meter is the function to measure an optical power using a measurement port. Touch Power Meter on Top Menu. For details of the Power Meter screen, refer to [3] to [9] on the Loss Test Set screen (Page 38).

  • Page 44: Light Source

    Light Source Light Source is a function to output continuous lights or modulated lights. Touch Light Source on Top Menu. For details of the Light Source screen, refer to [1] and [2] on the Loss Test Set screen (Page 38).

  • Page 45: Vfl (Visual Fault Locate)

    VFL (Visual Fault Locate) When a VFL optical is installed to the ACCESS Master, pressing VFL displays the following dialog box. If Blink or On is selected, a red icon appears at the top of the screen. VFL icon...

  • Page 46: Vip

    The Video Inspection Probe (VIP) option is used to inspect fiber optic terminations. Connect a VIP to the USB port (VIP) on the ACCESS Master top panel. USB port (VIP) When the VIP is connected to the ACCESS Master, touching VIP on Top Menu displays the VIP screen.
  • Page 47 The Focus bar indicates the degree of the focus adjustment. Press to capture an image of the fiber endface. Start If an image of the fiber endface has been captured, the following operations are available. [1] Zoom, Shift Touch an icon to zoom or shift the image by touching it or dragging it.
  • Page 48 [8] Pass/Fail Result Displays the result judged from the number of defects and scratches which are discovered from analyzing the image. Touch Analysis to display PASS or FAIL. Touch Analysis Result to set to On, analysis results of each zone are displayed. Acceptable Defect Unacceptale Defect (Green)

  • Page 49: Scenario Manager Lite

    A scenario file can be edited by the text editor (such as Memo pad of Windows). It can be also edited by the MX100003A MT1000A/MT1100A Scenario Edit Environment Kit (version 2.0.0.1or later). For the scenario MT9085 Series ACCESS Master Operation Manual syntax, refer to the The scenario file extension is .acm.
  • Page 50 Press to run the scenario. The box of command currently Start running is displayed on the screen. The operation of any keys other than is locked while the scenario is running. If you want to abort the scenario running, press ESC .
  • Page 52 Document No.: M-W3974AE-1.0 Printed on Recycled Paper. Printed in Japan...

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