Performing The Measurement - Viavi 8100 V2 Series User Manual

Defining the Receive Cable Start parameter with an event number or a distance,
will automatically activate the corresponding parameter Include Link End
Connector. This parameters can be set to Yes if the budget must include the
connectors loss of the launch cable at start
If those parameters are set to No, the budget only displays the connector loss of
the fiber.

Performing the measurement

Once the measurement is correctly configured, the acquisition can be performed.
1 Press S
TART
The red Testing indicator goes on to show that the Platform 8000 is in
process of acquisition and the screen displays the trace in process of acqui-
sition.
2 The quality of the connection is displayed for a few
seconds (see
3 Then, a bar graph shows elapsed and remaining acquisition time.
Figure 96 Acquisition in progress in RDZ mode
S button on the T-BERD/MTS to launch the acquisition.
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Table 3 on page
Elapsed Number of
acquisition averages
time calculated
User Manual
Chapter 4 Reduced Dead Zone OTDR application
65)
Elapsed Total acquisition
time time
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