Overlay Trace Function; Overlaying Several Traces Stored In Memory - Viavi 8100 V2 Series User Manual

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Overlay trace function

This very useful function enables up to eight traces to be displayed on the

screen at once:

either to compare traces acquired on a number of different fibers in

the same cable,

or to observe changes over time in traces taken of one and the same

or to compare both curves get for each way of propagation in the

origin/end mode.

For this purpose, the Platform 8000 possesses an overlay memory which

the current trace, for comparison with further traces to be acquired

subsequently,

or traces previously saved, for comparison with the current trace,

To display two traces from the memory, deleting the current trace or traces

already loaded:

Select the files of the traces for display.

Press View trace(s) or

When loading is complete, the

trace selected is the active trace, the other trace being overlaid.

Menu/Explorer

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key, select Explorer.

Load traces +

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screen appears: the first

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