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  • Page 1 Thunder Bolt Multi-Tester Operations Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Thunder Bolt Multi-Tester Universal Features and Settings ..... 1 Thunder Bolt Application Operation ............2 Trace View Pane ..................2 Cursor Marker Pane ..................3 Scan Settings Pane ..................3 Soft Key Options ..................3 Hard Key Options ..................6 Event Table Screen ..................

  • Page 4: Thunder Bolt Multi-Tester Universal Features And Settings

    The first screen you see when the Thunder Bolt has booted up, contains an array of icons. One icon for each application or section of the Thunder Bolt. Highlight any Main Menu of the icons using either the scroll wheel...

  • Page 5: Thunder Bolt Application Operation

    (see Zoom and View in Soft Key Options Trace section). The Thunder Bolt has an A and B cursor. The active cursor appears in “red” and will have cursor location and loss readings shown above it. The inactive cursor is shown in Cursors “blue”.

  • Page 6: Cursor Marker Pane

    Press this soft key to call up a menu of available Wavelengths. Use the scroll wheel Wavelength or the up / down arrows to highlight the wavelength you would like to use. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...
  • Page 7 A-B loss screen where you can use Show/Hide the cursors freely to manually measure Event Table sections of fiber. Cursors will only scroll to the recorded events when event table is displayed. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...
  • Page 8 Lock and Unlock the distance between Cursor A and B. This function only works when you are in 4-point loss mode. It locks the Lock Range Cursor distance between the major and minor cursors. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 9: Hard Key Options

    This button activates the real time scan feature in the OTDR application. The user selects all of the scan parameters manually. Real Time When a real time scan is in process, pressing this button will stop the scan. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 10: Event Table Screen

    End to End Link Info Pane The overall distance to the end event on the Distance trace. The overall loss value for the entire OTDR Loss trace. The optical return loss value for the entire OTDR trace Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 11: Event Table Pane

    In this window a close up trace view of the highlighted event is shown with a description of the event written underneath. Soft Key Options Press this soft key to return to the full trace Trace view. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 12: File Manager Screen

    Soft Key Options Press this soft key to create a new folder in the Thunder Bolt’s file. A Text Input window will appear for creating the folder name. New Folder Press the “Accept” soft key to enter the folder name and close the text window.

  • Page 13: Moving And Copying Files

    (this is similar to a cut & paste process on a PC). Copying - This is similar to the moving process but the file will be copied to the new location and still remain in the original location. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 14: Thunder Bolt Multi-Tester Quick Start

    AUTO/MAN so it displays “Automatic” under pulse width & range (duration will still need to be set manually) 4. If you are using a launch cable and wish to omit it on your Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 15: Extended Dynamic Range

    6. To open a file, make sure you are in the OTDR application, find and select the soft key option for “Open”. 7. Use the arrow keys to locate/highlight the file you wish to open. 8. Then select the soft key “Open”. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 16: Inserting/Editing/Removing An Event

    Then select “EDIT EVENT” from the soft key menu. (Use the arrow keys to zoom in or out if needed). Use the A & B cursors to re-measure an event Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 17: Macrobend Detection

    4. Once both scans are done, select the Macrobend threshold that you wish to use and the traces will be displayed with the ability to toggle between 1310, 1550 with the corresponding event tables. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 18: Thunder Bolt Multi-Tester Project Mode Operation

    1 vs. cable 2 (or however many cables you are testing). Select how many fibers and how many different cables you are planning on testing and the unit will automatically populate and organize the file names. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...
  • Page 19 10. Once all scans on a single fiber are complete, the unit will wait for you to switch to the next fiber. Once you do, push the green TEST button to start the scan(s) on the next fiber. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...

  • Page 20: Thunder Bolt Multi-Tester Gigabit Analyzer Option

    1. Clean and connect your fiber under test and plug into the OTDR port. 2. Use the soft keys to select, fiber type and launch distance if applicable. It will only run in 1550nm. 3. Push “TEST”, record results. Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc. | 1.800.5000.FIS(347) | www.fiberinstrumentsales.com...
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  • Page 24 161 Clear Road Oriskany, NY 13424 Ph: 315.736.2206 Toll Free: 1.800.5000.FIS(347) Fax: 315.736.2285 www.fiberinstrumentsales.com email: info@fiberinstrumentsales.com...

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