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- Page 1 VLS/SLS/OPM/OLT Series User’s Manual Shineway Technologies, Inc.
- Page 2 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Safety Information Safety Terms in This Manual “WARNING” identifies procedures or practices that if not followed could result in serious injury. “CAUTION” identifies any procedure or practice that if not followed could result in damage to the instrument or serious injury. “NOTE”...
- Page 3 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester working. Always place protective dust caps on the detector port when the instrument is not being used. Always avoid looking directly at the unconnected end of optic fiber in testing and make the unconnected end pointing at a non-reflective object, if possible. Protective Sleeve: When the instrument is not in use, don’t remove the rubber protective sleeve so as to avoid possible damage in case of a fall or collision.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Table of Contents SAFETY INFORMATION ................. I ..................AFETY ERMS IN ANUAL 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ................. 1 1.1 S ....................1 COPE OF ANUAL 1.2 U ..................1 NPACKING AND NSPECTION 1.3 I .................. - Page 5 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.6.2 Keypad Functions ....................19 4. DATA UPLOAD APPLICATION SYSTEM ..........21 4.1 I ......................21 NTRODUCTION 4.2 S .................... 21 OFTWARE NSTALLATION 4.2.1 Computer System Requirement ................21 4.2.2 Install and Run Data Upload Application System ..........21 4.3 S ....................
- Page 6 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Figure List 1. LCD ..........6 IGURE OF LASER SOURCE AND OPTCIAL POWER METER 2. LCD ................7 IGURE PTICAL ESTER 3. P ................8 IGURE OSITION OF CALIBRATION KNOB ......................9 IGURE PANEL OF VLS 5.
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Page 7: General Information
All ShinewayTech series hand-held fiber optical instruments are carefully assembled and undergo a rigorous mechanical, electrical, and optical inspection prior to shipment. Beside the instrument, the package should also include a 9V alkaline battery, a power adapter (optional), an optical jumper cable (optional), a flange (FC/PC flange if no special requirements) and this users’... -
Page 8: Introduction And Features
OTDR. Battery of VLS series is 9V alkaline battery. Battery state can be displayed on LED. The low volume battery-state indicates replacing battery for the power is low. VLS has function of auto power off. -
Page 9: Stabilized Laser Source
Under the situation of laboratory, LANs, WANs and CATV as well as long-distance optical network, the Optical Power Meters, together with ShinewayTech’s stabilized laser Shineway Technologies, Inc. - 3 -... -
Page 10: Optical Loss Tester
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester sources, can be used to identify optic fiber, measure optical attenuation, verify continuity and evaluate fiber link transmission quality Features: Pocketsize, large easy to read LCD display, easy to use Fast response, no warm up ... -
Page 11: Basic Operation
2.3 Turn off Auto-off Function With default setting, the Auto-off function of ShinewayTech series palm optical fiber tester is on, for this can conserve power and battery life. Auto-off function needs to be turned off, when long-time test is performed. -
Page 12: Lcd Of Laser Source And Optical Power Meter
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Make sure the instrument is power off when cleaning. Any inobservance may cause hazardous laser radiation. Make sure laser source is off, when cleaning any optical output port. When the instrument is working, under no conditions should the operator try to look at the end of optical output facilities. -
Page 13: Lcd Of Optical Loss Tester
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 2.6 LCD of Optical Loss Tester ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ Auto Off ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑨ 2. LCD IGURE PTICAL ESTER ① : LT indicates the current operation is link loss testing. ②... -
Page 14: Igure Osition Of Calibration Knob
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Calibration knob 3. P IGURE OSITION OF CALIBRATION KNOB Shineway Technologies, Inc. - 8 -... -
Page 15: Specific Operation
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3. Specific Operation 3.1 Visible Laser Source ② ① Power On Low Batt Ext. Power ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech on/off λ Stabilized Laser Source Visible Laser Source IGURE PANEL OF VLS 3.1.1 Connectors ①... -
Page 16: Keypad Functions
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.1.2 Keypad Functions Power on and off the instrument. ]CW/Mod] Press to switch between Continuous Wave and Modulated Frequency; After power on, the default setting of the instrument is Continuous Wave; Press this key to switch to 1Hz Modulated Frequency. -
Page 17: Sls-10 Single-Wavelength Laser Sources
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.2 SLS-10 Single-Wavelength Laser Sources ② ① ® ShinewayTech Stabilized Laser Source 5. PANEL SLS-10 IGURE 3.2.1 Connectors ① Optical output FC/PC (interchangeable ST,SC) connectors ② External power jack Power jack requirement: 9V DC@250mA. - Page 18 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester wave output: generally, continuous wave(CW) will be set to work with the measurement of optical power or quality of optical communication; Modulated Frequency (Mod) is set mainly for the purpose of identification of optic fiber. Wave output type in use will be displayed on LCD.
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Page 19: Sources
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.3 SLS-21 Dual-wavelength/SLS-25 Triplex-wavelength Laser Sources ② ② ① ① ® ® ShinewayTech ShinewayTech λ λ Stabilized Laser Source Stabilized Laser Source 6. PANEL OF SLS-21 / SLS-25 IGURE 3.3.1 Connectors ① Optical output FC/PC (interchangeable ST, SC) connectors ②... - Page 20 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester [µW/dBm] Press this key to switch between µW and dBm unit; the current optical power will be displayed on LCD. [CW/Mod] Press this key to switch output of SLS-21/SLS-25. SLS-21/SLS-25 provides two types of wave output: generally, Continuous Wave(CW)will be set to work with the measurement of optical power or quality of optical communication;...
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Page 21: Opm-10/Opm-15 Optical Power Meter
3.4 OPM-10/OPM-15 Optical Power Meter OPM-15 is basically OPM-10 with relative measurement function. The following operation will only take OPM-15 as an example. ② ② ① ① ® ® ShinewayTech ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Zero Optical Power Meter Optical Power Meter 7. PANEL... -
Page 22: Keypad Functions
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.4.2 Keypad Functions [On/Off] Power on and off the instrument. With default setting, OPM-10/OPM-15 will automatically turn off if no key is pressed for 5 minutes. [dB/dBm] For OPM-15, press this key to switch the measurement mode between absolute power (dBm) and relative loss (dB). -
Page 23: Opm-21/Opm-25 Optical Power Meter
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.5 OPM-21/OPM-25 Optical Power Meter ② ① ③ RS232 ® ShinewayTech Store Recall Clear λ Optical Power Meter 8. PANEL OPM-21/OPM-25 IGURE 3.5.1 Connectors ① Optical output FC/PC(interchangeable ST, SC)connectors ② External power jack Power jack requirement: 9V DC@250mA. - Page 24 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester displayed (approximately several seconds) switches to µW mode. [Ref] Press this key to display the reference value stored in memory. Hold the key down until "HELD" appears in the display (approximately several seconds), and store this value in internal memory as the reference power level.
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Page 25: Optical Loss Meter
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 3.6 Optical Loss Meter ② ① ® ShinewayTech Exit.Power λ Zero Loss LS On CW/MOD Optical Loss Tester 9. PANEL IGURE 3.6.1 Connectors ① Optical output FC/PC(interchangeable ST, SC) connectors External power jack: 9V DC@250mA. - Page 26 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester source, and the key is used to select wavelength of laser source. [dB/dBm] For OLT-20, press this key to switch the measurement mode between absolute power (dBm) and relative loss (dB). Hold the key until "HELD" is displayed (approximately several seconds) switches to µW mode.
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Page 27: Data Upload Application System
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 4. Data Upload Application System 4.1 Introduction OPM Upload Application System is a special application developed for OPM-21/25. It allows the previously stored measurement records in the instrument to be uploaded to a PC to be displayed, saved or printed via RS-232 serial port. -
Page 28: Software Operation
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 4.3 Software Operation 4.3.1 GUI After installation of OPM Upload Application System, click run, and the GUI will be as follows: 10. GUI OPM D UPLOAD APPLICATION SYSTEM IGURE 4.3.2 Menu and Tool Bar Click File, (as in Figure 11.), the following contents will be displayed: Upload: First select the right COM port, then click Upload to upload records. -
Page 29: Upload Records
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 11. F IGURE 4.3.3 Upload Records Power off the instrument first, and connect it with PC via serial port cable; Then power on the instrument, and run OPM Upload Application System software. Click Upload menu bar under menu “File”, the uploading will start automatically. -
Page 30: Browse Saved Records
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 13. GUI IGURE AVING ECORDS 4.3.5 Browse Saved Records Saved records can be reopened, browsed, reviewed, and edited. Click Open Menu Bar on the File menu and select a file, and the GUI will display as follows: 14. -
Page 31: Print Saved Records
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 15. GUI IGURE ROWSING AVED ECORDS 4.3.6 Print Saved Records After uploading records or opening a saved record file, user can print the records via a printer, as shown in Figure16. 16. GUI IGURE RINTING AVED... - Page 32 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Shineway Technologies, Inc. - 26 -...
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Page 33: Typical Applications
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 5. Typical Applications This section will discuss the use of ShinewayTech instruments. We hope this would be beneficial to your operation. Please read the cautions and notes carefully before carrying out actual measurement. -
Page 34: Figure
3. Store the reference power value: Press the [Ref] key for several seconds until “HELD” appears on the LCD screen, OPM-15/OPM-21/OPM-25 will set the current measured dBm as reference value. The display should read 0.00dB, as shown in Figure 18. AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ... -
Page 35: Link Loss Testing
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester F;amge AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Optical Power Meter Stabilized Laser Source 19. C IGURE ONNECTOR INSERTION LOSS TESTING To ensure the accuracy of measurement, optical connectors should be kept clean. -
Page 36: Figure
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Emitting optical jumpper Receiving optical jumper Flange AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Stabilized Laser Source Optical Power Meter 20. C IGURE ONNECTION OF LINK LOSS TESTING Note: Laser source should be working under CW mode; and power meter should be in relevant wavelength, and the unit is dBm. -
Page 37: Igure Orward Loss Testing
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Reverse end Flange Front end flange Fiber to be tested Emitting optical jumper Receiving optical jumper AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Stabilized Laser Source Optical Power Meter 21. F IGURE ORWARD LOSS TESTING 3. -
Page 38: Locate A Break Within A Fiber By Visible Laser Source
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Front end Reverse end flange Fiber to be tested flange Receiving optical jumper Emitting optical jumper AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Optical Power Meter Stabilized Laser Source 22. R IGURE EVERSE LOSS TESTING ... -
Page 39: Locate A Failure Of Connectors With Visible Laser Source
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Break Power On Low Batt Ext. Power ShinewayTe ® ® ShineWayTech on/o λ Stabilized Laser Source Visible Laser Source 23. A IGURE PPLICATION OF VISIBLE LASER SOURCE To ensure the accuracy of measurement, optical connectors should be kept clean. -
Page 40: Test Single - Mode Fiber Loss With Dual - Wavelength Laser Source
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester ① Optical jumper ① Connector 24. S IGURE KETCH MAP OF OPTICAL JUMPERE If there is failure in the connector, bend optic fiber slightly till visible laser escapes from the optic fiber, when your finger gradually move to the far end of the fiber, slowly bend the optic fiber till there is no light escaping. -
Page 41: Igure Ketch Map Of Connection
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Emitting optical jumper Receiving optical jumper flange AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Stabilized Laser Source Optical Power Meter 25. S IGURE KETCH MAP OF CONNECTION 2. Press the [Ref] key on OPM for several seconds until “HELD” appears on the LCD screen, optical power meter will set the current measured dBm as reference value. -
Page 42: Loop Loss Testing By Optical Loss Tester
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester flange flange Fiber to be tested Emitting optical jumper Receiving optical jumper AUTO OFF AUTO OFF ® ShinewayTech ® ShinewayTech λ Zero λ Stabilized Laser Source Optical Power Meter 26. O IGURE PTIC FIBER LOSS TESTING 4. -
Page 43: Testing Onnection Of Optical Loop Loss Tester
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 1. Connect optic link to the instrument, as in Figure27. fange Fiber to be tested Fiber to be tested ® ShinewayTech Exit.Power λ Zero Loss LS On CW/MOD Optical Loss Tester 27. T... - Page 44 User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester Always replace protective dust caps on the optical output Shineway Technologies, Inc. - 38 -...
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Page 45: Maintenance And Calibration
If “ERR” displays, this means auto zeroing is unsuccessful. Check whether the dust cap is tightly fastened to connectors, then proceed with auto zeroing. If still unsuccessful, please contact customer service of ShinewayTech or our agents to solve the problem. 6.4 Calibration Requirements Calibration of the SLS, VLS, OPM, OLT is recommended every three years. -
Page 46: Warranty Information
7 Warranty Information 7.1 Terms of Warranty All ShinewayTech products are warranted against defective material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment to the original customer. Any product found to be defective within the warranty period would be repaired or replaced by Shineway Technologies Inc. -
Page 47: Contacting Customer Service
User’s Manual for Palm Optical Fiber Tester 7.5 Contacting Customer Service Please check our web site (www.shinewaytech.com) for updates to this manual and additional application information. If you need technical or sales support, please contact local Customer Service. Shineway Technologies Customer Service, Greater China Region: Address: 5th Floor Office Building, No.
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