Performing The Measurement; Performing An Acquisition From Results Page - Viavi 8100 V2 Series User Manual

Performing the measurement

Once the measurement is correctly configured, the acquisition can be performed.
1 Press S
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 acquisition.
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 103 Acquisition in progress in RDZ mode
At the end of the acquisition, a beep is emitted, and the measurements are displayed.

Performing an acquisition from Results page

Once the results page is displayed, you can perform a new acquisition modifying the
main acquisition parameters.
CAUTION
Before launching a new OTDR acquisition, make sure the trace(s) dis-
played have been previously saved if necessary, as the new acquisi-
tion will automatically delete the displayed results.
S button on the T-BERD/MTS to launch the acquisition.
TART TOP
Table 3 on page
Elapsed Number of
acquisition averages
time calculated
User Manual
Chapter 4 Reduced Dead Zone OTDR application
56)
Elapsed Total acquisition
time time
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