Loading A Configuration File; Acquisition Parameters - Viavi 8100 V2 Series User Manual

On Setup page, you may select one of the sub-chapter by pressing one of the softkey
F1 to F5.
The various parameters proposed are defined below.

Loading a configuration file

To load the configuration file to be used for OSA test:
1 Press S
ETUP
2 On bottom right of setup page, press Load Config. menu key.
3 In the Explorer, select the desired file configuration
4 Press Load
A beep is emitted to validate the selection of the configuration file.
The software automatically brings you back to setup page.
NOTE
Most of the configuration files are available into the Platform in disk/config/
OSA.

Acquisition Parameters

Mode (not available for OSA-110, fix WDM / OSNR)
WDM / I-OSNR
WDM / OSNR
OO-OSNR
hard key.
Config. menu keys.
(only valid for OSA-500R, OSA-500RS and OSA-110R)
Module is used for measuring the 'true' in-band OSNR by using
the polarization nulling method. This mode is recommended for
OSNR measurements in ROADM based networks. See
ROADM networks" on page
Module is used to measure the optical spectrum of an optical
signal. Standard WDM results are displayed in the results table.
(See "Display of the WDM / OSA results" on page
The On/Off-OSNR method is a two step method. Step one
measures the optical spectrum and the channel power, while
step two measures the noise power when the transmission
channel is switched-off.
User Manual
Chapter 8 Optical Spectrum Measurement
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