Usage - Yamasaki Y30 Series User Manual

Functions of all buttons on the menu bar are shown below:
【Avg.】: It is used to control the OTDR progressive average of the average times set against the
lost curve tested; after test, the contents shown on the button changes automatically from 【Stop】
to 【Avg.】, and the OTDR test stops at the same time.
【Real Time】: It is used to control the OTDR for real-time refreshing or stopping test, which is
available only in the manual test mode. Click the button in the manual test mode to change the
content shown on the button to 【Stop】 , and the OTDR will refresh the test on the fiber loss curve
under test in real time; click it again to change the content shown on the button back to 【Real
Time】 and stop the OTDR test.
【Setting】: It is used to enter the parameter setting sub-menu to set such items as the OTDR test
condition, reference origin point and optical cable information.
【Analyze】 ： It is used to analyze current curve and provide the event list. It will provide a prompt
if no event points are found.
【File】： It is used to enter the file operation sub-menu. It is used to realize such functions as
reading, saving, deleting, transferring and printing files.
【Curve I】: It is used to show the curve selection window, from which the curve number can be
selected, so that current active curve can be switched between curves I, II, III and IV. Curves I, II, III
and IV are in green, yellow, orange and blue respectively.
【Main Menu】: It is used to return to the main menu of the instrument for module selection and
system setting.

5 Usage

Set the OTDR test mode and each test parameter first before testing the optical fiber link. It is
shown in Fig. 3-5.
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