Sending Source Power Value With Signal - EXFO AXS-200 User Manual

Sending Source Power Value with Signal

Your source can transmit a user-defined power value to compatible power
meters (such as FOT-600 and FPM-600) through the fiber. If the reference
source is far from the power meter, you can connect your source to the
power meter to send the reference value. With this feature you can also
correct for power variations.
Note: If you connect a fiber between a source and a power meter, the meter can
use the actual source output power as reference power.
The value sent is not (and will not affect) the actual power of the
source. It is a user-defined value that may not take the optical link's
loss into account.
To define the source power value to use as reference:
1. Press
and then Configuration.
2. Select the appropriate output port
and wavelength.
3. Use the up/down arrows to select
Loopback Reference and press
4. Connect a reference jumper
between the source output port and the power meter detector port,
and then press Start.
OLTS and Power Meter
I
MPORTANT
, select Light Source,
Sending Source Power Value with Signal
Using a Source
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