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© 2025, AFL, all rights reserved. DPPM-00-1ENG Revision AA, 2025-01-15

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  • Page 1 Test & Inspection FlowScout Downstream PON Power Meter (DPPM) ® Quick Reference Guide www.AFLglobal.com | +1 (800) 235-3423 © 2025, AFL, all rights reserved. DPPM-00-1ENG Revision AA, 2025-01-15...
  • Page 2: Battery & Power Status

    Battery & Power Status Fully ¾ ½ ¼ <10% State Power Indicator Charged Charged Charged Charged Charged Power Icon (software) Charging Hard Power button (Off) / On Charging Power Icon (software) / On Hard Power Button Charging Power Icon (software) / Off Hard Power Button Configuring DPPM to Auto-Off...
  • Page 3: Controls And Interfaces

    Controls and Interfaces Hard Buttons 1. Power button - press and hold until button illuminates and release to turn on; press to turn off. Note: power button also serves as Charge Indicator, see “Battery & Power Status” on page 2. Home button- from any screen, press to return to the Home screen. 3.
  • Page 4 Measurement Screen Soft Buttons and Indicators Soft Buttons Functionality 1. Ref = Set Reference button: allows the user to view current Reference(s) or set the new Reference(s). Short press displays the current Reference Power in dBm for each • detected or selected wavelength. After 3 seconds, display reverts to previously displayed power or loss Long press stores the current power measurement(s) as new •...
  • Page 5 Measurement Screen Soft Buttons and Indicators Indicators 5. Detected Signal Type - this field displays one of the following: Wave ID - displayed if the DPPM is receiving a wavelength ID’d light. • GPON, Video, or 10GPON - displayed if the DPPM is detecting PON. •...
  • Page 6: General Settings

    General Settings Configuring Pass/Fail Limits Settings - Screen 1 Touch a Setting to edit Enable/disable Power/ Loss Pass/Fail limits Enable/Disable Bluetooth Touch a Max field to edit Max value Touch to scroll down and display Info Toggle between Power Touch to display &...
  • Page 7: Viewing Results

    Viewing Results To View Results 1. From the Measurements screen, touch dB/dBm icon to toggle between Power (dBm) and Loss (dB). 2. Touch the desired measurement to display the Measurement Details to see more details. 3. In the Measurement Details screen, touch Done to return to Measurements screen. 4.
  • Page 8: Saving Results

    Saving Results To Save Results 1. From the Measurements screen, touch Save. 2. Define Project name, OPM End, OLS End, Cable, and Fiber # fields used to name saved results. Touch the desired field to display the String/Number editor sub-screen. •...
  • Page 9 Viewing or Deleting Saved Results To View Saved Results 1. From the DPPM Home screen, touch Results to display the Saved Projects screen. 2. In the Saved Projects screen, touch the desired Project to display saved Results. 3. Touch the desired result to display Power/Loss measurements. 4.
  • Page 10 File Management system allows simple organization of power or insertion loss measurements into multiple files. Using the AFL’s FlexReports Test Results Manager software and USB connection, test records are transferred to a PC for analyzing, generating professional test reports, and printing.
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