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2 General Information
2.1 Safety precautions
To ensure a high level of operator safety during installation, commissioning and operating
the equipment, as well as ensuring that the equipment remains undamaged, it is necessary
to consider the following general warnings.
Installation, commissioning, operation and service are only allowed to be
carried out by an authorised person:
Only a person trained in the safety of fiber optical systems can handle and
operate the equipment
The test equipment is intended for / to be used (safe extra low voltage) in this
environment only.
Use only standard or optional accessories supplied by your distributor
Use only the equivalent connector types to those built into the instrument in
order to avoid damage to the instrument components.
During storage and operation the equipment must be kept clean
Do not cover the ventilation holes
The PC ON/OFF switch located on the front controls the microcomputer
operation only. For total deactivation of the device use both switches located
at the rear
After a power outage the device will automatically restart at the previous
status
2.2 Optical interface connection:
Take note of the safety rules for lasers class 3b
Use only the relevant optical connectors
Optical connectors must be clean
Visual check of optical connectors using a 400x magnification microscope must
be performed before connection
In case the connectors are not perfectly clean – please clean them according to
the procedure described in the technical specification for the
connectors
It is recommended to terminate the unused ports, specially CATV version, with
appropriate, terminators defined for max output power.
Please note, the integrated protective dust cap is not designed to eliminate
light emissions from output port.
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