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FLX380 FlexTester
3 Test Modes
OTDR Modes
TEST MODE NETWORK BEING TESTED APPLICATIONS SETUP
FTTx PON OTDR–
Test Customer
Fiber Only (to
splitter)
PON power meter.
Customer ber fault location (ber may be
live or dark).
Auto
FTTx PON OTDR–
Test Through
Splitter
End-to-end length, loss, and ORL.
Splitter loss.
Feeder ber fault location.
Semi-Auto
Full Auto (point-
to-point)
Long-haul
Metro
Access
Fault location.
End-to-end length, loss, and ORL.
Connector loss and reection.
Splice loss.
Auto
Real Time Any Short range fault location.
First connector check.
Fusion splice check.
Mechanical splice tuning.
Semi-Auto
Expert Any Advanced point-to-point and FTTx PON.
testing for experienced OTDR users.
Manual or
Semi-auto
PON
OLT
PON
Light Source and Power Meter Mode
TEST MODE APPLICATION
Light Source •Measure end-to-end loss using manually set or Wave ID wavelength.
•Trace bers using tone generation and a NOYES Optical Fiber Identier (OFI).
Power Meter •Measure optical power or ber loss using manually set or automatically detected
(Wave ID) wavelength.