AFL OFL250 - Running Tests & Viewing Results; Starting and Stopping Tests; Selecting the Test View

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To Start a Test
• Press the - Test key
To Stop a Test
• Press the - Test key. If pressed before trace appears will stop the test and display
the setup menu. If pressed after trace appears it will stop the test and show the partially
completed trace.
• Press the Back key. The OFL250 stops the test and displays the setup menu.
How can I tell if a test is running?
The OFL250 Page header will display ‘Testing’ and Test in Progress bar.
How can I tell if a test is done?
The OFL250 Page header will display the New Trace label.
Running Tests & Viewing Results
To display the desired Page for viewing, use Left and Right Tab keys
Test Views (Pages) Description
Tab Name Description
Trace Displays OTDR trace, A/B cursors, Loss and Distance between A & B
cursors, and reflectance.
Event Table Displays OTDR trace and events data: location in user selected units
of measure, type, reflectance and insertion loss in dB.
dB
End-to-end
Summary
Displays end-to-end link length, link loss, and ORL when ORL
upgrade option is installed.
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Information Displays OTDR setup parameters, launch and receive cables data, and
events data.
Refer to sections titled “Trace Page Feature”, “Zoom Adjust”, “Event Table Page Features”, and
“Information Page Features” for details.
Starting and Stopping Tests
Selecting the Test View
The OFL250 test results can be displayed using different Views or Pages. Each Page presents a
different view of the current or saved test. Each Page is identified by the corresponding tab as
illustrated below.
Testing header.
Test in
Progress bar.
Testing
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Test Viewer tabs.
Note: End-to-end Summary (dB
icon) only present if ORL upgrade
option is installed.