EXFO FOT-600 - Page 3

Power Meter/Light Source/Optical Loss Test Set iii
Contents
Certification Information ........................................................................................................v
1 Introducing the FPM/FLS/FOT-600 ................................................................ 1
Main Features ........................................................................................................................ 1
Power Sources ....................................................................................................................... 3
Typical Applications ............................................................................................................... 4
Conventions ........................................................................................................................... 5
2 Safety Information ....................................................................................... 7
Laser Safety Information
(FLS-600 and FOT-600 without VFL) ................................................................................. 8
Laser Safety Information (Units with VFL) .............................................................................. 9
Electrical Safety Information ..................................................................................................9
3 Getting Started .......................................................................................... 11
Turning the Unit On and Off ................................................................................................ 11
Activating Automatic Shutdown (Auto-Off) ......................................................................... 13
Activating the Backlight .......................................................................................................14
Accessing and Navigating Setup Menus .............................................................................. 14
Installing the EXFO Universal Interface (EUI) ........................................................................ 16
Cleaning and Connecting Optical Fibers .............................................................................. 17
4 Measuring Power or Loss (FPM-600 and FOT-600) ................................... 19
Nulling Electrical Offsets ...................................................................................................... 19
Setting Power Correction Factor .......................................................................................... 20
Defining a List of Favorite Wavelengths ............................................................................... 22
Referencing Your Power Meter to a Source .......................................................................... 24
Measuring Power or Loss ..................................................................................................... 27
Automatically Detecting Wavelength ................................................................................... 29
Activating Hold Min/Max Power Mode ................................................................................ 30
Setting Pass/Fail Thresholds ................................................................................................. 31
5 Using a Light Source (FLS-600 and FOT-600) or VFL ................................. 33
Defining a List of Favorite Wavelengths ............................................................................... 33
Activating/Deactivating a Light Source or VFL ...................................................................... 34
Modulating the Source Signal .............................................................................................. 34
Using Auto-Switching Mode ................................................................................................ 35
Sending Source Power Value with Signal ............................................................................. 36