Introducing the OX1 Optical Explorer
10 OX1
Test Functions and Tools
Test Functions and Tools
Your Optical Explorer offers functions and tools to help you with common
testing situations such as fiber break location, optical link verification,
identification and location of common causes of networks failure.
Each test functions offers an increasing level of detail. See Testing Fibers
on page 91 for details.
³ Flash Advisor™: Offers a quick verification of the continuity and overall
quality of simple fiber links. This function, which is selected by default,
measures the link length, the insertion loss and the ORL.
³ Fault Xplorer: Provides an overall verification of fiber links as well as an
automatic identification and investigation of potential causes of failure.
This function measures the link length, the insertion loss, the ORL, the
loss, the reflectance, and the distance to faults. It also localizes the
connectors and identifies the fault types such as splices or
macrobends.
³ Link Mapper: Provides the mapping of the optical link including fiber
sections and all detectable elements over the link. This function
measures the link length, the insertion loss, the ORL, the loss, the
reflectance, the distance to elements and identifies the element types
such as splices, connectors and macrobends.
Note: Only Pro units offer the Link Mapper function.
³ Power checker: This tool measures the absolute power and the
insertion loss. It can also detect the tone coming from the light source.
See Using the Power Checker on page 103 for details.
³ Light source: You can use this tool to perform measurements with a
power meter. The modulation can be continuous or set to another
value. See Using the Light Source on page 115 for details.
Note: If you choose to work with a modulated signal on the source, ensure that
the power meter you are using supports a modulated signal as well.
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