VeEX FX150 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

OTDR Series e-Manual, D07-00-076P-RevC00 Page 2 of 107
Table of Contents
1.0 ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL ..................................................................................... 5
2.0 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 6
2.1 PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS (FX150/FX300/MTTPLUS/RXT/TX300S) .............................................. 6
2.2 KEY FEATURES .......................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 PACKAGE CONTENTS ................................................................................................................. 8
3.0 SAFETY INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 9
4.0 THEORY OF OPERATION ......................................................................................... 10
4.1 OTDR ...................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 LIGHT SOURCE ......................................................................................................................... 11
4.3 OPTICAL POWER METER .......................................................................................................... 11
4.4 VISUAL FAULT LOCATOR .......................................................................................................... 11
5.0 BASIC OPERATION ................................................................................................... 12
5.1 TEST PORTS AND INTERFACES ................................................................................................. 12
5.2 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT ............................................................................................................. 14
5.2.1 LED Indicators ...................................................................................................................................... 14
5.2.2 Rubber Keypad ..................................................................................................................................... 14
5.2.3 Menu Navigation .................................................................................................................................. 15
5.3 MTTPLUS OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 16
5.3.1 MTTplus Side View ............................................................................................................................... 16
5.3.2 MTTplus Control Panel ........................................................................................................................ 17
5.3.3 MTTplus OTDR Module Top View ....................................................................................................... 17
5.4 RXT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 18
5.4.1 RxT Front Panel .................................................................................................................................... 19
5.4.2 Getting Started ..................................................................................................................................... 20
5.5 FX150 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 21
5.5.1 FX150 Test Ports .................................................................................................................................. 21
5.5.2 FX150 Keypad ....................................................................................................................................... 21
5.5.3 FX150 Screen Navigation .................................................................................................................... 22
5.5.3.1 View/Hide side menu panels ......................................................................................................... 23
5.5.4 Setting up FX150 WiFi ......................................................................................................................... 24
5.5.4.1 Access WiFi option ........................................................................................................................ 24
5.5.4.2 Connect to a WiFi network ............................................................................................................ 25
5.6 CUSTOMIZING YOUR TESTER .................................................................................................... 26
6.0 TEST FIBER AND INITIAL PREPARATION INTRODUCTION ................................. 28
6.1 CONTAMINATION ...................................................................................................................... 29
6.2 INSPECTION .............................................................................................................................. 29
6.3 CLEANING PROCEDURE ............................................................................................................ 30
6.4 BEST PRACTICES ..................................................................................................................... 31
6.5 CONNECTORS .......................................................................................................................... 32
6.5.1 Connector Types .................................................................................................................................. 32
6.5.2 Connector Performance and Polishing .............................................................................................. 34
6.6 FIBER CABLES AND FIBER PATCHCORDS .................................................................................. 36
6.6.1 Fiber Cable ............................................................................................................................................ 36
6.6.2 Fiber Patchcord .................................................................................................................................... 37
6.7 INSERTING THE FIBER ............................................................................................................... 39
6.7.1 Preventing Inaccurate Readings ........................................................................................................ 39
6.8 FIBER SCOPE UTILITY (FX150, FX300, MTTPLUS, RXT) ........................................................... 39