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Table of Contents

About This Guide xvii

About the Fiber Trace software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

About the Platform 6000/6000L/8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xviii

Recycling information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

Chapter 1 Installation 1

Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing the software on your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

First installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Modifying or upgrading your installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Removing the software from your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2 Generalities 5

Opening trace files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Trace file sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Opening a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Opening several files in the same window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Files conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Converting several «WTK» files into «SOR» . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Converting several «SOR» or «TFW» files to the «WTK» format 8

File Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

To save your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Delete Trace(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Printing trace and results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

To select your printer and printing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

To Setup the page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Mosaic setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Multi-traces printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

To Preview the printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

To Print the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Mosaic page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 3 Remote control of the MTS 15

Remote Control menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Configuration of a MTS PC link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connection of the MTS to the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connection via the Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connection via the RS232 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Local connection via ppp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connexion via existing ppp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Create a new connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Disconnecting the MTS from the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Transfer of files MTS PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

File transfer from the PC to a remote MTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

File transfer from the MTS to the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Possible actions on the selected files on PC or MTS . . . . . . . . 25

Leaving the transfer menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Remote Control of a measurement on the MTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Acquisition of an OTDR trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Acquisition of an optical spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Storing traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Format for OTDR traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Format for optical spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Naming files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Semi-automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Chapter 4 Displaying Traces 31

Traces display window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The menu and tool bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Trace parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Customize the job parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

OTDR parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

WDM / OSA parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

PMD parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CD OTDR parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CD ODM Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

AP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

FOX parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Specfic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Moving between events (OTDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Actions on traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Grid (OTDR / WDM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Display Zoom Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Zoom-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Zoom out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Vertical or horizontal zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Reset the zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Predefined zoom (OTDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the maximum display area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Displaying the Results / Alarms table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Trace Shift (OTDR / WDM-OSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

OTDR Trace shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Vertical shift for WDM / OSA traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Mouse pointer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Cursors A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Positioning A and B cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cursor selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Trace information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting Display Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Display preferences for OTDR traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Display preferences for WDM/OSA traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Display preferences for PMD traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Display preferences for CD OTDR and CD ODM traces . . . . . . . 49

Display preferences for AP traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Display preferences for fox results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Displaying open trace files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Navigating between open files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Displaying more than one file at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

In tile and cascade mode display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Displaying Multi traces (OTDR / WDM -OSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Removing a trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

To copy the trace to a word processing file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Chapter 5 Analyzing OTDR Traces 55

Trace display window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Defining Calculation Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Defining parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Defining Alarm Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Event detection criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Automatic Event Detection and measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Using Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Markers mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adding Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Hiding and Displaying Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Repositioning a Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Deleting a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Deleting all the markers and the results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Canceling last actions on markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Precise positioning of a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Modifying a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Markers group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selection of a marker group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Marker group properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Possible Actions on the marker group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

To cancel a marker group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

To shift the marker group on the trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

To widen the marker group on the trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

To copy the marker group to another trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

To copy the marker group to another trace with inversion of the

markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

To copy the marker group to a word processing file or a

spreadsheet file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

To copy the marker group from a text or a spreadsheet file to a

trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Manual measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Measuring the Slope of the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Measuring Discontinuity on the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Measuring Reflectance on the Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Measuring the Optical Return Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69To measure the ORL: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Measuring the Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Defining a Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Differences between traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Both End measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Measurement Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Execution of a Both End measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Multi-traces analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Generate a multi-traces analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Opening an OEO result from a 6000/8000 Platform . . . . . . . . . . 77

Operations onto the OEO files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Save one of the 2 traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Saving the 2 traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Displaying Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Results table content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Level of confidence in result table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Saving Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Results file contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

To copy the results to a word processing file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter 6 Analyzing WDM / OSA traces 83

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Defining Calculation Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Calculations carried out on the spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Table contents without statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Choice of channels displayed in the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Results sorting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Display of relative results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Link between the trace and the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Successive addressing of channels according to the sort method 90

Table contents with statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Exceeding the alarm thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Comparing traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Opening an overlay trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Trace resulting from difference between traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chapter 7 Analyzing PMD traces 95

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Cursor position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Alarm thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Displaying Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Results file contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Chapter 8 Analyzing CD OTDR traces 103

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

CD Trace selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Defining Calculation Parameters and alarm thresholds . . . . . 105Dispersion, Slope and Delay traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

OTDR traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Marker mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Automatic positioning of marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Repositioning a Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Deleting a marker or all the markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Adding markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

CD measurement on a section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Bi-directional measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Results Table display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Table contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Link between the trace and the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113


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Chapter 9 Analyzing CD ODM traces 115

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

ODM Trace selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Defining Calculation Parameters and alarm thresholds . . . . . 117

Dispersion, Slope and Delay traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Results Table display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Table contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Link between the trace and the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121


Chapter 10 Analyzing AP traces (Spectral Attenuation) 123

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Trace display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Cursors position indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Defining calculation parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Results table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Displaying the results table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Table contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Saving results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Results file contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Chapter 11 Analyzing OFI module results 129

Results display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Opening fox files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Results display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Fiber Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Setting the alarm parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Saving results in a txt file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Saving results in a txt format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Saving results in a txt file for Fiber Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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Chapter 12 Macros 133

Macro principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Recording a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Executing a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Appendix A Customer Services 139

About our services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Customer care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Technical assistance (business hour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Warranty information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Global services and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Index 143

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About This Guide

Welcome to the Fiber Trace OFS-100 Software, the standard refer-

ence for processing traces acquired using the range of JDSU fiber

optic analyzers.

– “About the Fiber Trace software” page xviii

– “About the Platform 6000/6000L/8000” page xviii

– “Technical assistance” page xviii

– “Conventions” page xx

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About the Fiber Trace software

The Fiber Trace is the standard reference for PC processing of fiber

traces from the JDSU's range of Fiber Optic products in a standard

Microsoft® Windows™ environment. It provides trace archiving, com-

plex trace analysis.

Microsoft® Windows™ allows the user to freely transport his traces to

more powerful software applications like Microsoft® Excel, Microsoft®

Word using facilities such as screen dump and exporting.

About the Platform 6000/6000L/8000

The Platform 6000/6000L/8000 is called T-Berd 6000/6000L/8000 in

North America and MTS 6000/8000 in the rest of the world. This man-

ual will always refer to the T-Berd 6000/8000 and MTS 6000/6000L/

8000 using the term Platform 6000/8000.

Technical assistance

If you need assistance or have questions related to the use of this

product, call or e-mail JDSU’s Technical Assistance Center for

customer support.

Table 1 Technical assistance centers

Region Phone Number

Americas

Telecom Products

866 228 3762

World Wide: 301 353 1550

[email protected]

Europe, Africa, and Mid-

East

+49 (0) 7121 86 1345

(Europe)

[email protected]

+33 (0) 1 30 81 50 60

(JDSU France)

[email protected]

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During off-hours, you can request assistance by doing one of the fol-

lowing:

– leave a voice mail message at the Technical Assistance number in

your region;

– e-mail North American Technical Assistance Center,

[email protected], or European Technical Assistance Center,

[email protected];

– or submit your question using our online Technical Assistance

Request form at www.jdsu.com.

Recycling informationJDSU has established processes in compliance with the Waste Elec-trical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, 2002/96/EC.

This product should not be disposed of as unsorted municipal wasteand should be collected separately and disposed of according to yournational regulations. In the European Union, all equipment purchasedfrom JDSU after 2005 08 13 can be returned for disposal at the end ofits useful life. JDSU will ensure that all waste equipment returned isreused, recycled, or disposed of in an environmentally friendlymanner, and in compliance with all applicable national and interna-tional waste legislation.

It is the responsibility of the equipment owner to return the equipmentto JDSU for appropriate disposal. If the equipment was imported by areseller whose name or logo is marked on the equipment, then theowner should return the equipment directly to the reseller.

Asia and the Pacific

Southeast Asia, Australia,

and New Zealand

+852 2892 0990

(Hong Kong)

+86 10 6833 7477

(Beijing-China)

All others 866 228 3762 [email protected]

Table 1 Technical assistance centers (Suite)

Region Phone Number

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Instructions for returning waste equipment to JDSU can be found inthe Environmental section of JDSU's web site at www.jdsu.com. If youhave questions concerning disposal of your equipment, contactJDSU's WEEE Program Management team [email protected].

Conventions

This guide uses naming conventions and symbols, as described in the

following tables.

Table 2 Typographical conventions

Description Example

User interface actions appear

in this typeface.

On the Status bar, click Start.

Buttons or switches that you

press on a unit appear in this

T YPEFACE.

Press the ON switch.

Code and output messages

appear in this typeface.

All results ok

Text you must type exactly as

shown appears in this type-

face.

Type: a:\set.exe in the dia-

log box

Variables appear in this type-

face.

Type the new hostname.

Book references appear in this

typeface.

Refer to Newton’s Telecom

Dictionary

A vertical bar | means “or”: only

one option can appear in a sin-gle command.

platform [a|b|e]

Square brackets [ ] indicate an

optional argument.

login [platform name]

Slanted brackets < > group

required arguments.

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Table 4 Symbol conventions

Table 3 Keyboard and menu conventions

Description Example

A plus sign + indicates simul-

taneous keystrokes.

Press Ctrl+s

A comma indicates consecu-

tive key strokes.

Press Alt+f,s

A slanted bracket indicates

choosing a submenu from

menu.

On the menu bar, click

Start > Program Files.

This symbol represents a general hazard.

This symbol represents a risk of electrical shock.

NOTE

This symbol represents a Note indicating related information or tip.

This symbol, located on the equipment or its packaging indicates

that the equipment must not be disposed of in a land-fill site or as

municipal waste, and should be disposed of according to your natio-

nal regulations.

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Table 5 Safety definitions

WARNING:

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

could result in death or serious injury.

CAUTION:

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,

may result in minor or moderate injury.

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Chapter 1 Installation

This chapter describes how to install the FiberTrace OFS-100.

The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:

– “Software requirements” page 2

– “Hardware requirements” page 2

– “Installing the software on your PC” page 2

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Software requirements

– Microsoft® Windows™ version 98 or later.

– Microsoft® Excel™ .

– All the files necessary to install the Fiber Trace software package

on your hard disk are provided on a CD-ROM.

Hardware requirements

– An IBM® Pentium 133MHz PC or 100% compatible computer

(Pentium II 233MHz or more recommended).

– A Hard disk.

– A CD-ROM unit.

– 64 MB or more of memory.

– A mouse pointing device.

– A 800*600 monitor (1152*864 or more recommended).

– In addition a printer is recommended, but not required.

Installing the software on your PCYou can install the Fiber Trace software on your hard drive, modify or

upgrade a previous installation, or remove the software from your PC.

First installation 1 Insert the Fiber Trace Installation CD-ROM in the correspondingplayer.

2 From the Windows Explorer select the CD-ROM Drive and double

click on the JDSU Optical Fiber Trace Setup.exe icon. The files

needed to install the software on your computer are extracted.

3 Select the language you want to use.

4 The Welcome dialog box prompts you to continue or cancel the

installation. Press Next > to continue the installation.

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5 A dialog box prompts you to personalize your copy of Fiber Trace:

– In the Name field, type your name, then press the TAB key.

– In the Organization field, type the name of your group or

company, and then press the Next > button.

6 You are prompted to choose for the directory to install the software

in. The default directory is:

C:\Program Files\Fiber Trace

– Press Next > to accept the default directory.

– Or to install Fiber Trace in a different directory, press the

Browse button and enter or select the required directory name

and press OK. If you enter a directory name that does not exist,

you will be prompted to accept whether or not to create the

directory.7 Select the Setup type to install:

– Typical: install the most common options (recommended).

– Compact: install the minimum required options

– Custom: install the options you choose (for advanced users).

Press the Next > button.

8 If the Custom type has been selected, select the components you

want to install, then press Next >.

9 You are prompted to choose the Program Folder where you wish toinstall the application icons. The default directory is: Fiber Trace.

– Choose Next > to accept the folder.

– Or to install the Fiber Trace application icons in a different sub-

directory, choose an existing directory from the list displayed or

enter a new directory name.

Press Next > to start copying the files or < Previous to go back and

change any required parameters.

A progress bar and various information messages are displayed.

10 When your first installation of the Fiber Trace software is finished,

you have to restart the computer before using the program. Select

either to restart now or later, then press Finish to terminate the

installation.

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Modifying orupgrading your

installation

To modify your installation or to install a new software release:

1 Insert the Fiber Trace Installation CD-ROM in the corresponding

player.


click on the Acterna Optical Fiber Trace Setup.exe icon. The files


3 Select the language used.

4 In the Welcome dialog box:

– select Modify if you only want to add missing components.

– select Repair if you want to upgrade the current software by a

new one.

Press Next > to continue the installation.

5 If the Modify option has been selected, select the components you

want to install and clear the components you don’t want. Then

press Next >.

Removing thesoftware from

your PC

1 Insert the Fiber Trace Installation CD-ROM in the corresponding

player.


click on the Acterna Optical Fiber Trace Setup.exe icon. The files


3 Select the language used in the installed software.

4 In the Welcome dialog box select Remove, then press Next >.

5 You are prompted to confirm. Press OK. All the Fiber Trace appli-

cation and all of its components are removed from the PC.

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Chapter 2 Generalities

This chapter describes the basic functionalities of the Fiber Trace soft-

ware.

Topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:

– “Opening trace files” page 6

– “File Operations” page 8

– “Printing trace and results” page 9

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Opening trace files

Trace file sources To use the FiberTrace OFS-100 software you must first have suitabletrace files available. These can be files you have previously saved

using Fiber Trace or files you have acquired with the JDSU test plat-

forms (with OTDR, WDM, OSA, PMD, CD, AP or ODM modules) and

transferred to your PC.

Fiber Trace is also compatible with the OTDR files, .sor type, respect-

ing the Bellcore standards 1.0, 1.1 ans 2.0.

Opening a file To open a file use the following steps:

1 Press the button or select the menu File > Open.

The Open dialog box is displayed.

2 Select the drive and directory you require using the standard

windows navigation options.

3 Select the type of file you want to open (OTDR, DWDM, etc.) and

its format (*.tfw, *.wdm, *.wtk, *.sor, etc.).

The file selection menu shows in the upper part the list of files ofthe directory with the type and format you have selected, and in

the lower part the general information for each trace:

Other specific information is displayed depending on the type of

measurement.

File The file name.

Date The date and time the acquisition was made.

Device The type of product used for the measurement

Cable The Cable Identification (ID)

Fiber The Fiber Identification (ID)

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4 To simplify the selection of a trace from a long list of traces, you

can specify the order in which the traces are displayed. To do this

left click on the column heading name to sort the trace file using

the criteria you have selected. For example, clicking on the Date

column heading name will sort the trace files by date.

5 To open the trace file, either Left-Click on the trace you require

from the list of traces menu and then left-click on the Open button,

or double left-click on the required trace.

Opening several files

in the same window

You can also open several OTDR or WDM/OSA files at the same time.

To do this select the required files and left-click on the Open or Open

in the same window button. According to the button used, the traces

will be opened in different windows or in the same window. You can

then use the Display/Multi-trace commands to add or remove a tracein the window: see "Displaying Multi traces (OTDR / WDM -OSA)"

page -52.

Files conversion With the FiberTrace OFS-100 software, you can:

– directly open an OTDR trace, to the «WTK» format (from a MTSe

Série 5000 series or MTS 5100 OTDR) and save it to the «SOR»

format (format used with the Platform 8000 and with Fiber Trace

release 6.40 or more). – convert the TFW files (previous FiberTrace format for OTDR) into

SOR or WTK files.

– automatically convert several files at the same time. You will have

to use the Import and Export functions in the File menu.

Converting several

«WTK» files into

«SOR»

To convert several «WTK» or «SOR» traces, use the function File/Import/JDSU MTS 5000 files...

A new window opens:

1 Find, in the Source field, the trace(s) to convert.

2 Select the traces to be converted.

3 Choose the directory where the traces will be stored (click on

Create directory if necessary)

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4 Click on Import for a partial selection or on Import All for a whole

selection.

5 Click on Close to close the dialog box. The converted files are

available in the destination directory.

Converting several

«SOR» or «TFW» files

to the «WTK» format

To convert several «SOR» or «TFW» traces into «WTK» format, use

the function File/Export/JDSU MTS 5000 files...

A new window opens:

1 Find, in the Source field, the trace(s) to convert.

2 Select the traces to be converted.

3 Choose the directory where the traces will be stored (click on

Create directory if necessary)

4 Click on Export.

Click on Close to close the dialog box. The converted files are avail-

able in the destination directory chosen.

File Operations

To save your work When you save your work, you can change its name and its location.When you change the name of a file or its location you create a copy

of the file.

1 Choose Save as... from the File menu.

2 Change the name of the file, open a different directory to hold the

file in, or do both.

3 If necessary, change the type of file to save it in another format.

4 Click Save.

Delete Trace(s) You can delete Trace(s).

1 Choose Delete... from the File menu.

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2 Select the source drive and directory where the trace you want

to delete is located.

3 Select the trace(s) you want to delete.

4 Click Delete.

5 Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box to delete the trace and its

associated file.


Fiber Trace is preset to print a copy of the trace and, if it exists, of the

results table on a pre-selected printer by simply clicking the but-

ton (or using the File > Print menu).

But before you print a trace for the first time you have to:

– check the printer selection and choose the printer options you

want to use.

– select the page setup and enter the required parameters.

To select yourprinter and

printing options

Before you print a trace for the first time, you may want to check the

printer selection and choose the printer options you want to use.

1 Choose Print Setup from the File menu.

2 Choose the printer.

3 Choose a paper source and paper size.

NOTE

If a mosaic page layout is used (for example, more than one pageon an A4 format), then all mosaic cases must be filled, otherwise

there is no printing (see “Mosaic page layout” page 13).

NOTE

You can choose to print the trace on paper or in pdf format; for this

fomat a pdf writer software is mandatory (Adobe Acrobat / Cuteprin-

ter / PDFCreator...).

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4 Make sure you have correctly selected all the options you want to

use: you can print a scaled image of your document, print in

portrait or landscape orientation, etc.

5 Click OK.

To Setup the page To make easier identification of printed traces and results you can:

– add specific information to the headers and footers of your print-

outs.

– apply margins around the pages.

– add a logo.

– choose the arrangement of pages.

– request a print of a trace, table, comments and uncertainties, and

specify whether the results table is to be printed on the first page.

1 Choose Page Setup from the File menu. The Page Setup dialog

box is displayed.

Fig. 1 Page Setup dialog box

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2 Under the Page tab:

– Enter the text and any codes you require in the header and footer

of the page(s).

Pressing the ? button displays all the codes you can use.

The following codes are available:

– Enter the size of the margins you require for the left, top, right and

bottom of the page.

– Enter the folder path of the file containing the logo and the file

name (in .bmp or .WMF format)

– Enter the company name: they will be printed at the top right of the

page.

1 Under the Contents tab, you can either use the default settings by

clicking on the Default button, or change the printer options by

checking the associated boxes to your own requirements:

&P Inserts the page number (by default in the footer).

&& Allows you to insert the & character.

Logo Logo and company name selected in the Page setup windows will be printed (see Figure 1 on page 10).

Configuration Title, Operator, Cable, Fiber, Origin, End, and parame-

ters depending on the type of trace (OTDR, WDM, etc.)

will be printed.

Comments Comments entered when acquiring the trace will be

printed.

Job Information relative to the job (cable manufacturer,

cable type, fiber type, etc.) will be printed. This option is

not available when a mosaic layout is selected.Trace the trace and its parameters will be printed

Results summary the Results table will be printed (on the second page if

the next case is not notched)

Results summary

on first page

the result table will be printed on the first page with the

parameters (and with the trace if selected).

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Mosaic setup Choose the Mosaic presentation (number of pages to be printed

on a sheet):

Multi-traces printout In this part, you can choose to print all traces on the same page or print

each indivudual trace on a separate page with its associated resultstable.

To Preview theprintingBefore printing the trace you can preview it to see what it will look likewhen it is printed with the options you have selected.

1 Choose Print Preview from the File menu or click on the .

icon.

2 Use the command buttons to preview what will be printed:

Previous, Next: to scroll the pages,

One Page, Two Pages: to have one or two pages simultaneously

displayed on the screen.

3 Click Close to quit the preview display or Print to start the printing.

No normal page layout of 1 page per sheet1 x 2 2 columns = 2 pages per sheet

2 x 1 2 columns per page

2 x 2 2 lines, 2 columns = 4 pages per sheet

Others a dialog box allows for the entry of the required

number of lines and columns per sheet

Multiple-traces All the traces will be printed on the same page

Single traces Each trace opened in the same window will be

printed on a separate page, with its associ-

ated results table.

Note

The job parameters cannot be printed if the mosaic setup is

selected.

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To Print the Trace – Click on (or choose the Print option in the File menu).

– Enter the number of required copies.

– If needed, click on Properties, to make any changes to the printer

configuration.

– Click on the Print button.

If a normal page layout (Mosaic: No) has been selected, that is to say

one page per sheet, then the pages are printed.

Mosaic page layout If a Mosaic page layout (N squares) has been defined (refer to the pre-

vious page), then the N squares must be filled, otherwise the pages

are not printed.

For example, for a mosaic 2 x 2, if only three pages are filled, when a

print is submitted, the printer waits until the empty square is filled.

d

NOTE

The alarms thresholds selected in the menu Display > Alarms...wil

be printed in the printout header, wether the file is printed on paper

or in pdf format.

NOTE

To force a printout when all the mosaic squares have not been filled,

select Eject page from the File menu. This Eject page option is fol-

lowed by the number of occupied squares from the selected mosaic

presentation (in our example: 3/4).

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3


Chapter 3 Remote control of the MTS

From a PC, Fiber Trace enables you to remote control the functions

OTDR, WDM of the MTS (with the corresponding modules).


– “Remote Control menus” page 16

– “Configuration of a MTS PC link” page 16

– “Connection of the MTS to the PC” page 17

– “Transfer of files MTS PC” page 23

– “Remote Control of a measurement on the MTS” page 26

– “Storing traces” page 28

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Remote Control menus


Remote Control menus

The Remote menu of Fiber Trace allows to control the functions

(OTDR, OSA, etc.) of a MTS:

– configuring the PC-MTS link,

– requesting the connection or disconnection

– transferring the results files from MTS to PC or from PC to MTS

– configuring the MTS module (OTDR, OSA, etc.),

– starting a measurement

– storing the results of the measurement.

Configuration of a MTS PC link

1 In the Remote menu, select the Connect... option. A dialog box is

displayed.

2 Choose the type of connection between the PC and the MTS with

the associated parameters:

– Ethernet: IP Address.

– PPP: Select the driver that is configured in Windows (exclusively

used with the MTS 5x)

– RS232: Port COM1, COM2, ... and transmission rate (exclusively

used with the MTS 5x).

3 Click the OK button.

4 Choose the Remote > Connect menu option to establish a connec-

tion.

When a message is displayed indicating that a connection has been

made, click OK.

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Connection of the MTS to the PC



Connection viathe Ethernet

interface

The connection of the Platform 6000/6000L/8000 to the PC via Ether-net is done automatically.

The MTSe Série 5000 can be remotely controlled via the RS 232-C

(type DCE) interface of the controller.

Link between the MTS 5x and the PC

The link with the PC may be direct or via a network:

1 To establish a direct link between the Ethernet ports of the MTS 5x

and of the PC, use the Ethernet crossed cable supplied with theEthernet option of the MTS 5x.

2 To establish a link via the network, ask the network administrator

for an IP address and connect the MTS 5x on a hub by using a

direct cable supplied by the administrator (and not the crossed

cable provided with the MTS 5x Ethernet option).

Configuration of MTS 5x

– Start the MTS 5x and press the key Config. System.

– Select the interface E/S: FTP/Eth using the key pad.

– Configure the Ethernet interface: IP address, IP mask, IP bridge.

NOTE

The IP address is in the following form: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (4 numbers

separated by dots) If one of the numbers has only one or two

digits, enter only this (or these) digit(s). Do not add a zero,

otherwise the link will not be established.

NOTE

To check that the connection has been made correctly, without

using the software WS-FTP Pro, click on Start, then on Execute...,

and choose: ping followed by the IP address of the MTS 5x.

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Connection viathe RS232

interface

Connect the serial remote controller to the 9 pin serial connector

(RS232 DTE) of the MTS 5x.

Selection of the MTS 5x transmission parameters

In the SYSTEM / RS232 menu, if necessary modify the following config-

uration parameters:

1 Connect the modem to the MTS 5x via the RS232 connector.

2 On the MTS 5x, in the System set-up > Remote Access menu,

select the option TCP/PPP.

3 On the MTS 5x, press on the Init Modem key: the modem

connected to the MTS 5x is initialized. You are ready to transfer

data.

Local connectionvia ppp

You can, using the PPP protocol, connect directly the MTS 5x (RS 232

port)1 and the PC via a cable seen as a modem.

NOTE

This connection is only available with the MTS 5x.

As PCs are usually configured as DTE, an adaptor (DTE to DCE)

may be needed to connect the PC to the MTS 5x.

BAUD RATE 115200

CHAR. LENGTH 8 bits

STOP BIT 1

PARITY Without

TERMINATOR CR

PROTOCOL RTS/CTS

NOTE

The transmission rate must be the same for both MTS 5x and PC.

1. see "Connection via the RS232 interface" on page -18

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Then you have to:

1 install this fictive modem on the PC.

2 configure the link on the PC.

Connexion viaexisting ppp

1 In the Remote menu, click on Connection and select PPP.

2 Select the required connection.

NOTE

Local connexion via ppp can be done exclusively with a MTS 5x.

NOTE

When the MTS 5x is connected to the PC using the PPP protocol, if

the connection is unintentionally interrupted, the MTS 5x considers

that it is still connected for about 3 minutes and refuses all attempt

to connect it in the meantime.

If the MTS 5x is accessible, you can switch it off/on to avoid this

delay before restoring the connection.

NOTE

The following procedures are given for information only: they can be

slightly different according to the PC configuration.

Fig. 2 Driver configuration

Select PPP

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3 Click on Connect... to start the connection of the MTS 5x to the

PC.

When a message is displayed, indicating that a connection is estab-

lished, click OK.

The MTS 5x is connected to the PC.

Create a new

connection

1 In the Remote menu, click on Connection > PPP.

2 Click on Modify PPP > Add to create a new connection.

With an existing modem

1 In the Add MTS connection dialog box, enter a connection name

and select the modem in the list.

NOTE

To edit or modify the connection parameters, click on Modify PPP

in the Driver Configuration dialog box. Then, click on Properties in

the Configuration PPP dialog box.

Fig. 3 Connecting...

Fig. 4 Configuration PPP

Add a

connection

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2 Once the modem is selected and the name is entered, click Add

button.

The Configuration PPP dialog box reappears, with the name of

the connection, the type of modem and the corresponding

number.3 Click on Close button to go back to the Driver Configuration

dialog box.

4 Click on Connect to start the MTS 5x connection to the PC.

5 When a message is displayed, indicating that a connection has

been enabled, click OK.

Add a new null. modem

1 In the Add MTS connection dialog box, click Add MTS5000 null

modem....

Fig. 5 Modem selection

Fig. 6 Connecting...

Fig. 7 Install a new port

Connection

name Modem

selection

Add MTS5000 null

modem...

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2 Select a communication port in the list and click OK.

The modem is loading and a dialog box opens:

3 Click on the Continue Anyway button to finish the installation.

After less than 1 minute, the Add MTS connection dialog box is

displayed with the name of the modem (Acterna Mts)..

4 Enter the connection name and click on Add to validate.

The Configuration PPP dialog box reappears, with the connec-

tion name, the modem type and the corresponding number.

5 Click on Close to go back to the Driver Configuration dialog box.

6 Click on Connect to start the MTS 5x connection to the PC.

The Connecting... dialog box opens (Figure 3)

7 When a message is displayed, indicating that a connection has

been made, click OK.

Fig. 8 Digital signature

Fig. 9 Connection name

Connection

name Name of the

modem

http://-/?-http://-/?-

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Transfer of files MTS PC


Disconnecting theMTS from the PC

Once the files are transferred (see "Transfer of files MTS PC" page

23):

1 Select Disconnect in the Remote menu.


1 In the Remote menu, select the File Transfer ... option.

The FTP identification dialog box opens, allowing to select the

type of equipment or to enter a user name / password. The Auto-

matic mode is selected by default.

a

2 Select the type of equipment and click on OK.

The File Transfer dialog box is displayed. In this box :

– the left-hand side windows are relative to the local system (PC).

– the right-hand windows are relative to the remote system (MTS).

Fig. 10 Identification of the equipment

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File transfer from the

PC to a remote MTS

1 On the local system (PC), use the drop down menu to access the

folder where the file(s) are stored to be transferred. The contents

of the folder is displayed in the bottom left-hand side window.

2 Select either the folder or the required file(s) in the folder to be

transferred.

3 Click the button to transfer the file(s) to the remote system.

File transfer from the

MTS to the PC

Searching for the files to transfer to the PC:

With a Platform 6000/6000L/8000, manually enter the user directory

acterna/user/ and choose the support where the files are stored:

– harddisk: MTS harddisk

Fig. 11 Transfer of files

PC side MTS side Enter / Selct

folders

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– cflash: MTS mother board

– disk: MTS internal memory

– usbflash: USB key into the MTS

– cdrom: CD ROM into the MTS (MTS8000 only)

With the MTS 5x, directory are displayed automatically.

1 Select either the whole directory or the required file(s) in the direc-

tory.

2 Click the button to transfer the file(s) to the PC.

Possible actions on

the selected files on

PC or MTS

Four buttons enable the following actions to be executed on the

selected files on the PC and the MTS:

Refresh

Updates the current display

Delete files

Deletes selected files without requesting any confirmation.

Create a directory

Creates a folder in which a name must first be entered.

Delete directory

Deletes the selected folder. A confirmation is requested before execut-

ing the deletion.

Leaving the transfer

menu

Click the Exit button to leave the transfer menu.

NOTE

Respect the typography for the directory manual input.

NOTE

It is not possible to select more than one directory, however you can

select and transfer several files at one time.

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Remote Control of a measurement on the MTS



According to the modules included in the MTS (OTDR, WDM, etc.), the

user will have different Remote Control possibilities.

Acquisition of anOTDR trace

1 In the Remote menu, select Measurement > Setup OTDR. The

following dialog box is displayed:

The MTS type, serial number and software version are indicated in

the Device field.

2 Select the OTDR module of the MTS (if two modules are present).

3 Choose the measurement parameters: wavelength, pulse width,

range, acquisition time, resolution. Click Auto to have an auto-

matic selection of the resolution.

4 Click the OK button. The Trace information dialog box is displayed:

5 Enter the measurement information:

– Title

– Operator name

– Cable identification

– Fiber number.

– Automatic fiber number increment for each acquisition or not.

– Identification of the origin and of the extremity

Fig. 12 OTDR configuration module

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– Way: Origin -> Extremity or Origin Start option

from Remote menu.

The trace is then transferred to the PC.

Acquisition of anoptical spectrum

1 In the Remote menu, select Measurement > Setup OSA. The

following dialog box is displayed:

The MTS type, serial number and software version are indicated inthe Device field.

2 Select the WDM module of the MTS in which the measurement is

to be carried out on (if two modules are present).

3 Choose the measurement conditions:

– Number of required sweep to establish the trace (1 to 100),

– High sensitivity:

No = power +15 to - 65 dBm

Yes = power - 25 to - 75 dBm.

– Filter resolution: Max (

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Storing traces


– Operator

– Cable identification

– Fiber number.

– Automatic fiber number incrementation for each measurement, ornot

– Identification of the origin, the extremity and the test point.

6 Click the OK button to configure the OSA module.

7 To start the measurement, select the Measurement > Start option

from the Remote menu.

The trace is then transferred to the PC.

The trace is then displayed on the screen of the PC and can be even-

tually stored (see "Storing traces" page 28) or analysed.

Storing traces

The storing of the traces can be carried out in two ways:

– manually using the menu File > Save As...

– automatically after the acquisition.

1 To define the required save type, from the Remote menu, choosethe Measurement > Storage option.

The Saving acquisitions dialog box is displayed.

2 Select either Yes or No from the Automatic storage option.

Fig. 14 Automatic Saving option of an OTDR trace

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Storing traces


3 Indicate which directory is to be used to store the trace.

4 Select the file naming type: Manual, Semi-automatic or Automatic.

Refer to "Naming files" page 29 for further explanation about these

options.

5 Choose the file format from the below supported list (depending

on the PC’s configuration). See next sections.

6 Click OK.

Format for OTDRtraces

Format for optical

spectrum

Naming files The user can choose from the three different filename types:

Automatic The factory-defined code is indicated in the Name Coding window and

the character definitions are given in the Key Characters windows.

Semi-automatic The name of the file is automatically created when it is being stored

using the code that the user must enter in the Name Coding window.

The character definitions are recalled in the Key Characters windows.

The filename can contain fixed UPPERCASE characters, which is dif-

ferent from the code that is always in lowercase.

NOTE

With automatic storage, the filename type must either be semi-auto-

matic or automatic.

tfw format of a trace created from Fiber Trace

wtk JDSU format, corresponding to a compressed Bellcore format.

sor format in convention with the Bellcore GR-196 standards

wdm JDSU format

txt ASCII format for a transfer to a spreadsheet or word pro-

cessing program.

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Manual A filename can be entered in the Name Coding window:

- any uppercase characters can be used

- lowercase characters must correspond with the code.

If a filename or a code has been entered, or left in the Name Coding

window, when being stored by Save As..., this filename will be pro-posed to the user who could either accept or modify it.

For further details about automatic and semi-automatic filename

types, refer to the File management chapter of the MTS 5x user man-

ual.

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4


Chapter 4 Displaying Traces

This chapter describes the main traces displaying functions.


– "Traces display window" page 32

– "Actions on traces" page 39

– "Display Zoom Functions" page 39

– "Cursors" page 45

– "Setting Display Preferences" page 47

– "Displaying open trace files" page 51

– "To copy the trace to a word processing file" page 54

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Traces display window



The traces display window provides the commands and functions

required to operate trace analysis.

The window contains the following items:

– The Menu bar (different according to the type of trace).

– The Tool bar (different according to the type of trace).

– The Trace Parameters window.

– The display of the active trace file or of all open trace files

depending on the window display mode.

– The Status Bar (different according to the type of trace).

– The table resultas (if selected)

– The table markers (only for OTDR traces, if selected)

– The small trace

– The Alarms results (if the table results is displayed)

Fig. 15 Traces display window (exemple with OTDR)

Small traceCursors position

Status Bar Trace Alarms table

Tool bar Menu Bar

Parameters Results table

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The menu and toolbars

The menu bar generally have the same commands as the tool bar, but

not necesseraly. Exclusively the most used functions of the menu bar

are available on the tool bar.

The trace The open trace(s) is / are open in a window. According to the tracetype, several actions can be done: zoom, shift the trace, display a grid,

add markers / events, set cursors etc. (See "Actions on traces" page

39)

Trace parameters Some trace parameters can be modified or added in order to changeany identification data that was included during the acquisition.

To edit the trace information select Edit trace information from the

File menu or double click on the Trace information window.

All the information about the trace is displayed in the Trace informa-

tion dialog box under the different tabs, but you can only edit the infor-

mation displayed on a white background.

The following information and parameters are given for all the types of

trace

NOTE

The icons which can be activated are colored whereas those you

cannot activate are dispayed in grey.

The tool and menu bars are different according to the type of trace

open.

Tab Parameter Description

INFORMATION File File name

Operator Name Operator name.

Comment Comment about the acqui-

sition (up to 90 characters).

ACQUISITION Date, Time Date and time of trace

acquisition.

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* Not available for fox results

Customize the job

parameters

The job information are, by default: Cable Manufacturer / Cable Type

/ Fiber manufacturer / Fiber Type / Contractor / Project Manager /

Jointing.

However, you can modify the labels set by default:

1 notch the case User defined labels.

The labels are displayed on a white background

2 Modify the labels name and enter the specific parameter for eachone.

All the new labels will be saved and re-used for each trace.

There are also some specific parameters for each type of trace.

Device Device type and serial num-

ber

Module Type and serial number of

the module used for the

measurement.

CABLE Origin Name of the origin location;

for example the name of the

town or geographic location

Extremity Name of the end location;

for example the name of the

town or geographic location

Cable Origin Cable origin identification

Fiber Origin * Fiber origin identification

Color Origin * Color origin fiber

Cable End Cable end identification

Fiber End * Fiber end identification.

Color End * Color end identification

JOB Allows you to enter information relative to the

cable and fibers and the project in which they are

used.

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OTDR parameters The specific parameters for OTDR traces are:

WDM / OSA

parameters

The specific parameters for WDM / OSA traces are:


ACQUISITION Wavelength(nm)

Wavelength in nm of the MTS

Pulse (us) Pulse width of the OTDR laser

in microseconds.

Acq. Time Time taken to make the aver-

ages.

Average Result of the average

Range Distance range.

Resolution Distance between 2 acquisi-

tion points.Index Index of refraction of the fiber.

CABLE Way Direction of the measurement

(Origin -> End or End -> Ori-

gin).

Launch Cable Start / Loop / End: Select the

number for each parameter. In

the Start parameter. You can

also enter your own value (in

km)


ACQUISITION Wavelength

(nm)

Wavelength (or frequency)

range of the spectrum

Number of

acquisitions

Number of acquisitons for

statistical calculation (from

2 to 100).

Resolution Max. resolution used.

High sensivity Yes / No

Averaging Number of measurements

SNR method Method used for the signal/

noise ratio

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PMD parameters The specific parameters for PMD traces are:

CD OTDR parameters The specific parameters for CD traces are:

Distance SN

(Ghz)Distance between the 2

modules

Noise acquisition

BW (nm)Noise acquisition level

Coupler compen-

sation Attenuation due to the

access point.

CABLE Test point Identifies the point of where

the analyzer is positioned.


ACQUISITION Wavelength

(nm)

Wavelength (or frequency)

range of the spectrum

Number of

acquisitions

Number of acquisitons for

statistical calculation (from

2 to 100).


Fiber length Length of the fiber (to calcu-

late the PMD coefficient).

Coupling Strong (for classical, single-

mode fibers)

Weak (for polarization-

maintained fibers and com-

ponents)

CABLE Test point Identifies the point of where

the analyzer is positioned.

UNDER THE

DISPLAYED

PARAMETERS

Methods Method used for statistics

calculation (FTT / DRIFT)


ACQUISITION Length Length of the fiber or of the sec-

tion under test

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CD ODM Parameters The specific parameters for CD ODM traces are:

Index Index of refraction of the fiber.

This parameter can be modified

at any time.


(Origin -> End or End -> Origin).

CALCULA-

TION

Approximation

FormulaFormula used for delay fitting in

order to generate dispersion and

slope measurements: quadratic,

3T Sellmeier, 5T Sellmeier.

Wavelength ref. Wavelength taken as reference

for delay calculation: other wave-

length delays are subtracted from

this reference delay.

Fiber type Standard / Special- Used to mea-sure hybrid fiber links configura-

tion such as Dispersion

compensating fiber.



(Origin -> End or End -> Origin).

CALCULATION Approximation

FormulaFormula used for delay fitting in

order to generate dispersion and

slope measurements: quadratic,

Sellmeier 3T , Sellmeier 5T,

Lambda log

Length Enter a length for the fiber (in

km)

NOTEIf the parameter "Length" is not selected, the fiber length is conside-

red as undefined and the measurement will be performed with non

normalized values, even if Normalized values has been selected in

the Calculation parameters (see “Defining Calculation Parameters

and alarm thresholds” page 117),

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AP parameters The specific parameters for AP traces are:

FOX parameters

Specfic information Extremities are different

If the option «Extremities different» is selected, in the Cable tab, you

can specify a different name and color code for cable and fiber, at each

end.

Launch cable (OTDR)

Click on the corresponding radio button to show wether there are no

or 1 to 3 launch cables at the front end, the middle (if there is a loop)

or at the far end of the cable.

Moving betweenevents (OTDR)

To move quickly from one event to another on the active trace, use the

Next Event or Previous event command in the Calculation menu (or

select the or button). The next or previous event is centered

in the screen.


ACQUISITION Wavelength Wavelength range of thespectrum


Fiber length Length of the fiber or of the

section under test.


ACQUISITION Index of refrac-

tion

Enter a value for the index of

refraction.

NOTE

The «Extremities are different» parameter is exclusively available

with traces acquired with a 6000/8000 Platform.

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Actions on traces


Actions on traces

Grid (OTDR /WDM)

The display window of the trace may contain a grid to facilitate the con-trol of the position of the markers.

To display a grid on an OTDR trace, click on or in the Dis-

play>Grid menu.

To remove the grid, click once again onto the icon or unselect Grid in

the Display menu.

One of the following grid types can be selected from the Display >

Grid menu for the WDM / OSA traces.

– Conventional grid: the space interval is indicated in the top right

corner of the window. It varies according to the zoom level.

– ITU grid: it uses the ITU-T G.692 channel plan channel spacings

available:25, 50, 100 or 200 GHz.

– Grid defined by the user to correspond exactly to the channels.

Enter the position of the first vertical line (wavelength of the first

channel), the spacing between channels and the number of chan-

nels.

Display ZoomFunctions

The zoom functions are used to widen or reduce the trace diplay. With

an OTDR file, you can also set a predefined zoom.

Zoom-in To zoom-in on the trace display:

1 Press the button or select Zoom from the Display menu.

The cursor changes to a when you move it into the trace

display window.

Once the cursor is displayed, you can:

NOTE

For the CD traces, the zoom functions are exclusively available with

the OTDR mode.

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Actions on traces


– Select a section: the selected part will be automatically enlarged.

– Click as many time as necessary: the trace will be zoomed in with

constant step. The reference point is the clic location of the

mouse.

– Set the cursor on the trace and use the mouse roll forward to

enlarge the display.

Zoom out To zoom out on the trace section:

– Click as many times as necessary on the icon .

or

– Set the cursor on the trace and use the mouse roll backward.

Vertical or horizontal

zoom

To make a vertical or horizontal zoom:

1 Click on

2 Set the cursor onto the section to enlarge.

3 Press and hold down the Shift key (for a vertical zoom) or the Ctrl

key (for an horizontal zoom).

4 Use the mouse roll forward to zoom-in, and backward to zoom-

out.

Reset the zoom To reset the display to show the complete trace: press the buttonor select Zoom reset from the Display menu.

Predefined zoom

(OTDR)

With OTDR files, it is possible to predefine zoom levels which will be

saved.

+

+

NOTE

You cannot select a section to be zoomed out. You have to select

the Zoom out function as many times as necessary, the Zoom in

icon being automatically the icon by default.

+

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Actions on traces


To define these levels, modify them, rename or delete them, select

Predefined Zoom from the Display menu.

You can define several zooms. To apply them, go in the Display menu

and click on Next predefined zoom / Previous predefined zoom.

Saving predefined zoom levels to a text file

It is possible to create a text file containing different predefined zooms

and to import them into a trace.

1 To export the predefined zoom levels to a text file:

– click on the Export key.

– in the Save As... window, enter the filename and its location, then

click on Save.

2 To import predefined zoom levels in a trace:

– click on the Import key.

– select the file

– click on the Open key.

Using themaximum display

area

The trace window, by default, does not occupy all of the display. The

left-hand side is left free for the trace parameters. If you want to use all

of the display for the trace, press the icon Trace only (different accord-ing to the type of trace) or select Trace only in the Display menu.

Icon Trace only for OTDR traces.

Icon Trace only for WDM traces

Icon Trace only for PMD traces

Icon Trace only for CD OTDR and CD ODM traces

Icon Trace only for AP traces

To return to the display of parameters, press again the icon or unselect

Trace only in the Display menu.

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Actions on traces


Displaying theResults / Alarms

table

To show or hide the table, click on the icon or select Table results

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