Agilent Technologies N2610A - Manual (Page 158)

150 Agilent FrameScope 350 User’s Manual
6 Expert Fiber Testing
The Fiber Tools Menu
The Fiber Tools Menu
The Expert mode Fiber Tools menu contains the following:
• Loss Meter This tool continuously measures and reports the loss
on connected fiber cables.
• Length & Delay This tool measures the length and propagation
delay of connected fiber cables.
• Power Meter This tool measures the power level reaching the
Fiber SmartProbe from a light source connected to the fiber cable.
• Trace Mode This activates the transmitter on the Fiber
SmartProbe, to verify that light reaches the other end of a
connected cable.
• Learn Fiber NVP This tool teaches the FrameScope the NVP of a
cable sample.
To open the Fiber Tools menu:
1 Change to Expert mode. (See Changing to Expert Mode, on
page -147.)
2 On the Expert Mode Main Menu, press Fiber Tools. The Fiber Tools
screen displays.
Using the Loss Meter
To use the Loss Meter:
1 On the Fiber Tools menu, press Loss Meter. The Fiber Loss Meter
screen displays.
2 To clear the values in the data table at the center of the screen, press
Clear Peak
.
3 To write the current data table to the results database, press Save.