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5 troubleshooting, Solving common problems, 5troubleshooting – EXFO FTB-9100 for FTB-500 Optical Switch User Manual

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Optical Switch

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5

Troubleshooting

Solving Common Problems

Problem

Possible cause

Recommended action

Insertion loss higher than

expected.

Dirty optical

connectors.

Clean all optical

connectors.

Improper wavelength

selected on other

instruments

Switch to the correct

wavelength on all

instruments being used.

Poor repeatability.

Optical source is

unstable.

Wait for source to stabilize.

Select Optimize for
Repeatability
.

No optical continuity.

Switch is off.

Set the Continuity switch

to On.