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Working with iOLM files

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Link View

Link Overview

The following color codes are used.

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Red: If element is fail.

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Green: If element is pass.

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Blue: When the element is not tested for Pass/Fail.

The pass/fail status also depends on the threshold values specified.The link
overview representing all the elements discovered on the link is described
below.

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Length of the measured link: Length of the measured link excluding
the launch and receive fiber. In other words, the fiber length between
point A and point B.

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Selected Element: Rectangle representing the selected element.

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Visible region: The colored background represent the visible region in
the Link Composition view.

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Beginning of the link: Beginning of the link under test.

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End of the link: End of the link under test.

Elements before A and after B are referred to as out of span elements.
Elements out of the span are not tested for pass/fail status, but can have
diagnostics on them. If the launch fiber is not defined, the element marked
as "A" will not be tested for pass/fail and if the receive fiber is not defined,
the element marked as "B" will not be tested for pass/fail.

Visible

Region

Beginning of

the link

Selected

Element

Length of the

measured link

End of the

Link