beautypg.com

Link composition – EXFO iOLM User Manual

Page 117

background image

Managing Results

intelligent Optical Link Mapper

111

Link View

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 receive fiber is not defined, the element marked
as "B" will not be tested for pass/fail.

Link Composition

The link composition is described below.

Element position: The distance of the element from the beginning of
the link under test.

Navigation Arrow: The navigation arrow is only displayed when more
items are available on a particular side. It indicates that you have to
scroll to view those items.

Selected Element: The gray background represents the currently
selected element.

Letter A: The beginning of the link under test.

Navigation arrow

Selected
element

Section

Distance unit

Splitter
ratio

Element
Fail icon

Element
Pass icon

Diagnostics icon

Element
position

Pass/Fail
not tested

Standard measurement

Loopback measurement

Loop
start

Loop
end